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[personal profile] roeskva2017-06-26 06:37 pm
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  • brooding,
  • cooperative behaviour,
  • links,
  • parental care,
  • reptiles,
  • snakes,
  • social behaviour

Interesting articles about snakes, parental care, social lives, and cooperation :)

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:
  • Rattlesnakes Show Strong Family Bonds, Study Says
  • Sociable Rattlers Cuddle With Their Kin
  • Rattlesnakes' rich social lives
  • How can you cuddle without arms? Social Behavior in Snakes
  • Python maternal care - discussions
  • Serpent First: Egg-Laying Snakes Care for Young
  • Life is Short, but Snakes are Long (Vipers, Pythons, King Cobras. As well as other snakes that have some parental care)
  • Study Shows Snakes, Thought to Be Solitary Eaters, Coordinate Hunts
  • Coordinated Hunting by Cuban Boas (full article of above)
Other periferically relevant (but interesting) texts:
  • The role of temperature and humidity in python nest site selection
  • Amazing mothers of the African savanna (includes short texts about Rock pythons and Nile Crocodiles)
  • The consequences of alternative parental care tactics in free-ranging pythons in tropical Australia
  • Maternal brooding in the children’s python (Antaresia childreni) promotes egg water balance
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