Quote Originally Posted by rlditmars View Post
I cannot say I have seen any specific studies, but I will say when I first started keeping BPs and didn't know differently I housed a couple together. I saw this behavior where the same snake ended up on top almost without exception and the other did seem to be extremely skiddish and a problem feeder. Once seperated the behavior was diffenent and the eating became normal. I know its an extremely small sample size, but it did seem to support the hypothesis. So I don't have reservations about perpetuating the theory even if it some day proves to be a myth. I agree with your comments of "no advantage, and added risk" so why not err on the side of caution?
Did you happen to see anything that seem to suggest a dominance type of role, instead of say the snake just curling up on top of the other one because that's where the heat or hide was and just never acknowledging the snake being there at all?