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Re: Snakes basking together

Postby Jeroen Speybroeck » Fri Jun 28, 2013 2:23 pm

Ilian Velikov wrote:grass snakes which would alert them of danger

I don't see why a grass snake would spot this danger sooner. It just might flee sooner.
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Re: Snakes basking together

Postby Ilian Velikov » Fri Jun 28, 2013 4:20 pm

I don't see why a grass snake would spot this danger sooner. It just might flee sooner.


I might be wrong but I think their eye sight is much better than in adders.
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Re: Snakes basking together

Postby Francesco Tri » Fri Jun 28, 2013 5:38 pm

Ilian Velikov wrote:
I don't see why a grass snake would spot this danger sooner. It just might flee sooner.


I might be wrong but I think their eye sight is much better than in adders.





I think so too
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Re: Snakes basking together

Postby Jeroen Speybroeck » Sat Jun 29, 2013 10:33 am

Why?
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Re: Snakes basking together

Postby Michal Szkudlarek » Mon Jul 08, 2013 1:56 pm

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Re: Snakes basking together

Postby Mario Schweiger » Mon Jul 08, 2013 3:29 pm

Oh, a rack full of fishing baits :lol:

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Re: Snakes basking together

Postby Berislav Horvatic » Wed Feb 17, 2016 9:16 pm

The question of snakes basking together reminds me of the much discussed question why V. ammodytes climb
the branches of trees and shrubs - quite regularly - (and V. berus don't.) There have been some explanations
offered, like (1) much easier thermoregulation than on the ground, (2) hunting birds, (3) both at the same
time, (4) hunting rodents foraging for fruits (which could/should explain why they do it mostly in late summer
and early autumn), (5) you name it...
Noone has ever offered any explanation why V. berus wouldn't do the same for exactly the same reasons...

I'm afraid, one should ask the snakes themselves, but they are not likely at all to oblige us with an answer...
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Re: Snakes basking together

Postby Aleksandar Simovic » Wed Feb 17, 2016 10:13 pm

Berislav Horvatic wrote:The question of snakes basking together reminds me of the much discussed question why V. ammodytes climb
the branches of trees and shrubs - quite regularly - (and V. berus don't.)


On my lowland bosniensis cmr site i regulary observe balkan adders basking on low shrubs (30-40cm), last year in early spring we observed one male basking on a small tree at a little bit higher then 60cm.
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Re: Snakes basking together

Postby Mario Schweiger » Thu Feb 18, 2016 11:37 am

... and some more thoughts, why ground dwelling snakes (here Crotalus cerastes) climb into bushes.

Herpetology Notes, volume 9: 55-58 (2016) (published online on 17 February 2016). Arboreal behaviours of Crotalus cerastes (Hallowell, 1854) (Squamata, Viperidae)

http://biotaxa.org/hn/article/view/14713/19130
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Re: Snakes basking together

Postby Ilian Velikov » Thu Feb 18, 2016 11:42 am

Aleksandar Simovic wrote:On my lowland bosniensis cmr site i regulary observe balkan adders basking on low shrubs (30-40cm), last year in early spring we observed one male basking on a small tree at a little bit higher then 60cm.


Interesting! Do you have any photos of that?
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