By Ants Verified Fixed: Queensnake Torture

Queensnake Torture by Ants Verified: A Scientific Review

: Their verified predators include larger fish, raccoons, and birds of prey—not typically ants. Kentucky Fish and Wildlife (.gov)

The queensnake, a specialist hunter of soft-shelled crayfish, had made a rare mistake in navigation. Sluggish from a recent shed, she had coiled herself in the damp hollow of a rotting log, unaware that the wood was the primary fortress of a colony of red ants. queensnake torture by ants verified