It's quite possible that the adder performs caudal luring out of instinct and not necessarily because it needs to feed or even desires to. A green tree python will perform caudal luring even when it has a full belly. Sometimes they will lure and refuse prey offered. I would suppose that many animals who use this method do it as a habit as opposed to a calculated tactic as needed.
cool camoufalge. you can hardly see its head. and also, vwery clever (i have watched all the luring vid things(i think)) and iv seen that almost all of the are hiding by a plant or somthing. very clever.
do you think it had to do with the heat detection? did your snake maybe not sense the prey as prey? i don't know too much about snakes, nor do i have one, but that's really weird.
It's quite possible that the adder performs caudal luring out of instinct and not necessarily because it needs to feed or even desires to. A green tree python will perform caudal luring even when it has a full belly. Sometimes they will lure and refuse prey offered. I would suppose that many animals who use this method do it as a habit as opposed to a calculated tactic as needed.
rebeloj 7 months ago
Is this (NRI)if so, this is your baby I got from you.
viperkeeper 3 years ago
cool camoufalge. you can hardly see its head. and also, vwery clever (i have watched all the luring vid things(i think)) and iv seen that almost all of the are hiding by a plant or somthing. very clever.
bloodshot16 4 years ago
do you think it had to do with the heat detection? did your snake maybe not sense the prey as prey? i don't know too much about snakes, nor do i have one, but that's really weird.
akula06 5 years ago
No, These are "pitless" vipers with no facial heat sensors. What triggered this behavior was sight, smell, & vibration.
viperkeeper 5 years ago