So many snakes are needlessly killed by people that fear them.
(and please note my misspeak while was distracted by holding the snake and speaking in front of the camera. Snakes have no external ears ! more than likely he sensed the presence of birds by detecting molecules it collected on the tip of his tongue.)
Please see my video, link below, for more info on snake senses and specifically how snakes use their forked tongue and vomeronasal organ to follow scents in the air and determine where a prey item, like the birds are described, are located.
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Here I explain five reasons why one should not fear or kill a black snake. Reason #1 Black Rat Snakes (pantherophis alleghaniensis) can be very docile. The snake in the video has never had contact with humans. Black snake will not try to bite you. #2. Black Snakes eat disease carrying mice and rats. Mice and rats are a health risk. If you have black snakes you likely have many mice or rats in your area. #3. If you have Black Rat Snakes you may not have other snakes. The biological principle: The Competitive Exclusion Principal says that no two species can occupy the same niche at the same time. If you have a Black Rat Snake in that niche you are unlikely to have another snake. If you eliminate that snake, the niche becomes open for another snake species to occupy it. The next snake might be less desirable. #4 Black Snakes will not come in your house (unless you have mice in your house! Mice enter throught opening in your house, the same opening a black snake could enter in search of those mice. Eliminate the mice and close the opeing. #5 If you leave a black snake alone, it will leave you alone. My biology and nature education channel covers all things nature. I cover many topics across the spectrum. If you are interested in learning about nature: the plants and animals outside your door, this is the channel for you.
