tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-09-22:447683 Reptile lovers Reptile lovers 2017-06-24T17:50:31Z tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-09-22:447683:3653 roeskva 2017-06-24T17:50:31Z 2017-06-24T17:50:31Z public 0 Posted by: <span lj:user='roeskva' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://roeskva.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://roeskva.dreamwidth.org/'><b>roeskva</b></a></span><br /><br />People generally think of snakes as not being social creatures at all, but that may not be true. I found these very interesting articles and other texts that I want to share with you guys: <br /><ul><li><a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/02/0223_040223_rattlesnakes.html">Rattlesnakes Show Strong Family Bonds, Study Says</a></li><li><a href="https://www.livescience.com/18577-rattlesnakes-social-animals-kin.html">Sociable Rattlers Cuddle With Their Kin</a></li><li><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3476971.stm">Rattlesnakes' rich social lives</a></li><li><a href="http://www.reed.edu/biology/courses/BIO342/2012_syllabus/2012_WEBSITES/DDPS_Snake_Sociality/rattle_snakes.html">How can you cuddle without arms? Social Behavior in Snakes</a></li><li><a href="https://www.aussiepythons.com/forum/threads/python-maternal-care.30198/">Python maternal care - discussions</a></li><li><a href="http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/243036/serpent_first_egglaying_snakes_care_for_young/">Serpent First: Egg-Laying Snakes Care for Young</a></li><li><a href="http://snakesarelong.blogspot.se/2015/11/snakes-that-are-good-parents.html">Life is Short, but Snakes are Long</a> (Vipers, Pythons, King Cobras. As well as other snakes that have some parental care)</li><li><a href="http://tntoday.utk.edu/2017/05/23/study-shows-snakes-thought-solitary-eaters-coordinate-hunts/">Study Shows Snakes, Thought to Be Solitary Eaters, Coordinate Hunts </a></li><li><a href="http://animalbehaviorandcognition.org/uploads/journals/14/02%20Feb2017%20Dinets_HH(7)_final.pdf">Coordinated Hunting by Cuban Boas</a> (full article of above) </li></ul>Other periferically relevant (but interesting) texts: <br /><ul><li><a href="http://denardo.lab.asu.edu/publications/nestselection.pdf">The role of temperature and humidity in python nest site selection</a></li><li><a href="http://fascinatingafrica.com/amazing-mothers-of-the-african-savanna/">Amazing mothers of the African savanna (includes short texts about Rock pythons and Nile Crocodiles)</a></li><li><a href="http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2435.2012.02003.x/pdf">The consequences of alternative parental care tactics in free-ranging pythons in tropical Australia</a></li><li><a href="http://www.cebc.cnrs.fr/publipdf/2007/LJCPB177.pdf">Maternal brooding in the children&rsquo;s python (Antaresia childreni) promotes egg water balance</a></li></ul><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=reptiles&ditemid=3653" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments