contentbot@lemmy.caB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 6 months agoTIL scientists stepped on 175 rattlesnakes with a fake leg to see how many would bite. The study found that only 6 bit. The rest just froze or tried to wiggle away. Snakes just want to be left alone.www.npr.orgexternal-linkmessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up1324arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1317arrow-down1external-linkTIL scientists stepped on 175 rattlesnakes with a fake leg to see how many would bite. The study found that only 6 bit. The rest just froze or tried to wiggle away. Snakes just want to be left alone.www.npr.orgcontentbot@lemmy.caB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 6 months agomessage-square25fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarestoly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-26 months agoIf this pans out with other studies, it tells me that most snakebites are usually caused by people attempting to handle them.
If this pans out with other studies, it tells me that most snakebites are usually caused by people attempting to handle them.