Strike-induced chemosensory searching, kleptoparasitism, and the possibility of chemical crypsis in rattlesnakes

MS Teshera - 2021 - search.proquest.com
snakes responding to new information in their environment with heightened chemosensory
searching, such as garter snakes … -flicking during post-prandial chemosensory searching was …

Scents and scentability: An investigation into the chemical crypsis of the puff adder (Bitis arietans)

AK Miller - 2022 - wiredspace.wits.ac.za
… Furthermore, the notion that this extreme ambushing snake achieves chemical crypsis by …
is not lower than those of several other species of snake, including those known to be odorous. …

Food for thought: The effects of feeding on neurogenesis in the ball python, Python regius

…, C Dang, K Hillsbery, C Markowski, M Black… - Brain Behavior and …, 2024 - karger.com
… Introduction: Pythons are a well-studied model of postprandial physiological plasticity. … -seeking
behaviors, navigation, and mating [75]. Snakes have highly developed chemosensory

Nutritional considerations

MT Maslanka, FL Frye, BA Henry… - Health and welfare of …, 2023 - Springer
… egg-eating snake (Dasypeltis sp.); however, when eggs are not available, this snake may hunt
… Under natural conditions, the post-prandial act of moving to a safe refuge in which to hide …

[HTML][HTML] Investigating welfare metrics for snakes at the Saint Louis Zoo

L Augustine, E Baskir, CP Kozlowski, S Hammack… - Animals, 2022 - mdpi.com
… a post-prandial rise in glucocorticoids is an acute response that occurs shortly after eating.
However, as digestion is much slower in snakes… of strike-induced chemosensory searching in …

[HTML][HTML] A bitter taste in your heart

CJ Bloxham, SR Foster, WG Thomas - Frontiers in Physiology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
… The post-prandial concentration of bitter compounds in the blood increases. One perhaps
common example of this is caffeine, which reportedly modulates calcium signaling via …