I remember a thread a while back that discussed some caudal luring. I was on the computer at home last night looking for some other pictures and found these instead. They are of one of my baby cottonmouths from a few years back.
I thought you all may enjoy them. I did feed the snake at the time, hoping to 'reward' the behavior, but that was the only instance I remember seeing it happen.
--Berkeley
Caudal luring in snakes
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- herpseeker1978
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Caudal lures are so cool! Those cottonmouths are awesome! Here is a Banded Rock Rattlesnake Crotalus lepidis klauberi
Josh
Josh
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Josh,
If you see a penny pick it up and all day long you'll have good luck!
If you see a penny pick it up and all day long you'll have good luck!
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Caudal luring is always neat to observe. Here is a link to a photograph of a Broad-banded Copperhead using caudal luring to attract birds around a natural spring in central Texas.
http://www.southwesternherp.com/photoso ... -2009.html
-Gerald
http://www.southwesternherp.com/photoso ... -2009.html
-Gerald
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Yes, that is awesome nature at it's very best you guys!. Thanks for sharing those way cool photos of them in caudal luring action. Love that sort of stuff!!! As the ol' saying goes....."truth is stranger than fiction" any day of the week!
~Doug
~Doug
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Nice shots!
This is one of the coolest videos on caudal luring I've seen in a while.
Pseudocerastes urarachnoides
This is one of the coolest videos on caudal luring I've seen in a while.
Pseudocerastes urarachnoides
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Yeah, those snakes are absolutely INSANE with the caudal lures they deploy....GEEEEZ!!gila-91 wrote:Nice shots!
This is one of the coolest videos on caudal luring I've seen in a while.
Pseudocerastes urarachnoides
The modified scales at the end of the tail that have evolved to look the way they do is just mind-blowing!
~Doug
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Caudal luring in Chondropython viridis:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGCwNESz ... re=related
And in death adders Acanthopis antarcticus (note how the luring stops as soon as the prey is grasped):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnE2Fi3gewk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGCwNESz ... re=related
And in death adders Acanthopis antarcticus (note how the luring stops as soon as the prey is grasped):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnE2Fi3gewk
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Thanks guys, great follow up photos and links!
I've never seen a green tree python luring, but I figured they did with that nifty little darker tail tip. I used to have a death adder years ago, and that thing had a tail that actually looked just like a worm. The first time I saw it in action, it completely fooled me and I almost opened the lid up to get the 'worm' out (not with my hands of course!). Never got photos or video of that unfortunately, but thanks for the links Serpentes.
Doug, you took the words out of my mouth about that P. urarachnoides video! That was INSANE! Blows the death adder lure out of the water in my opinion! Thanks for sharing that one, Sam.
Gerald and Josh, thanks for the support photos too. It's interesting to see the variety of snakes that caudal lure. I actually just got an email from a friend of mine who said he has seen the behavior in a yellow rat snake.
--Berkeley
I've never seen a green tree python luring, but I figured they did with that nifty little darker tail tip. I used to have a death adder years ago, and that thing had a tail that actually looked just like a worm. The first time I saw it in action, it completely fooled me and I almost opened the lid up to get the 'worm' out (not with my hands of course!). Never got photos or video of that unfortunately, but thanks for the links Serpentes.
Doug, you took the words out of my mouth about that P. urarachnoides video! That was INSANE! Blows the death adder lure out of the water in my opinion! Thanks for sharing that one, Sam.
Gerald and Josh, thanks for the support photos too. It's interesting to see the variety of snakes that caudal lure. I actually just got an email from a friend of mine who said he has seen the behavior in a yellow rat snake.
--Berkeley
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I had a group of 5 or 6 hatchling green tree pythons that I was helping a friend get started some years ago, and I remember that two of the babies accepted pinkies readily while the rest of the group were a little more challenging. Eventually...after a few weeks of learning my feeding routine, the two with the strong feeding response would start waving their tails as soon as I walked into the room.
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HAHA!!,.....that is too cool. As if to say to you....... "hey!, over here buddy!,....see!, I'm luring!,.... can't you see me over here waving you down???,....that's right, bring the pinkies on!"DaveR wrote:I had a group of 5 or 6 hatchling green tree pythons that I was helping a friend get started some years ago, and I remember that two of the babies accepted pinkies readily while the rest of the group were a little more challenging. Eventually...after a few weeks of learning my feeding routine, the two with the strong feeding response would start waving their tails as soon as I walked into the room.
~Doug
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One from my house.
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Mattlesnake King wrote:
One from my house.
Yes, that's some very cool behavior to witness for sure! Thanks for sharing the video
~Doug
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I agree, John. Thanks again everyone for the additional contributions!John Vanek wrote:This is the coolest thread I've seen in a while!
Matt- great video and great snake!
--Berkeley
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The results of caudel luring are amazing. You get to see the result of risk vs benefit while marveling at the delapidated tails of Rubber Boas.
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Does this count?
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I don't know if this is a stupid question or not, but are there any non-venomous snakes that use caudal luring? if so, what species? I don't even know if there are back-fanged snakes that do it...
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Not a supid question .. I was wondering the same thing. I've seen my L.t. hondurensis do something similar. It mostly happens in their excitement before grabbing a mouse, not while waiting for food to come.SnakeDude wrote:I don't know if this is a stupid question or not, but are there any non-venomous snakes that use caudal luring? if so, what species? I don't even know if there are back-fanged snakes that do it...
-Ian
Here's a baby Bothrops asper with a caudal lure. Through this forum I learned that juvenile males carry this trait while females do not... am I remembering that correctly? Is this true?
and another larger roadkill
and another one
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Green Pythons caudal lure.
Cheers,
Scott
Cheers,
Scott
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My Rhinella schneideri sometimes exhibits "pedal luring". It's not snake related, but I think it's pretty cool.
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mangrove salt marsh snakes are known for lingual luring...
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Here are a couple of recently born Mexican cantils with their tails up. Not the best quality due to being scanned slides.
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thx...I had no clue that green pythons use the technique. pretty coo
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hahaha, nice post.. that is too cool