Watched a garter snake hunt in our backyard pond. It was on the bottom, nosing around, and flicking its tongue apparently trying to "scent" a fish. Rather neat to watch.

In Australia, my wife found a spider in the house. Being afraid of any and all spiders she asked me to dispose of it. Caught it in a glass, went to the deck, and tossed it towards the ground. The Brush Turkey, a very common bird around there, played Willie Mays and gobbled the spider up before it hit the ground.

have only seen two rattlesnakes in the wild, almost stepping on a baby which was the prettiest snake i have ever seen. Didn't see a need to kill either.