Snakes make up a significant proportion of the middle - order predators that keep our natural ecosystems working. Without them the numbers of prey species would increase to unnatural levels and the predators that eat snakes struggle to find food.
The feeding habits of Snakes act as a natural form of pest control.
Snakes are Predators and feed on a variety of creatures. Small snakes feed on many harmful bugs and insects. Larger ones eat mice, rats, and other small mammals that can destroy crops or damage personal property. Snakes tend to control rodent populations in particular. Without snakes, we would be completely overrun by these nuisance rodents.
Snakes as Prey
They serve as a food source for larger predators such as hawks, owls, herons, and carnivorous mammals such as bobcats. Some snakes consume other snakes if given the opportunity. Immune to the poisonous venom, king snakes will readily make a meal of a rattlesnake that they might encounter.
Snakes are a key component in the balance of nature. Their heir presence or removal from an area directly impacts the health of an ecosystem.
Snakes are also significant because they aid in allocation of wealth and other resources. They can swallow huge amount of money which could be use to feed a community for several years, even a decade.
