Monkeys, like humans, have an in-built ability to spot snakes ultra-fast, and new research suggests scales are a key visual ...

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via Wikimedia Commons The rattle of the snake is found at the tip of the rattle snakes tail. Image via ALAN SCHMIERER, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons Secondly Oregon is home to three rattlesnake species: ...

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"The monkeys did not react faster to salamanders, a species that shares a similar elongated body and tail with snakes, until the images were changed to cover them with snakeskin." This suggests ...

"The monkeys did not react faster to salamanders, a species that shares a similar elongated body and tail with snakes, until the images were changed to cover them with snakeskin." This suggests ...

Monkeys detect snakes rapidly due to their scales. New experiments demonstrated that primates react strongly to snake-like ...