I had a dog who could actually dodge snake strikes.
Pretty amazing really.
Honestly, it seems like scientists are not getting, well, dumber.
How many gees do you pull to do a double post? Must be about as much as a snake’s strike cause it was faster than my mouse.
Nature. The quick....and the dead. It’s how they get dinner.
Snakes either kill their supper by venom or constriction.
Since most of their prey is very capable of inflicting potentially fatal damage to them, given half a chance, they *have* to grab and incapacitate as quickly as possible.
Boas are non-venomous and even after all these years of dangling their ratsicles in front of them, I *still* involuntarily flinch a little when they hit the dead rat.
Why am I not being paid to state obvious things?
;D
“Texas rat snake was just as much of a speed demon as deadly vipers, challenging long-held notions about snake adaptations.”
Again, evolutionary theory is wrong.
What do molecular biologists and biochemists call evolutionary biologists?
Jokes.
It has always been known that a non poisonous snake is faster than a poisonous one is.
Duuuuuh!
My corn snakes loved to bite me
It entertained them I think
I take it not one of these scientists ever lived around snakes or played with them as a kid.
All snakes gotta be fast or go hungry.
Huge scientific break through......../s
Anybody seen this guy? Makes the Crocodile Hunter look like a wimp
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wynx1ukwdVA
We have lots of Texas Rat snakes (aka chicken snakes) For every one with a good temperment, there are about a dozen with foul attitudes.
That doesn’t stop me from catching every one I find. Mostly we find 5’ ones.