ya my friend said the same thing he got me sooo good that i have 20 teeth marks on my thumb. . . . how do they find there prey by heat or sent????
03-21-2004, 10:52 AM
iceman25
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Originally Posted by pinkham64
ya my friend said the same thing he got me sooo good that i have 20 teeth marks on my thumb. . . . how do they find there prey by heat or sent????
I think they use both.
03-21-2004, 11:05 AM
bigslimrich
they use the sight and scent to find there prey and close in on it, but when they strike its almost like they close there eyes and they are using only the heat sensors to make the final hit.
03-21-2004, 11:09 AM
pinkham64
ya see taht must be why he nail my thumb instead of the mouse. . . the mouse was a lil colder then usually
03-21-2004, 11:14 AM
bigslimrich
Yup, people say that BPs have poor aim compared to other pythons also, so sometimes they may miss there mark by a little bit...
03-21-2004, 11:20 PM
SheSkweezes
Animal Planet has a special on constrictors recently..mostly on giants..but it has some good info and camera scenes that showed heat....and you could def see why a hand could get bit instead of a dead rodent, which really doesnt throw off any heat at all in comparison...also showed some good ways to unconstrict them if they get at you in a life threatening way
03-22-2004, 12:23 AM
Marla
Normal body temp for mice is 98.6F. Any questions? ;)
03-22-2004, 07:26 AM
Ginevive
I have one word for feeding nippy BPs/horned frogs: tongs!
03-22-2004, 08:22 AM
pinkham64
ya, but now that i have been bitten and know it dosent hurt ill be ok
