For those it may interest, I'd like to share a bit of what is on the ASP (Advocates for Snake Preservation) website- We are Advocates for Snake Preservation - Advocates for Snake Preservation
If you click on the 'blog' and then on the World Snake Day 2015, you'll find this & others: Removing the blinders | SocialSnakes in which they share their close & patient
observations of wild rattlesnake behaviors, and draw some interesting conclusions...namely that they exhibit some social behaviors that scientists (including Klauber) have for many years denied.
From my decades of living closely with, handling & observing my own snakes (including many rattlesnakes) I've always felt strongly that they understand far more than most give them credit for.
What else could explain that they learn to recognize us as 'friendly' (ie. harmless associates) & remain tame? So if the ASP observations are indeed evidence of their innate social behaviors toward
their own species, that may explain why many snakes also seem able to relate to us as well. Just some food for thought...
If you click on the 'blog' and then on the World Snake Day 2015, you'll find this & others: Removing the blinders | SocialSnakes in which they share their close & patient
observations of wild rattlesnake behaviors, and draw some interesting conclusions...namely that they exhibit some social behaviors that scientists (including Klauber) have for many years denied.
From my decades of living closely with, handling & observing my own snakes (including many rattlesnakes) I've always felt strongly that they understand far more than most give them credit for.
What else could explain that they learn to recognize us as 'friendly' (ie. harmless associates) & remain tame? So if the ASP observations are indeed evidence of their innate social behaviors toward
their own species, that may explain why many snakes also seem able to relate to us as well. Just some food for thought...
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