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Originally Posted by kazz
People say snakes are dumb. But how dumb?
Snakes are clever enough to survive tens of millions of years.
Do you have smart behavior with your snakes?
I have.
My carpet python lives on branches. There is a heating pad, placed into a cardboard box, on branches too. Cardboard has a notch.
I have was a witness at least 3 times when my snake was sleeping in the cardboard box then she's hanging her tail through the notch and urinating.
That kinda behavior, I suppose, is a smart action to prevent her place from being wet.
What do you say?
Do you have a similar experience to call snake smart? |
No, I say they're not smart at all. At least, not in the way that humans typically think of intelligence. I think sometimes we see behavior, and attribute the behavior to human-like thoughts.
But, usually, there are other explanations. For example, what if your snake was in the warm box, digesting food on her warm spot, then began to climb out of the notch in the box, up onto the branches? The vertical orientation of her body helps get the feces moving rearward, and she defecates while her tail is still in the box. Not a particularly surprising event, and I wouldn't be surprised to see it happen multiple times.
Also, what is "smart" about defecating in your warm hide?
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