LIVE PINE SNAKE EGG WEBCAM

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Location: Memphis Zoo, Tennessee, United States
Source: Memphis Zoo
Info: Live streaming webcam showing a pine snake egg being incybated at Memhis Zoo in Tennessee. Pine snake eggs are some of the largest of any US snake and hatchlings hatch out at over 12 in (30.5 cm) in length.

More info: The Pine snake is a nonvenomous snake native to the southeastern United States. It has has a long body, keeled scales, and a pointed snout and averages 48-66 inches (122-168 cm) in length.

These snakes are excellent burrowers, spending the majority of their time underground.They are known to build communal nests, with several females laying eggs in one spot.

The pine snake preys on rats, mice, moles and other small mammals and eggs. It often enters rodent burrows in search of a meal and is capable of catching multiple small animals at once by immobilising them against the burrows wall.

Video showing a bad tempered pine snake:

Additional information:

Pituophis melanoleucus - Eastern Pine Snake - Animal Diversity Web - animaldiversity.org