LSM1303 Animal Behaviour Student Blog

Rough-skinned newts ( newts of the genus Taricha granulosa ) are one of the most poisonous animals in the world. In certain populations, the poison in a single newt can kill up to 20 humans. However, the newt’s predator, the common garter snake ( Thamnophis Read More...

It will be interesting to understand how does the snake actually hunt their prey in order to survive in the wild. Every predators have their own unique ways of hunting and snakes are of no exception too. Most people may have the common misperception that Read More...

I remember getting an e-mail a few years back regarding a man-eating python ! Besides that, there have been so many other stories about and photos showing snakes swallowing their unfortunate human victims, whole — THIS IS NOT FOR THE FAINT-HEARTED ! There Read More...

Ophidiophobia. Sound like anything you know? Perhaps it's something you might have . The fear of snakes is something that many people can relate to, and even if you don't necessarily faint at the sight of one, you might be guilty of the occasional shudder Read More...