How often do predatory animals prey on other carnivores?

Young of predatory species are highly susceptible to predation, even from their own species (not so common with mammals, but very common with some other taxa such as fish). Some predatory species feed on each other. A great example are the Reticulated Python and the king Cobra.

They are both apex reptile predators and both feed on each other. The outcome is never certain. I live in Cambodia and have found a >5m King Cobra eating a 2.46m Retic python, and have also found pythons eating cobras.

It depends on which is larger. I've also seen footage of a tiger killing a croc in India. Those sorts of events are rare and this one was triggered by food shortages leading to competition for a tiger kill.

There was also a Burmese Python found in the everglades (a released pet) that had choked to death on the alligator it was eating. There are plenty of predatory birds eaten by predatory mammals, especially when still young. And vice versa.

So the answer is that it is pretty common in intact ... more.

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