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Re: help settle a debate. do snakes have personalities?
"Personality" is an adjective, a descriptive term, nothing more.. so yes snakes have "personality" because in the English speaking language that adjective can be used to describe the observable trait patterns displayed by any living thing.
"emotion" is also an acceptable to use word in the literal sense that "fear" is classified as an emotion, "Anger" is also classified as an emotion.
I have seen snakes flee, and I have seen pissed off snakes strike out like their lives depended on it.
So in a literal sense both of those words can accurately be used to describe a snake.
now at the same time, do they feel love? doubt it..
do they covet each others possessions? heck yes, they will seek the prime basking spot, and guess what, if it's already in use, they don't just politely ask to share, at mating time males will do whatever it takes to get their genes passed on to the best females.
One thing that sets my little garter snakes apart from almost all others it the stone cold simple fact that the population densities mandate sharing resources, this includes mass denning at the optimal brumation sites and crazy orgies at mating time. This is not displayed by other species.
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