Snake 'befriends' snack hamster

A rodent-eating snake and a hamster have developed an unusual bond at a zoo in the Japanese capital, Tokyo.

 

 

Aochan, the snake 'seems to enjoy' being with Gohan, the hamster

 

Their relationship began in October last year, when zookeepers presented the hamster to the snake as a meal.

 

The rat snake, however, refused to eat the rodent. The two now share a cage, and the hamster sometimes falls asleep sitting on top of his natural foe.

 

"I have never seen anything like it," a zookeeper at the Mutsugoro Okoku zoo told the Associated Press News agency.

 

The hamster was initially offered to Aochan, the two-year-old rat snake, because it was refusing to eat frozen mice,.

 

As a joke, the zookeeper said they named the hamster Gohan - the Japanese word for meal.

 

"I don't think there's any danger. Aochan seems to enjoy Gohan's company very much," said zookeeper Kazuya Yamamoto.

 

The apparent friendship between the snake and hamster is one of many reported bonds spanning the divide between predator and prey.

 

 

 

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Thats awesome.

Am I the only one who noticed the Dragon Ball Z reference?

hahaha, that mouse is so cute.

 

 

and i'm assuming Gohan is a common name in Japan

hahaha, that mouse is so cute.

 

 

and i'm assuming Gohan is a common name in Japan

 

 

Somehow, I doubt many Japanese parent's name their child, Meal.

hahaha, that mouse is so cute.

 

 

and i'm assuming Gohan is a common name in Japan

 

 

Somehow, I doubt many Japanese parent's name their child, Meal.

Babies aren't food? :blink: :o

hahaha, that mouse is so cute.

 

 

and i'm assuming Gohan is a common name in Japan

 

 

Somehow, I doubt many Japanese parent's name their child, Meal.

Babies aren't food? :blink: :o

I didn't say that.

He'll eat him in 2 weeks..

He'll eat him in 2 weeks..

 

 

I dunno. They've been living together since October.

He'll eat him in 2 weeks..

 

 

I dunno. They've been living together since October.

yeah, and gohan was last confirmed to be alive in january.