Can BP,S sense each others presence when in seperate enclosures?

[humpee316]

Im looking for people who might have observed similar behavior.I have two normal BP,S one male one female.Both are in there own tanks.next to eachother.over the past two weeks i have noticed once it gets dark they exhibit identical behaviors at identical times.at first i thought "aint that cute"and what a coincidence....but now its frankly weird...when he sticks his head out she does,he lifts his neck and periscopes frozen in that posture,she is doing the same thing.last night both were in there basking driftwood wrapped around the bases with their heads propped up looking at the exact same upper corner of their tanks.a mirror image.I know a few pics would help explain this,and will try to time right a few.Just thought i would share this story to see what you all thought.

[Adam Chandler]

I'm not sure about sense, but I know for sure sexually mature males can smell mature females in the same room. Tends to cause them to stop eating

[Ladybugzcrunch]

I had two of mine in a divided tank at one time. The divider was made of plexi glass. They can see each other. It was seeming to be stressful during feeding time so I blocked their view of each other eating with some wood and leaves.

But to answer your specific concern, in my opinion:

From my understanding, Bp's and reptiles in general are lacking a part of their brain that mammals have and therefore do not process information or "think" the same way we do. They act based upon environmental stimuli that is very simple. Mouse = eat , Opposite sex = mate, cold = seek warmth, etc. Since your Bp are exposed to the same environmental stimuli, I do not see that it is so far fetched that they would be acting in a similar manner. I think that it is much more unrealistic that they are "copying" each other. They just do not have the capacity to do this sort of thing. JMO

[Ergo Proxy]

I have experianced the exact same thing with my two babys! one tub on the top rack and the other under! the two of them do the exact same thing every night..stick there heads out and rest them on the hides..im glad im not the only one ^-^;

i do believe they can sense eachother.. but personaly i am of the belief that if one of your senses are taken away..IE talking for snakes or taste that your other senses are there for hightend..and really wouldnt they have to be?

[humpee316]

I had two of mine in a divided tank at one time. The divider was made of plexi glass. They can see each other. It was seeming to be stressful during feeding time so I blocked their view of each other eating with some wood and leaves.

But to answer your specific concern, in my opinion:

From my understanding, Bp's and reptiles in general are lacking a part of their brain that mammals have and therefore do not process information or "think" the same way we do. They act based upon environmental stimuli that is very simple. Mouse = eat , Opposite sex = mate, cold = seek warmth, etc. Since your Bp are exposed to the same environmental stimuli, I do not see that it is so far fetched that they would be acting in a similar manner. I think that it is much more unrealistic that they are "copying" each other. They just do not have the capacity to do this sort of thing. JMO

I am quite aware of the obvious differences between mammal and reptile,and reptiles are not capable of independant thought,just thought it was strange how exactly they mimicked each others behavior.quite amusing and interesting at the same time