Does snake ever tie itself into a knot?

[quanta]

A lot of cartoons have shown some guy can beat giant serpents by
tricking them into tying themselves into knots, but does it ever
happen in nature? Can real life snakes be tricked into self-tying?
To further make it interesting, some snakes are so long that if a
snake is poked in the tail, it can take quite a long time before the
signal reaches its brain. Have snakes been tying themselves
inadverdently because of the long reaction times? If a snake ties
itself in a knot, will it be able to free itself from the knot, or
will it require extra help?

[Grainne Gillespie]

Yes, snakes can go into knots, but it's extremely easy for them to free
themselves.

[LukeCampbell]

Post by quanta
A lot of cartoons have shown some guy can beat giant serpents by
tricking them into tying themselves into knots, but does it ever
happen in nature? Can real life snakes be tricked into self-tying?

They tie themselves into knots all the time. Then they just slither out
of it. No problem.

Post by quanta
To further make it interesting, some snakes are so long that if a
snake is poked in the tail, it can take quite a long time before the
signal reaches its brain.

Not really. They all react quickly to taps on the tail. After all,
signals take less time to percolate through their tiny little brains
before they decide on what to do.

Luke

[Ulrik Smed]

Post by LukeCampbell
Not really. They all react quickly to taps on the tail.
After all, signals take less time to percolate through their
tiny little brains before they decide on what to do.

Isn't that reaction a pure local spinal cord reflex? A bio-student I know
told me so.

When I had my male boa, he sometimes wrapped himself around my neck, and got
his tail caught between himself and me. When he decided to move away, he
struggled quite a bit to pull his tail free, and tied himself even tighter
when pulling. I got a good feeling of his strenght that way, I'm sure the
color in my face changed quite a bit, LOL! I think it's because my skin
became a bit 'sticky' and 'clammy', he never had problems moving around on
everything else.

[Chris Brown]

Post by quanta
A lot of cartoons have shown some guy can beat giant serpents by
tricking them into tying themselves into knots, but does it ever
happen in nature?

I've seen one of my rat snakes tie himself into loose knots on occasion.

[i'll teach you to turn away.]

in rec.pets.herp quanta <***@yahoo.com> wrote:
q> happen in nature? Can real life snakes be tricked into self-tying?

i have a picture where my diamond/carpet python tied himself
into a knot at his neck WHILE eating a mouse. anyone who wants to see it
can email me.

lish "figured out what you're good for:
***@got.net making anything look better." -uc

[Clem]

Post by quanta
A lot of cartoons have shown some guy can beat giant serpents by
tricking them into tying themselves into knots, but does it ever
happen in nature? Can real life snakes be tricked into self-tying?
To further make it interesting, some snakes are so long that if a
snake is poked in the tail, it can take quite a long time before the
signal reaches its brain. Have snakes been tying themselves
inadverdently because of the long reaction times? If a snake ties
itself in a knot, will it be able to free itself from the knot, or
will it require extra help?

I was once talking to a Cubscout pack about snakes when my pinesnake did a
perfect reef knot. The Cubs wanted him to have his knotting badge.