Rock squirrels eat mostly plant material, fruits, and nuts, but don’t let their humble appearance fool you. They will also eat bird eggs, lizards, and snakes.
This photo is from the vault (NPS Photo/W. Leggett). Ranger William heard a racket outside the Frijole Ranch and then recorded the entire epic battle. The squirrel devoured most of the snake, bones and all, down to the last two inches.
Leggett snapped the photo in 2009 when he was a ranger at West Texas’ Guadalupe Mountains National Park, though he is now a park guide at Canyonlands National Park in southeastern Utah. The photo was posted to the Guadalupe Mountains Facebook page on July 6.
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