Snake 'befriends' snack hamster

[nick]

A rodent-eating snake and a hamster have developed an unusual bond at a zoo in the Japanese capital, Tokyo.

Their relationship began in October last year, when zookeepers presented the hamster to the snake as a meal.

The rat snake, however, refused to eat the rodent. The two now share a cage, and the hamster sometimes falls asleep sitting on top of his natural foe.

Full story here (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4627950.stm) including a photo

[ShatteredWings]

what's the snake eat then?

[YourFriend]

:O, nice they look cute. Oh this makes me cry.

[Bougainvillea]

Aww.
That's also nice. :)

[Joshm5816]

I love those odd animal friendships. I've seen a dog with a moose. Or was it a hippo with a moose? No, wait it was a cow and a moose.

[Spin]

Awwwwwwwwww.
I'm glad the snake didn't eat it.

[Demonic Angel]

Aww, thats sweet. Animals that are supposed to be predator and prey seem to get along better then many humans do. lol

[Whisper]

that's bullshit
they're reading way to much into it
trying to find humanistic qualities in the situation
a snakes thought process is NOTHING like a humans or a mammals period for that matter

it isnt his friend
at most
* he's playing with his food
*he's under stress and as such isn't eating at all which would explain why he never touched the frozen mice either
*or like the already dead ones he has deemed there to be something wrong with it

They are not "friends"
thats the zoo trying to garnish publicity