According to a report in New Scientist magazine, chicks raised with a blind snake in the family “grow faster and are much more likely to survive ” than those raised without the company of this living vacuum cleaner.
فهذه الافعى لا تؤذي صغار الطيور بل تأكل النمل والذباب ،‏ كما تقتات بغيرهما من الحشرات وتلتهم يرقاتها وخادراتها .‏