Black-necked Stork eating snake

["Greg" <>]

Hi Evan,

I wondered myself about the possibility of a venomous snake biting a stork as 
it was being swallowed.  The prey of the Black-necked Stork is usually battered 
around severely before being swallowed so this would reduce the possibility of 
a bite.

I will contact a herpetologist re. this.

Further to the possible confusion of eels and snakes being eaten, an eel when 
held in the bill of a stork is able to twist its tail around the stork's bill 
and appears very un-eellike.


Regards

Greg Clancy