Although some species are venomous, most snakes are harmless to humans. In fact, 85% of all snake species worldwide are non-venomous and play a very important role in maintaining the balance of ...

Venomous snakes often exhibit distinct defensive behaviours, feeding patterns, and movement styles that set them apart from their harmless counterparts. For example, venomous species may display ...

Dr. Nobuyuki Kawai from Nagoya University in Japan has found that the rapid detection of snakes by monkeys is because of the ...

but they are known to eat rodents, lizards, frogs, birds, and bats. They are mildly venomous snakes, but their tiny, fixed rear fangs make them harmless to humans.

Would monkeys respond to the skin, or would they recognize the harmless salamander in snake clothing? To answer this question, Kawai presented monkeys that had never seen a real snake with nine ...