Any of you guys ever see an adult racer play dead? I've seen babies do it before, but this was my 1st time seeing an adult play dead. I'd put him right side up, & he'd flip back over.
Dan Eby
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Check out this racer
daneby
Sep 27, 2010 11:02 PM
Replies (6)
justingos
Sep 28, 2010 09:44 AM
I've never seen the black racer (Coluber constrictor) play dead before. They will rear their head up at you though, thats about as far as they go.
Justin
daneby
Oct 07, 2010 09:45 AM
I've only seen hatchlings do it before this one. One was one I hatched out, & the other was one I flipped, it started playing dead as soon as I lifted the rock, I thought I killed it somehow with the rock & when I picked it up up to look for injuries it came back to life & was totally fine.
Dan
AndyH
Sep 30, 2010 04:57 PM
Weird! I've never seen a defense out of the c. constrictors other than the old bite n' musk, which they do enthusiastically. Very cool.
snakeadventures
Oct 01, 2010 02:49 PM
n/p
snake adventures
daneby
Oct 07, 2010 09:33 AM
Thanks
Dan
daneby
Oct 07, 2010 09:38 AM
Andy,
That musk is the reason I don't pick up too many of them, the smell sticks for quite awhile. I don't have pics of it, but I found an adult red sided garter that played dead the same way, it was pretty cool, I think it did an even better job then a hognose even.
Dan
