In this video a snake in the zoo of Japan befrends what would be his lunch, a Dwarf hamster. The hamster now lives with his new friend in the same tank. Snakes usually eat hamsters, mice, rats and other small rodents, but when the small, grey hamster was dropped into the tank, it was love at first sight. The Rat snake Ao-chan and Dwarf hamster Gohan-chan are a very unusual pair. The snake is 120-centimetres long and the grey hamster is around 10cm. Gohan-chan's name means "Meal" he was literally meant to be the snake's dinner, but the snake did not have the heart to eat him. The owner Kazuya Yamamoto states that, "When we first found Ao-chan, the snake refused to eat so we went to a pet shop, but was told they were out of frozen mice and suggested we try a hamster. However the moment we put it in the cage, it was instantaneous friendship and the snake seemed to have no appetite for it." The love is shared only by the snake and the hamster. Hanna-chan, a mouse-hunting cat, has been eyeing Gohan-chan ever since Ao-chan decided to befriend it.
I think it is sweet that the snake is best friends with the hamster when they are suppose to be enemies. However has anyone ever considered the psychological torture the hamster has to go through every time the snake eats another one of its kind? The snake has surprisingly not yet mistaken the "new meal" for his best friend either. Maybe the hamster is thinking, "As long as it is not me, I'm cool with it." And the snake is probably thinking, " Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer."
I think it is sweet that the snake is best friends with the hamster when they are suppose to be enemies. However has anyone ever considered the psychological torture the hamster has to go through every time the snake eats another one of its kind? The snake has surprisingly not yet mistaken the "new meal" for his best friend either. Maybe the hamster is thinking, "As long as it is not me, I'm cool with it." And the snake is probably thinking, " Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer."