Can snakes sense emotions

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Originally Posted by JodanOrNoDan

I watch viper keeper more than I would really like to admit, like him or not, seeing his animals is like going to a really good zoo. I have not been particularly impressed with the intelligence of his cobras, king or otherwise. I am not understanding what anyone is basing cobra intelligence on. Maybe someone that has a few will jump in with a comment.

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Actually my post on the first page has a king covra story LOL

But otherwise, I feel like people often see activeness/quick to react to things as intelligence in snakes, and the slower/inactive ones as dumb, which obviously doesn't make sense. I think intelligence should be judged on how quickly snakes learn cause and effect too and make decisions on that rather than instinct.

I was trying to see if I could find the show via a quick search but my google-foo is off right now. There were plenty of anecdotal stories (such as: http://www.venomousreptiles.org/forums/Experts/44024 ) that mainly related to the Cobra recognizing it's keeper (I found my oldest boa would recognize my scent as safety over the years). There was this little tidbit from animal planet (http://www.animalplanet.com/tv-shows...agus-hannah-2/ ) and then I also found this 1999 study from University of Rochester which was kind of interesting (http://www.rochester.edu/pr/releases/bcs/snake.htm )
Neat stuff!