On the Kingsnake.com forum, an experienced herper in AZ has shared some astonishing finds from years of herping.



Not only do he and other herpers frequently find snakes of different species together, he has found rattlesnake family units that are sophisticated.



Year after year, he returns to the rattlesnake den site to find the family there. Males bask in one section, females & young in another. When breeding time comes, males leave their family, go breed elsewhere, then return to the same pod area at the den site.



Horned lizards have been found sleeping together under the sand; some had their arms around the other lizard!



I really think that we are just BEGINNING to understand reptiles intelligence & social structure, and suspect that we have many surprises ahead as animal lovers & naturalists.

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• Texas Rat Behavior, My Experiences - Ameron, Fri Mar 5 23:16:27 2010
• RE: Texas Rat Behavior, My Experiences - monklet, Sat Mar 6 10:38:32 2010
• Snakes are Non-social? Debatable - Ameron, Mon Mar 8 15:34:09 2010
• RE: Snakes are Non-social? Debatable - KevinM, Mon Mar 8 16:26:36 2010
• RE: Snakes are Non-social? Debatable - vegasbilly, Mon Mar 8 18:11:44 2010
• RE: Snakes are Non-social? Debatable - RandyWhittington, Mon Mar 8 20:42:59 2010
• RE: Snakes are Non-social? Debatable - monklet, Mon Mar 8 20:47:24 2010
• that's right! - DMong, Thu Mar 11 12:21:51 2010
• RE: that's right! - monklet, Thu Mar 11 13:20:10 2010
• LOL!!! - DMong, Thu Mar 11 22:49:20 2010
• RE: Snakes are Non-social? Debatable - DannyBoy9, Mon Mar 8 19:58:56 2010
• RE: Snakes are Non-social? Debatable - vegasbilly, Mon Mar 8 21:09:21 2010
• RE: Snakes are Non-social? Debatable - DannyBoy9, Tue Mar 9 20:32:06 2010
• You may be right - Ameron, Wed Mar 10 00:52:30 2010
• RE: You may be right - draybar, Sun Mar 14 13:55:26 2010
• What Garters & Gray Parrots taught me - Ameron, Wed Mar 10 00:46:52 2010
• RE: What Garters & Gray Parrots taught me - AmandaTolleson, Wed Mar 10 10:34:29 2010
• Story Below For You, Amanda - Ameron, Fri Mar 12 12:56:33 2010
• RE: Story Below For You, Amanda - AmandaTolleson, Fri Mar 12 13:57:00 2010
• No, Sorry. You Were Wrong. - Ameron, Mon Mar 15 13:06:46 2010
• RE: No, Sorry. You Were Wrong. - draybar, Mon Mar 15 16:36:24 2010
• RE: No, Sorry. You Were Wrong. - AmandaTolleson, Mon Mar 15 19:07:49 2010
• RE: Story Below For You, Amanda - DannyBoy9, Fri Mar 12 16:31:46 2010
• RE: Story Below For You, Amanda - vegasbilly, Sat Mar 13 19:16:39 2010
• RE: Story Below For You, Amanda - AmandaTolleson, Sat Mar 13 20:32:44 2010
• RE: What Garters & Gray Parrots taught me - Tokaysrnice, Wed Mar 10 13:25:02 2010
• RE: What Garters & Gray Parrots taught me - vegasbilly, Wed Mar 10 23:06:29 2010
• RE: Texas Rat Behavior, My Experiences - tspuckler, Sat Mar 6 13:12:17 2010
• Thanks for Your Insight - Ameron, Mon Mar 8 15:36:48 2010
• RE: Thanks for Your Insight - monklet, Mon Mar 8 20:39:35 2010
• RE: Thanks for Your Insight - antelope, Tue Mar 9 09:26:50 2010
• True, and Consider - Ameron, Wed Mar 10 00:34:05 2010
• "but it's science to others" - Tokaysrnice, Wed Mar 10 13:07:51 2010
• RE: Texas Rat Behavior, My Experiences - vegasbilly, Sat Mar 6 18:37:32 2010
• RE: Texas Rat Behavior, My Experiences - tokaysrnice, Sun Mar 7 21:41:03 2010
• Thanks for That - Ameron, Mon Mar 8 15:40:47 2010
• RE: Texas Rat Behavior, My Experiences - byron.d, Mon Mar 8 14:04:00 2010
• More Docile than Corns? Wow! - Ameron, Mon Mar 8 15:42:08 2010
• For Reals...... - byron.d, Mon Mar 8 17:21:20 2010
• RE: Texas Rat Behavior, My Experiences - MikeinOKC, Wed Mar 10 07:34:30 2010