This is for anyone who buys the "dumb little lizard brain" theory.
I was tending to my old dog this morning when I noticed my Pastel lap snake acting oddly in his tank.
[40 gallon with "Lucy lid" and 3 keyed locks]
He was stretched upward and 'smearing' himself across the OptiPlex somewhat like a windshield wiper.
I'm like "WTH?"
So I watched him.
After about 6 tries, his 'cheek' touched the latch inside the tank...and he froze.
Then he slowly worked his face up over the top of the latch, turned his head downward like somebody using a crescent wrench, pushed and opened the latch.
He then dropped down and headed for the next one.
By the time I got hubby out of the shop and into the house to see all this, the snake was working on the second latch.
The snake knows the latches keep him 'trapped' in there and knows how to open them.
Now I know why I keep finding him "stressing" in the early hours of dawn.
He's been carefully perfecting his escape routine.
Anybody else ever seen anything like this?
[when hubby took out the keys from the locks and told me that he couldn't open them now, he slid down the glass and just laid there looking dejected until he gave up and slithered back into his hide where he's now pointedly moping]
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