Will Atkins wrote:@Jeroen - useful paper, thanks. I wonder if anything similar has been done for mobbing behaviour rather than predatory behaviour which is the subject of this paper?
Will Atkins wrote:thanks both; @Alexandre - since whipsnakes are often partly arboreal that makes sense as a response to viridiflavus. Was your snake in a tree/bush at the time or simply on the ground?
Daniel Kane wrote:I imagine that through natural selection tree-nesting species (weaver birds and Dispholidus/Dasypeltis spp. come to mind) will be more inclined to mob arboreal snakes, while ground-nesters will mob the terrestrial snakes more so, i.g. the species presenting the most danger to themselves and their chicks.
Will Atkins wrote:@Jeroen - sorry for the dull reply!
the paper interprets it as predation, but how can you be 100% sure it is? Both phenomena will likely be detected by the same type of 'damage', no?
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