Discovery of a Water Snake That Predicts the Direction Its Prey Will Flee
Thursday, June 18, 2009 - 21:35
in Biology & Nature
Forget the old folk tales about snakes hypnotizing their prey. The tentacled snake from South East Asia has developed a more effective technique. The small water snake has found a way to startle its prey so that the fish turn toward the snake’s head to flee instead of turning away.