Tuesday, August 14, 2007

Calif. squirrels heat tails for defense

Squirrels heat their tails to distract heat sensing rattlesnakes...and rattlesnakes only.

They don't do it when confronted by other snakes that don't use heat to find their prey.

Amazing bit of evolution there...

Posted by Pete at 9:22 AM

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