Snake venoms have multiple consequences on prey, ranging from immobilizing and
digestive effects to enhancing the salience of envenomated prey and their chemical trails …

Despite contradictory evidence, it is widely believed that venomous snakes carefully control,
or 'meter', the quantities of venom expended when feeding upon rodent prey. The major …

Striking, prey handling and envenomation behavior were observed under several contexts
in the laboratory to determine how and why prairie rattlesnakes (Crotalus v. viridis) allocate …

Rattlesnakes and many other viperids typically strike and release adult rodent prey (Gans,
1966; O'Connell et al., 1982; Radcliffe et al., 1980), allowing the envenomated rodent to …

Rattlesnake predatory behavior is defined by a strike and then release of rodent prey.
Poststrike, the released envenomated prey dashes off and dies. Therefore, the snake must …

Previous studies of chemoreceptive behavior in vipers suggest that snakes focus on the
scent of envenomated tissue to track their prey following envenomation. Other studies have …

Many species of snakes produce venom as a chemical means of procuring potentially
fractious prey. Studies have increasingly focused on venom compositional variation …

The purpose of this study was to assess through correlation analyses the various factors and
consequences associated with the mass of venom injected by prairie rattlesnakes (Crotalus …

Prey capture was studied in nine species of venomous snakes. Rodent-specializing
rattlesnakes (Crotalus adamanteus, C. enyo, C. ruber, and C. viridis) usually delivered a …

Prairie rattlesnakes (Crotalus viridis) typically release adult rodent prey after envenomation.
The post-strike head orientation of the snake may facilitate location of the trail left by the …