Hi guys,
Whilst my Common Tree Snake was 'fishing' the other day, I noticed that after a while he seemed to give up and just remained under the water. It was just a small container (on this occasion) and he had his head and half of his body submerged, motionless. I'm guessing that he was in ambush mode and was waiting for the fish to forget about him and move into the perfect position for him to pounce. He had spent the previous few minutes striking and missing.
But it did raise a couple of questions that I hadn't really thought about before:
a) how long can tree snakes hold their breath under water?
b) how long can pythons hold their breath under water?
Thanks in advance,
Nic
Whilst my Common Tree Snake was 'fishing' the other day, I noticed that after a while he seemed to give up and just remained under the water. It was just a small container (on this occasion) and he had his head and half of his body submerged, motionless. I'm guessing that he was in ambush mode and was waiting for the fish to forget about him and move into the perfect position for him to pounce. He had spent the previous few minutes striking and missing.
But it did raise a couple of questions that I hadn't really thought about before:
a) how long can tree snakes hold their breath under water?
b) how long can pythons hold their breath under water?
Thanks in advance,
Nic