Reptile lovers

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