Snakes smear themselves in POO to put predators off eating them, experts reveal – but that’s not their only gross trick

SNAKES are cooking up a horrible stench to put predators off eating them.

Animals the world over are known for death feigning – aka playing dead – as a defence tactic but few go as far as the dice snake.

In an extreme version of this common trick, dice snakes have been observed smearing themselves in poo to deter predators.

Dead creatures defecate or urinate once soon after passing due to their muscles relaxing, so the snakes may be mimicking this.