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Pack hunting... in snakes?
Thought this was super interesting!
http://www.aol.com/article/news/2017...acks/22111810/
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I wouldn't be terribly surprised if it turned out that other species do something similar...Trans Pecos rat snakes are known to take some bats in the wild, & to do
that might also hang around the entrance of a cave en masse. Perhaps we just don't sneak around in the wild where they are enough to find out?
Natural selection would seem to favor those who succeed with this method, at least for this type of prey. I don't think it would work as well for catching rodents
though, and I'm not sure it actually represents true intentional cooperation, since there's no way the prey can be shared, only their odds of success increased.
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Re: Pack hunting... in snakes?
I’ll just add that Cuban boas are very observant and active snakes. The pair I had would watch you from the cage...very alert as to what is happening around them. This kind of behavior doesn’t surprise me because I can easily see them recognizing the increased success rate for catching prey. Mine were also voracious eaters. I really regret giving those guys up when I downsized.
Other Snakes:
Hudson 1988 1.0 Colombian rainbow; Yang 2002 1.0 Corn snake; Merlin 2000 1.0 Solomon Island ground boa; Kett 2015 1.0 Diamond Jungle Jaguar carpet python; Dakota 2014 0.0.1 Children’s python
Ball pythons:
Eli 1990 1.0 Normal; Buttercup 2015 1.0 Albino; Artemis 2015 0.1 Dragonfly; Orion 2015 1.0 Banana Pinstripe; Button 2018 1.0 Blue Eyed Lucy; Piper 2018 0.1 Piebald; Belle 2018 0.1 Lemonblast; Sabrina 2017 0.1 Mojave; Selene 2017 0.1 Banana Mojave; Loki 2018 1.0 Pastel Mystic Potion; Cuervo 2018 1.0 Banana Piebald; Claude 2017 1.0 Albino Pastel Spider; Penelope 2016 0.1 Lesser
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Re: Pack hunting... in snakes?
Originally Posted by Dianne
I’ll just add that Cuban boas are very observant and active snakes. The pair I had would watch you from the cage...very alert as to what is happening around them. This kind of behavior doesn’t surprise me because I can easily see them recognizing the increased success rate for catching prey. Mine were also voracious eaters. I really regret giving those guys up when I downsized.
Trans Pecos are like that too...not shy, they often stay up in their branches & watch me & whatever else. Big eyes, excellent night vision too.
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