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12-02-2002, 09:17 PM
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Anyone want to take a guess at what this is called?
There IS a scientific term for it.
Enjoy!
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12-02-2002, 10:10 PM
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I wasn't even aware that some of them did this? I knew Gecko's did but snake's?
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It has been documented in Apodora papuana, and Bothrochillus boa
Field guide to snakes of papua-new guniea 98 (I think) O'shea
Oh, I just found out it has also been seen in a Garter snake.
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12-03-2002, 05:02 PM
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So nobody cares to take a guess at this?
You cant let me win this easy.....c'mon [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]
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12-03-2002, 06:24 PM
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I know...But I'm not telling, I want to see if YOU *points* know. [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img]
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12-03-2002, 06:52 PM
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HAHA!
nice try.
Anyway, im going to post the answer in a few hours.
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12-03-2002, 07:28 PM
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keratophagy [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] (just out if interest about half of all published cases are accidental in the way that they took place during or after the ingestion of natural food). I wonder if continuous contact with their own shed skins may start this behaviour in captive snakes? Any ideas?
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12-03-2002, 07:35 PM
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well, some seem to think it show signs of ophiophagus tendencies in snakes.
now the garter snake eating its own skin, that was probably accidental, but in the case of the Papuan and Ringed pythons, I bet it was intended that the shed skin may have been a prey animal.
Since both of those pythons have been known to prey on other snakes, their own species included.
But I do agree that it most likey occurs by accident.
Glad someone else knew!
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