In times of crisis, the slithery creatures may use each other as their own emotional support animals.
than scientists once believed. To take a closer look at the social lives of our scaly pals, the team looked at rattlesnakes in Southern California to study their use of social buffering.
“We showed that when two snakes were together and experienced a stressful situation, they could buffer each other’s stress response, much like what happens to humans when they endure a stressful event together,” co-author and Loma Linda University PhD student Chelsea MartinFor the, the team assessed social buffering in 25 wild-caught southern Pacific rattlesnakes across three situations—when snakes were alone, when they were in the presence of a rope, and while they were close to a companion of...
The team then outfitted the snakes with electrodes near their hearts and attached those sensors to a heart rate monitor, since measuring theirMembers of the team using a special apparatus to get their measurements of the snake’s stress levels. CREDIT: Chelsea Martin. The snakes were then placed in a dark and enclosed bucket as a testing environment. After adjusting to the new surroundings for 20 minutes, the snakes were disturbed and the team measured their heart rate increase from their baseline, or the time it took for their heart rate to return to normal. They also noted the time they spentThe team found that when the rattlesnakes were exposed to stress, the presence of a snake companion significantly changed the heartbeat of both snakes.
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