“Dr. Brennan said the find was so shockingly obvious that she almost fell out of her chair.” —December 14, 2022 report in the New York Times.
Tag: snake
Scary animals : a new classification [study]
Scary animals, a new study reveals, can be separated into five distinct clusters : “(1) non‐slimy invertebrates; (2) snakes; (3) mice, rats, and bats; (4) human endo‐ and exoparasites (intestinal helminths and louse); and (5) farm/pet animals. However, only snakes, spiders, and parasites evoke intense fear and disgust in the non‐clinical population.” The diagram below […]
A Person Who Swallowed a Snake Whole (But Died)
This new study, describing a now-long-dead person who ate a snake whole, is reminiscent of the Ig Nobel Prize-winning study about swallowing a shrew. The new study is: “Analysis of a coprolite from Conejo Shelter, Texas: Potential ritualistic viperous snake consumption,” Elanor M. Sonderman, Crystal A. Dozier, Morgan F. Smith, Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, […]
Finding yet another snake with Pablo
Here’s another episode in the dramatic, true series “Finding Snakes with Pablo” (a subset of the series “The Brain Scoop“, from the Field Museum in Chicago). This episode: Fer-de-lance:
