Snakes' Intelligent Behavior
Snakes are smarter than most give them credit for, as a new study published in the ecoevorix journal reveals.
A study on Amazonian snakes found that they can circumvent the threat of poison dart frogs, which could potentially kill them, and still eat them.
Remarkable Behavior
The Royal Ground Snake was given potentially lethal frogs to eat. Instead of eating the frogs, which carry poison on their skin, the snakes were observed dragging the frogs to wipe the poison off before eating.
This behavior is remarkable and was published in the study titled “Toxin resistance mechanisms span biological scales in the Royal Ground Snake”.
An accompanying video shows this behavior in action. However, the study was limited by sample size.
Author's summary: Snakes exhibit intelligent behavior when eating poisonous frogs.