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Posted by regalringneck on October 01, 2002 at 22:38:08:
In Reply to: The sight/smell topic...I love it. posted by Doug T on September 30, 2002 at 22:34:29:
Interesting ob. 2 b sure...especially given Deans info on diurnal behavior...I note mine (a yearling @ ~ 4.5') is invariably in the same position in the dark of the wee hrs of the morning as when I go to bed; soaking or hiding, which would seem to support Deans point (tho I know it did feed at night under cover as a neonate).
I suggest a few of us try feeding (I'll use live mice)in near total darkness to test this idea further (w/ a real big one tho you mite become the meal doing this in the dark!)?
I also have observed ms cribo watching other snakes moving in adjacent tubs w/ great interest!
This is 4 me the one of the great rewards of keeping herps, you can learn things that you'd have to live 4ever to see in the wild...
:Just the other day, when my indigos were hungry, but not getting fed, I walked into the snake room at night with a flashlight. I aimed it into one of the indigos cages. When the indigo moved, she saw her shadow and full on struck at it. There was NO rat scent other than what had been in there for the previous week. She was chasing shadows all over the place. The snake saw movement and struck at it. Total feeding response.
:I'm convinced that indigos use both sight and smell for hunting, but that more than most other snakes, use the sense of sight and more specifically, their ability to sense motion, when hunting, to a much greater degree than a "typical" snake.
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