ext_272986 ([identity profile] sea-gaagii.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] 1word1day2008-05-09 10:44 pm
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May 9, 2008 - Ophiophagy

Ophiophagy
Noun
a specialized form of feeding or alimentary behavior of animals which hunt and eat snakes

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophiophagy

Bob was starting to think that perhaps all he saw in the movies was not true; he had taken 12 flights across the country and not been able to capture and eat a single snake. Granted, ophiophagy was a fairly fringe diet fad; perhaps, however he should be hunting rattlers in Arizona, rather than looking for Snakes on a Plane.

Inspired by the fact that I was flying on a plane all night last night, and didn't see a single ophidian