【Watch Up To And Including Her Limits Online】-Pursuit Information Network

Nope. No. Noooooooooooo.

A researcher witnessed boas in Cuba hanging from the ceiling of a cave to snag flying bats out of the air. That's terrifying enough.

SEE ALSO: Huge rotting sea creature that washed ashore is Watch Up To And Including Her Limits Onlinehorrifyingly turning the water red

But he also saw them form a wall of snakes so the bats couldn't escape without getting within striking distance of a hanging boa.

So yeah, just a group of snakes hunting together in a pack, nothing scary about that. (The Cuban boa, by the way, averages anywhere from eight to nearly 10 feet long.)

Mashable Light Speed Want more out-of-this world tech, space and science stories? Sign up for Mashable's weekly Light Speed newsletter. By clicking Sign Me Up, you confirm you are 16+ and agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Thanks for signing up!

The three snakes observed didn't always hunt together, according to the study, published recently in Animal Behavior and Cognition. But when they did, they almost always caught a bat -- unlike when they hunted alone, when they'd leave hungry two-thirds of the time. Teamwork, yay!

Only a "handful" of snakes have been observed hunting in groups in the past, Vladimir Dinets, a research assistant from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, who authored the study, said in a statement. And they've never been seen coordinating their efforts, he said -- which is hard to distinguish from snakes just happening to congregate in the same space while hungry.

The fact that they took each other's positions into account, and that their formation led to dramatically better hunts, points to coordination.

While that sounds scary, there's one thing worse than snakes working together to hunt bats ...

Via Giphy

Sleep tight everyone.

Featured Video For You

This young man conquered Mount Everest in just 26 hours

Comments (7286)

Torch Information Network

Best Apple deal: Save $19 on AirTag 4

2025-06-26 12:26

Expressing Aspiration Information Network

Tesla app for Apple Watch hands

2025-06-26 12:23

Neon Information Network

Apple Watch Ultra 3 might get this life

2025-06-26 11:44

Charm Information Network

Today's Hurdle hints and answers for December 9

2025-06-26 11:38

Steady Information Network

Today's Hurdle hints and answers for May 5, 2025

2025-06-26 10:28

【Watch Up To And Including Her Limits Online】

Tags

Share

Comments (7286)

Torch Information Network

Expressing Aspiration Information Network

Neon Information Network

Charm Information Network

Steady Information Network

Related Articles

Search

Categories

Latest Posts

Popular Posts

Featured Posts

Popular Articles

Newsletter

Follow Us

Recent Articles

Quick Links