Snake 'befriends' snack
hamster
A rodent-eating snake
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.
"I have never seen anything like it,"
a zookeeper at the Mutsugoro Okoku zoo
told the Associated Press News agency.
The hamster was initially offered to Aochan,
the two-year-old rat snake, because it was
refusing to eat frozen mice, the
Associated Press news agency reports.
As a joke, the zookeeper said they named
the hamster Gohan - the Japanese word
for meal.
"I don't think there's any danger.
Aochan seems to enjoy Gohan's company
very much," zookeeper Kazuya Yamamoto
told the Associated Press news agency.
The apparent friendship between the snake
and hamster is one of many reported bonds
spanning the divide between predator and
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.
"I have never seen anything like it,"
a zookeeper at the Mutsugoro Okoku zoo
told the Associated Press News agency.
The hamster was initially offered to Aochan,
the two-year-old rat snake, because it was
refusing to eat frozen mice, the
Associated Press news agency reports.
As a joke, the zookeeper said they named
the hamster Gohan - the Japanese word
for meal.
"I don't think there's any danger.
Aochan seems to enjoy Gohan's company
very much," zookeeper Kazuya Yamamoto
told the Associated Press news agency.
The apparent friendship between the snake
and hamster is one of many reported bonds
spanning the divide between predator and
prey.
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