Western Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox) Eating a Gambel's Quail { 33 images } Created 11 Sep 2010
A Western Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox) eating a female Gambel's Quail (Callipepla gambelii). The snake spent over 2 hrs and 17 minutes swallowing the quail and then readjusting its mandibles and quadrate bones. The snake was visited by harvester ants, a Red and Charcoal Seedbug, and a tarantula.