Posted on 05/26/2017 11:58:29 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
Not only that, but they hang from cave ceilings A scientist from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville has discovered that a species of snake, the Cuban boa, hunts in groups, and through teamwork improve their chances of catching prey. And if a pack of 1 to 2 meter (3 to 6 ft) long snakes working together wasn't enough to give you heart palpitations, they do it by hanging upside down from the roofs of caves.
"After sunset and before dawn, some of the boas entered the passage that connected the roosting chamber with the entrance chamber, and hunted by suspending themselves from the ceiling and grabbing passing bats."
(Excerpt) Read more at mychamplainvalley.com ...
I see a SYFY movie with hanging snakes grabbing the tourists on a secluded island.
Usually “pack hunting” features some sort of sharing of “the kill”. It might be hierarchical sharing with “high status” pack members going first but it’s still “sharing”. As far as I know snakes swallow their food whole. So how can there be “sharing”? With no “sharing” why hunt as a pack, why cooperate?
Excellent points. Perhaps it’s not really pack hunting on the snakes’ parts, but rather that they simply, for whatever reason, stay together as a group. At least that particular species or particular group.
“In the interest of accuracy, snakes are not pack hunters, according to Dr. White. “They’re not hunting in a pack. I really stress that. There is no pack hunting element. There is no coordination. That area of the beach just has a vast number of snakes, and if one snake gets a whiff that there might be food and starts to make a move, all the others follow,” she says. “They’re like, ‘Whoa, what’s that? What’s he seeing? I want it, too.’ “ ...”
Here’s The Story Behind That Terrifying Iguana Vs. Snakes “Planet Earth II” Scene - Feb 2017
https://www.fastcompany.com/3068093/heres-the-story-behind-that-scary-iguana-vs-snakes-planet-earth-ii-clip
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