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It's the worst nightmare of anyone who suffers from ophidiophobia. According to a new study, snakes are not the solitary hunters and eaters we perceive them to be. In fact, some of the slithery reptiles coordinate their missions to increase their success rate.
For the study, Vladimir Dinets, a research assistant professor of psychology from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, observed the Cuban boa — the island nation's largest native terrestrial predator — hunting for food in bat caves.
Source: Time
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Everything you know is wrong!
(Score: 3, Funny) by Reziac on Monday May 29 2017, @03:36AM
One of my hens was setting under my trailer... heard a ruckus, went out to investigate, there's a gopher snake in the nest, busy trying to suck down eggs while the hen raises hell. Pitched the snake into yonder field and thought no more about it.
Next night, another ruckus, and now there are TWO snakes in the nest, and almost no eggs left. *sigh*
And yes, one was the same snake from the night before, identifiable by being short part of its tail and scars on the stump. Guess it liked the omelet so well that it brought a friend.
And there is no Alkibiades to come back and save us from ourselves.