TIL 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.org contentbot ( @partybot@lemmy.ca ) B Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca • 6 months ago message-square17fedilinkarrow-up1166
arrow-up1166external-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.org contentbot ( @partybot@lemmy.ca ) B Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca • 6 months ago message-square17fedilink
minus-square vzq ( @vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) linkfedilink3•6 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.