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Why do yellow-jackets eat dead snakes?
I found a portion of a dead snake in the yard after a mowing, I guess, maybe it got cut up in mower blades, but we didnt notice it then...Later my dog was jumping & cowering to everything, and I checked him a bit later still, and he was very swollen on the snout & feeling low..Called a VET she said administer Benedryl & CalaDryl Lotion...He had the normal good reactions to it, so we knew it was Allergenic...felt better in morning2 
I went watering plants & found the source of the bites!!!!EEWWW!!! the snake, infested w/ yellow-jackets...they appeared to be eating it from the inside out , resembling a
Voodoo curse or something..very grotesque & a little frightening....Maybe they're Africanized Bee's, but appeared to be the smaller Yellow-Jackets.
NOT SURE OF WHAT CATAGORY I SHOULD POST IT UNDER....VOODOO!!?!! or SOMETHING LESS SINISTER..? IS THIS A COMMON OCCURENCE?
Health? or Mythology& Folklore? or other still?
all creeped out...LR 08/31/06 Magnolia, TX
Yellow jackets eat meat, among other things. Why would they treat a dead snake any differently than a hamburger in the garbage?