By Freya Coombes & Zahra Khaliq A hungry snake who mistook a gear stick knob for food was left with a gaping hole in his stomach. The eastern rat snake was rushed to a vet where the object appeared on an x-ray. While it’s unknown how he managed to find the car part, the unlucky reptile was thought to have mistaken it for an egg. The object was removed at the Second Chance Wildlife Cente (SCWC)r, in Gaithersburg, Maryland, US. A spokesperson said: “This is common in rat snakes, as golf balls and decoy eggs are often mistaken for fresh chicken eggs. “In this case, the object had been trapped in …