Because they are a quite small turtle, Common Musk turtles can be vulnerable to a range ofpredators. Snakes and mammals like foxes and raccoons will eat Common Musk turtle eggs, while adults can be targeted by large wading birds, fish, American Bullfrogs, snakes, and the largerSnapping turtle...
large numbers of snakes were killed for the reward. Eventually, however, enterprising people began to breed cobras for the income. When the government became aware of this, the reward program was scrapped. When cobra breeders set their now-worthless snakes free, the wild cobra population further...