Chemical-Cue Preferences of Inexperienced Snakes: Comparative Aspects
- 11 August 1967
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 157 (3789), 718-721
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.157.3789.718
Abstract
Different species of new-born, previously unfed snakes will respond with tongue flicking and prey-attack behavior to water extracts of the skin substances of various small animals. However, there are clear species differences in the type of extract responded to by previously unfed snakes, even within the same genus. These differences correspond to the normal feeding preferences shown by the various species.This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
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