Top 5 Snake Myths WITHIN The Reptile Community!

Snakes are hugely misunderstood by the general population, but surely not amongst well-informed, snake lovers, right? Well, not exactly. There are still many snake myths that even the best reptile keepers mistakenly believe. Today we will be tackling my top 5 snake myths within our community.... I believed a couple myself once upon a time. How about you?

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Links for Learnin':
Aggregation and social interaction in garter snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis)
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00265-020-2827-0

Social Snakes? The role of kin selection in rattlesnake aggregations
https://www.snakes.ngo/Amarello_Smith_2012.pdf

It Appears That Snakes Form Friendships Too
https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/it-appears-that-snakes-form-friendships-too/

Rattlesnakes are Surprisingly Social Animals
http://www.animalcognition.org/2016/01/12/interview-with-snake-behavior-researcher-melissa-amarello/

Snakes that polish their scales, and why they do it
https://snakesarelong.blogspot.com/2012/11/snakes-that-polish-their-scales-and-why.html

A REAL SMART ASP: SNAKES SHOW SURPRISING ABILITY TO LEARN
https://www.rochester.edu/pr/releases/bcs/snake.htm

“A curtain of snakes” — for the first time, scientists confirm snakes can hunt in packs
https://www.zmescience.com/ecology/animals-ecology/snakes-hunting-cooperate-24052017/

Coordinated Hunting by Cuban Boas
https://www.animalbehaviorandcognition.org/uploads/journals/14/02%20Feb2017%20Dinets_HH(7)_final.pdf

Snakes Can Recognize Their Owner
https://capesnakeconservation.com/are-snakes-smart/


FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE VENOM EXPENDITURE
IN VIPERIDS AND OTHER SNAKE SPECIES DURING
PREDATORY AND DEFENSIVE CONTEXTS
http://eaglemountainpublishing.s3.amazonaws.com/PDF/Biology%20of%20the%20Vipers/CH%2013_hayes_.pdf

Operant conditioning in the indigo snake
https://rd.springer.com/article/10.3758/BF03332330

Conditioned discrimination of airborne odorants by garter snakes (Thamnophis radix and T. sirtalis sirtalis).
https://psycnet.apa.org/record/1988-28604-001

Predators in training: operant conditioning of novel behavior in wild Burmese pythons (Python molurus bivitattus)
https://rd.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10071-014-0797-1

Feeding Adaptations of Hognose Snakes:
https://www.jstor.org/stable/3669870?read-now=1&seq=18

The Natural History of the Hognose Snake
https://www.jstor.org/stable/3889972?casa_token=-ImfJRFHNCQAAAAA%3AAnm7XuyY3cVA7yKHJpQOq14wADEGskuA0SxZr-5w7_ai3_sbqWQdoZ5McUzeYI1SZEJ8B6rZMjCFGpPFyitCAPwcCPjJtCsbntdhD_nQuyrAZemMVAUB&seq=11#metadata_info_tab_contents

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Video Content:
00:00 - Introduction
01:16 - Myth 1 - Snakes Asphyxiate Their Prey
04:04 - Myth 2 - Snakes Are Anti-Social/Dumb/No Emotions
07:53 - Myth 3 - Ball Pythons & Bins
11:56 - Check Out My Patreon!
12:23 - Myth 4 - Snakes Only Swallow Food Whole
13:42 - Myth 5 - Hognose Snakes vs Toads
17:30 - Wrap Up & Bloopers!!









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Video acknowledgements:

Crab-eating water snake
Pei Yan Heng
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LremZP9YLA8