contentbot@lemmy.caB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 4 months agoTIL scientists stepped on 175 rattlesnakes with a fake leg to see how many would bite. The study found that only 6 bit. The rest just froze or tried to wiggle away. Snakes just want to be left alone.www.npr.orgexternal-linkmessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up1324arrow-down17file-textcross-posted to: todayilearned@lemmit.onlinearizona@lemmit.onlinetucson@lemmit.onlinetucson@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1317arrow-down1external-linkTIL scientists stepped on 175 rattlesnakes with a fake leg to see how many would bite. The study found that only 6 bit. The rest just froze or tried to wiggle away. Snakes just want to be left alone.www.npr.orgcontentbot@lemmy.caB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 4 months agomessage-square25fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: todayilearned@lemmit.onlinearizona@lemmit.onlinetucson@lemmit.onlinetucson@lemmy.ml
minus-squarevzq@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·4 months agoStill, 4% chance of a rattlesnake bite is 4% too high under normal conditions.
Still, 4% chance of a rattlesnake bite is 4% too high under normal conditions.
So leave them alone.