Free Rat~~~ LOL

I've read a study somewhere that disputes the claim that ball pythons have poor eyesight. The actual makeup of their eye was said to be pretty advanced... Enough that they do depend on eye sight for hunting to an extent.

Here, I found the paper.

THE PHOTORECEPTORS AND VISUAL PIGMENTS IN THE RETINA OF A BOID
SNAKE, THE BALL PYTHON (PYTHON REGIUS)

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Such visually dependent behavior patterns are
consistent with the retina of P. regius. Even in the absence of
a specialized region of high cone density (Walls, 1942), the
rod:cone ratio of approximately 10:1 found in P. regius reflects
a cone density of approximately 45 000 cellsmm-2. This is less
than the cone packing density in the central retina of the owl
monkey (78 000 conesmm-2; Ogden, 1975), but substantially
greater than the cone density in the area centralis of either the
North American opossum (8000 conesmm-2; Kolb and Wang,
1985) or the cat (27 000 conesmm-2; Steinberg et al., 1973).
Strictly on the basis of cone packing density, it would not be
unreasonable to conclude that the photopic visual resolution of
P. regius should be better than that of the cat.

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My female Kali will not touch a rat with any dark coloring.
I never understood it, it still boggles me to this day. :D

I just have to accept that my snakie is racist! :P

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Originally Posted by littleindiangirl

I've read a study somewhere that disputes the claim that ball pythons have poor eyesight. The actual makeup of their eye was said to be pretty advanced... Enough that they do depend on eye sight for hunting to an extent.

Here, I found the paper.

THE PHOTORECEPTORS AND VISUAL PIGMENTS IN THE RETINA OF A BOID
SNAKE, THE BALL PYTHON (PYTHON REGIUS)

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Nice article Connie!

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Originally Posted by SnakieMom

My female Kali will not touch a rat with any dark coloring.
I never understood it, it still boggles me to this day. :D

I just have to accept that my snakie is racist! :P

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Racist? Not hardly!

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1. a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human races determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior and has the right to rule others.
2. a policy, system of government, etc., based upon or fostering such a doctrine; discrimination.
3. hatred or intolerance of another race or other races.

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Discerning - yes. ;)

Try washing your rats. That could play a big difference in whether they eat it or not.

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Originally Posted by Lewdogg3

Ive had a snake not want to eat and it ended up being athe family pet til we decided we didnt want it anymore, It turns out a friend of the famiy was looking for a rat and off it went.

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I cant feed my snake with my GF home or every rat becomes a pet..

I have 3 ft rats that are WAY too big for LD, cost me $15 bux for them too - grrr, thats what happens when I forget my scale.

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Originally Posted by littleindiangirl

I've read a study somewhere that disputes the claim that ball pythons have poor eyesight. The actual makeup of their eye was said to be pretty advanced... Enough that they do depend on eye sight for hunting to an extent.

Here, I found the paper.

THE PHOTORECEPTORS AND VISUAL PIGMENTS IN THE RETINA OF A BOID
SNAKE, THE BALL PYTHON (PYTHON REGIUS)

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So, cones provide the color sensitivity, right? If so, that would explain why my axanthic prefers albino rats to hooded :P