Happy World Snake Day! Today, we talk about snake ecosystem services, human-snake conflicts, and opine on various snake-related outreach personalities you probably know from television or youtube. Be prepared for some hot takes as we finally address the elephant trunk snake in the room!
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Links, Citations, and Other Resources
Check out other things going on this week for Snake Week:
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Quah, E. S. H., Grismer, L. L., & Anuar, M. S. S. (2023). Observations and description of a rare escape mechanism in a snake: Cartwheeling in Pseudorabdion longiceps (Cantor, 1847) (Squamata, Colubridea). Biotropica, 55, 568–572.
https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.13213
Footage of a cartwheeling snake is available here:
https://youtu.be/sMoHNVCXHG8?si=8Awzzgb9-RTAHnse&t=1256
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Episode shout-outs:
Mark O’Shea
Jeff Corwin
Madagascar Life on the Edge, a documentary feat. Mark
Earyn McGee
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