New Studies on Reptile Intelligence: How Smart is Your Pet?

[Psychotic]

Don't know if it counts. But my Cali kingsnake, Jormungandr sheds in his water bowl. He completely submerges and slithers around and around inside the bowl until all the skin is off. Then he comes out with a nice coiled up shed in his water bowl. He has never had a bad shed because of this. He is also the only snake that I have that does this. I have 3 corn snakes and 5 Cali kingsnakes. I always thought it was rather clever of him figure out shedding in his bowl made the process quicker and easier.

Have no idea if it is actual smarts or what. But it's neat none the less.

I have a terrible video I tried to take of it a few years ago. But I was pretty much hanging upside down and kept moving the camera. Plus all the blood rushing to my head made me cut the video short (before he was finished shedding).

[findiviglio]

Don't know if it counts. But my Cali kingsnake, Jormungandr sheds in his water bowl. He completely submerges and slithers around and around inside the bowl until all the skin is off. Then he comes out with a nice coiled up shed in his water bowl. He has never had a bad shed because of this. He is also the only snake that I have that does this. I have 3 corn snakes and 5 Cali kingsnakes. I always thought it was rather clever of him figure out shedding in his bowl made the process quicker and easier.

Have no idea if it is actual smarts or what. But it's neat none the less.

I have a terrible video I tried to take of it a few years ago. But I was pretty much hanging upside down and kept moving the camera. Plus all the blood rushing to my head made me cut the video short (before he was finished shedding).

I've made a few videos like that, thanks for the chuckle! There is likely an instinct to seek moist areas when shedding, but most probably do not soak in water in the wild, just use a damp burrow, leaf pile, etc...so there could be something there, best, Frank