Response of brown treesnakes (Boiga irregularis) to mammalian blood: whole blood, serum, and cellular residue.
Brown treesnakes (Boiga irregularis) responded with more tongue flicks to blood (from rabbits, rats, and mice) than to water. When rat blood was centrifuged at 3,500 rpm for 5 min, separating serum from cellular residue, snakes responded strongly to serum but not to cellular residue.
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Department of Psychology, University of Colorado, Boulder 80309-0345, USA. chiszar@clipr.colorado.edu
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D000818:Animals; D001769:Blood; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D051379:Mice; D009068:Movement; D011817:Rabbits; D051381:Rats; D012911:Snakes / Q000502:physiology*; D014059:Tongue / Q000502:physiology