Slithers the weirdo ...

[gregmonsta]

:rolleyes: oh well ... J just shed and Slithers seems to have decided that J smells like a girl ... oh dear!!! Rofl .... I need to get my hands on some females :rolleyes: so my red-blooded red-sided gets to vent his frustrations properly!!!

[drache]

maybe he just likes his smell and doesn't think much about gender stuff

[gregmonsta]

There's truth in that .... :rolleyes: he finally seems to have left off now :D .... silly little serpent.

[Zephyr]

Yeah, I've seen that a few times.
Gay snake sex.
lol

[infernalis]

Does he like disco yet?

[Garter_Gertie]

Dekay! What the heck does disco have to do with same sex?!

You silly! I'm hetero and LOVE DISCO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"Stayin' a live; stayin' a live."


GO BEEJEES and John!

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

sometimes a male thamnophis will emit female pheromones... scientists are still unsure as to why exactly some males do it, but there is the hypothesis that they do it to trick other males in the mating ball so that the can slip in and breed the REAL female while all the others are concentrated on him.

[drache]

sometimes a male thamnophis will emit female pheromones... scientists are still unsure as to why exactly some males do it, but there is the hypothesis that they do it to trick other males in the mating ball so that the can slip in and breed the REAL female while all the others are concentrated on him.
I'd read about that
surprising amount of strategy
what if they just enjoy it?

[infernalis]

http://www.danceswithreptiles.com/1fun/slve.jpg

[Garter_Gertie]

Same thing I was thinking, Missy Rhea. What if?

[Zephyr]

lol
I've observed it with all males; no females even present in the room.
Coincidentally, they were either new males to the group or recently "matured."

[Stefan-A]

It could be an example of kin selection, which should be possible to determine based on the behavior of closely related individuals.