Does a snake eat itself?
Well, the answer to that is "yes" but in rare cases it often happens to snakes preying on other snakes and for certain reasons.
Some snakes attempt to eat themselves by swallowing their own tails, while others, on rare occasions, bite themselves to death. Why do you think? Well, they don't do it on purpose. It's not like they're trying to kill themselves or anything. It happens for some reasons.
Snakes are cold-blooded and cannot regulate their body temperature and depend on the external temperature to regulate it. So when snakes overheat and cannot cool down, they become confused and restless. Sometimes the nervousness makes them unable to distinguish their tail from a prey, which causes them to swallow.
Second, occasionally, snakes will try to eat themselves after shedding their skin, as their eye lids come off as they shed their skin, temporarily blinding them and at the same time mistaking their tail for food and trying to eat it.
A snake may try to eat itself due to hunger. When a snake is not fed properly, it stops thinking straight and tries to eat its tail thinking it is food.
Finally, snakes may try to eat themselves when trapped in small spaces such as tanks. Snakes are predators and are trapped in a tank without being able to stretch and take easy food from their owners without hunting. Their predatory instincts can be awakened when they are confused or very hungry, and in very rare cases can cause them to try to grab prey with their tail.
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