… To compare our results more directly to theirs, we additionally compiled the choices and
activity scores of the pigmy rattlesnakes during just the first two hours of each 23-h trial. Each of …

… We performed a field experiment to test the hypothesis that pigmy rattlesnakes select …
that prey odor is at least one of the factors involved in foraging site selection by these sit-and…

… prey scent to the control scent showed that Pigmy rattlesnakes preferred lizard scent over the
… divergent selection among areas with varying availability of specific prey species given that …

… Scent or odor trails left inadvertently by prey animals are generally assumed to be composed
of … Pigmy rattlesnakes use frog-derived chemical cues to select foraging sites. Copeia 1999:…

… shelter and prey odor on microhabitat choice, the relative preference for different prey odors,
and … Rattlesnakes have the venom system to exploit rodent prey or defend against them; H. …

… This research clarifies the role that natural selection plays in the evolution of behavioral
and … These openings allowed the scent of the snake to readily leave the container while …

… Furthermore, given the assumption that a strong response indicates a relative preference,
hatchling EIS preferred snake scent over mammal scent and preferred the scent of pit vipers …

… Upon selecting a foraging site, rattlesnakes will wait for hours, or sometimes days, for prey to
… Although rattlesnake site selection, as well as pre- and post-strike behaviors, have received …

… for measuring snake responses to prey odor, a tongue-flick … and was highest when rodent
odors were tested. A canonical … than a general ontogenetic shift in their prey odor responses. …

… predator scent cues, as well as a non-snake scent control. We hypothesized that snake scent
… more likely to avoid the scent of eastern diamondback rattlesnakes (Crotalus adamanteus), …