"Oh shit food? Attack! What he's biting me? Better bite harder. AAHHH HE'S BITING HARDER"
The rodent is like “well, not what I had in mind but all right.”
I can't believe after millions of years of evolution snakes still eat themselves.
Well, if the snake manages to reproduce, then eats itself, the genes for eating yourself after reproduction get passed on.
TLDR: you actions have a must smaller effect on evolution after you have reproduced successfully.
Thanks for the tldr, your first sentance was rather cumbersome.
Can someone knowledgeable please explain to me why snakes don't realize they're biting themselves when this happens?
Also, related question: why do dogs sometimes bite their own tails and hind feet as though they're foreign entities?
I'm not knowledgeable about this, but here's my uneducated guess:
They might just think it's the prey biting back. Snakes generally have poor eyesight (of course, there are differences between species). And they're so focused on the jump to catch their prey and subdue them as quickly as possible that they just bite down and kinda hope for the best for a bit before they realize.
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Wait so did it just fucking kill itself then
Nah, these noodles mainly use strangulation to kill their prey, they just strike it first to get it in close- it just needs to detach itself from itself and it will be okay
Snek: "this guy's good! He is handling my best attacks"!
This is literally what twitch.tv did to their TOS the past few days
Poor cavy is too little to understand that it is in mortal peril. I bet it still thinks the snake is a friend.
Ahhahahahah That sweet, summer child.
