Happy World Snake Day! Today, we talk about snake ecosystem services, human-snake conflicts, and opine on various snake-related outreach personalities you probably know from television or youtube. Be prepared for some hot takes as we finally address the elephant trunk snake in the room!

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Links, Citations, and Other Resources

Check out other things going on this week for Snake Week: http://snakeweek.org/

Quah, E. S. H., Grismer, L. L., & Anuar, M. S. S. (2023). Observations and description of a rare escape mechanism in a snake: Cartwheeling in Pseudorabdion longiceps (Cantor, 1847) (Squamata, Colubridea). Biotropica, 55, 568–572. https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.13213

Footage of a cartwheeling snake is available here: https://youtu.be/sMoHNVCXHG8?si=8Awzzgb9-RTAHnse&t=1256

A call to action: Drop us a comment and let us know How do you reach people in your community, to educate them about snakes?

Episode shout-outs:

Mark O’Shea

Jeff Corwin

Madagascar Life on the Edge, a documentary feat. Mark

Earyn McGee

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SquaMates: website • instagram • facebook • youtube • bluesky

Mark D. Scherz: website • instagram • tumblr • facebook • researchgate • redbubble • bluesky

Gabriel Ugueto: website • instagram • facebook • redbubble • bluesky

Ethan Kocak: mossy underlog blog • personal website • comic • tumblr • facebook • patreon • bluesky

Hiral Naik: website • instagram • bluesky

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