Researchers quantify in high speed a viper's strike in nature for the first time
Friday, January 13, 2017 - 10:31
in Biology & Nature
The antagonistic predator-prey relationship is of interest to evolutionary biologists because it often leads to extreme adaptations in both the predator and prey. One such relationship is seen in the rattlesnake-kangaroo rat system. Now researchers have captured in high speed (500 frames per second) a rattlesnake trying to capture a kangaroo rat.