Rattlesnakes are warm and cuddly animals who like to be around other snakes, scientists state
- Snake appears to bask in being close to its own kind – just like people
- They obviously feel much better when twitching into group hug with other snakes
Rattlesnakes are misconstrued and are in fact warm and cuddly animals, according to research study.
A research study from Loma Linda University in California says the poisonous snake appears to bask in being close to its own kind – just like people.
The snakes obviously get a sense of wellness when they twitch into a group hug with others of their types, with their heart rate decreasing and rattling stopping.
The findings challenge the idea that reptiles are singular hunters that show little in the method of complex social habits.
Study author William Hayes said: ‘People aspire to simply slice their avoid… however the animals are sentient, efficient in feelings.’
The research study validates suspicions raised by Prof Hayes from his out-of-hours work, when he is typically hired to wrangle rattlers captured by house owners in the mountains of Southern California.
He said he normally puts a caught snake in a container and brings it securely into the wild, with the animal generally rattling intensely all the method.
But he said he observed that when 2 or more snakes remained in a container, the rattling tended to relieve.
Co-author Cheslea Martin said: ‘It informs us that when they are with another snake it minimizes their tension reaction.
‘It has actually never ever been reported in reptiles prior to. It’s something that people do.’
