Show snake lives on eggs the egg eating snake of south africa is a harmless reptile and lives almost exclusively on eggs it is pale brown in color with three rows of darker blotches in describe ing the food habits of this species scientifically known as raymond ditmars author ity on reptiles says character iced by the presence of only a few teeth in the rear part of the law aw bones the food of the species is re strict stricter ed almost anti entirely rely to eggs to aid the snake in cutting through the shell is an ingenious development in the throat there are knife like points extending into the esophagus that cuts the egg as it passes into the throat this snake can low an egg as large as a hen s even though its body is about the eter of a person s finger it grows grow s to be a yard long after the egg has been swallowed the shell is crushed and expelled from the mouth three eggs make a big meal and after that the egg eater is likely to fall asleep for three weeks |