Snakes Are Thoughtful Animals!

Snakes Are Everything #6

For Episode 6 of Snakes Are Everything, we are joined by Gordon M. Burghardt, long time student of reptile behavior and co-author of this year’s book, The Secret Social Lives of Reptiles. How do snakes experience the world? Hard to study but answers are coming in, including some just published research comparing Gartersnake cognition with Dogs and Chimpanzees!

Snakes Are Everything #6: Snakes Are Thoughtful Animals! Photo courtesy of Lee Grismer.

Listen to Gordon’s interview on AnimalConcepts about reptiles, critical anthropomorphism, and play

Check out his new book: The Secret Social Lives of Reptiles

Watch his interview with Shane Mauss on the science of play

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