mole snakes
Turkish translation: köstebek (fare) yılanı
| 13:11 Feb 25, 2005 |
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|  Selected response from: Kaan Yesilyurt Local time: 14:04 | ||||||
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peer agreement (net): +4köstebek (fare) yılanı Explanation: It belongs to coluber family. Eats moles rats and mice. Mole is a small velvety-furred burrowing mammal having small eyes and fossorial forefeet. Its main nourishment is moles. So its called mole snake. And mole in turkish is "köstebek" so we can say "köstebek yılanı" or "fare yılanı" which is more common. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr 43 mins (2005-02-25 14:55:24 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- May be these quotes from http://www.dewsburycrafts.co.za/mole_snake.htm http://www.pcs.k12.va.us/vtrail/32a.htm , respectively, are more explanatory, Another species that should be a gardeners best friend. Their preferred diet is Moles, which most people despise. They spend most of their time underground in search of their preferred prey or in other rodent burrows..... When first approached this species vibrates its tail as do many other snakes. The mole kingsnake is a constrictor and feeds mostly on lizards, small mammals, and other snakes. Some snake manuals refer to this snake as the Brown Mole Snake. Local farmers often tell me that this is a \"brown rat snake.\" |
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