Intelligence between different types of snakes

[KORBIN5895]

Originally Posted by StudentoReptile

Umm...Theory of evolution; i.e. natural selection, Survival of the fittest...they've been teaching this stuff in high school textbooks for years.

It's really sad isn't it?

[marvelfreak]

This is the smartest snake alive. He can smell out fake breast.

[Mikoh4792]

Originally Posted by marvelfreak

This is the smartest snake alive. He can smell out fake breast.

no way, he just wanted some milk

[smy_749]

This thread is on the reptile report now :P

[DestinyLynette]

Originally Posted by Mikoh4792

no way, he just wanted some milk

Well, with her sticking her tongue in its face and her boobs all but falling out, it probably presumed it was perfectly acceptable for her. Well earned.


I only own ball pythons, so I can't chime in. I can only say I've HEARD boas have more "intelligence", for whatever you take it for, or more often stated more "personality" than BPs, but I don't know from experience... yet
Ditto that I've heard cobras are more intelligent though. I have read up a bit on false water cobras (which is a columbriae) and their keepers consider them to be of a high caliber intelligence.

Like I said, I have limited experience, but I've heard the same opinions across the board going roughly like this: most pythons --> boas ---> columbriae ---> elaspidae.
As for the cause of this- a whole 'nother debate.

Maybe I'll have a different idea after I expand my own collection outside of what I have now.

Edit:
Something I've noticed, when "intelligence" is discussed in lizards, it seems to go smaller to larger- a tegu is indisputably considered more intelligent than an anole. Snakes seem to work backwards.

[Corey209]

Originally Posted by Will0W783

Furthermore, booid snakes (boas/pythons) are evolutionarily the oldest group.

Would this be the reason both of these seem to have so many more base morphs compared to a lot of other species?

[Aaron_S]

Originally Posted by Corey209

Would this be the reason both of these seem to have so many more base morphs compared to a lot of other species?

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