Most intelligent snake...

He didn't like him?:D

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Originally Posted by JasonGranger

I've also heard that BCIs are very intelligent.

Maybe anacondas or Indigos?

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Boas are pretty smart. I actually think b.c.occidentalis(sp?)
are very smart. Maybe its just the way an almost entirely black boid in the 7' range stares and watched you. My boas are usually waiting by the glass to by the time I get around to their cages.

Just because one Retic kills it owner when he is helping him doesn't mean anything. Humans are suposed to be the most intelligent animals but you still get really stupid people every once and awhile.

My vote would go to the retic; I only ever have handled one in my life, but his eyes.. they just stared at you, like they were reading your thoughts! :)

I've seen some shows and whatnot with more a few reptile "experts" mentioning how calculating king cobras are in their movements and whatnot...I guess it depends upon how you define intelligence. One definition of intelligence is "the ability to acquire and apply knowledge." Reptiles are generally driven by instinct so you have to make an arguement that king cobras, or whatever other snake you think it may be, learns and adapts its behaviors based on the experiences it has, or decide that it just merely applies actions based on instinct built in by eons of evolution.

So when you compare a king cobra to a retic, you have to be able to tell the difference between each animal being intelligent, or just simply being better adapted to the environment in which they live.

what about mambas? adders/rattlesnakes?

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Originally Posted by Rapture

If that was the case, why did that 14-foot Retic kill its owner when he was trying to treat it for mouth rot?

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Correct me if I'm wrong but, wasn't that a burm?

Well that explains it. Burms aren't the brightest snakes in the world.:D

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Originally Posted by Rapture

If that was the case, why did that 14-foot Retic kill its owner when he was trying to treat it for mouth rot?

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I would imagine that mouth rot is extremely painful and stressful and so I would not try to medicate an infected snake alone as the victim had.

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Originally Posted by djslurp1200

Correct me if I'm wrong but, wasn't that a burm?

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