RT @bertyashley: TIL Eastern screech owls keep blind snakes in their nests. They act as anti-parasites eating the larva in the owl poo. Fun…
RT @bertyashley: TIL Eastern screech owls keep blind snakes in their nests. They act as anti-parasites eating the larva in the owl poo. Fun…
TIL Eastern screech owls keep blind snakes in their nests. They act as anti-parasites eating the larva in the owl poo. Funda I shared during the @IWTKQuiz India quiz :) https://t.co/zyNHO1NqFV
Credit tweet Eastern Screech Owl: https://t.co/X8zyHh1CHB Texas Thread Snake: https://t.co/pyUkcnFsMN Paper about the relationship between the E. Screech Owls and threadsnakes: https://t.co/7hFuhrBJvv W. and NM Threadsnake pictures found on https://t.co/W
@SahasBarve @CornellBirds @birdcountindia @AmOrnith Not hoarding for food (presumably), but Screech-owls seem to keep live blind snakes in their nests: https://t.co/Ju3lhzRJdJ
Fun Fact: Some owls keep blind snakes in their nests as helpful associates, reducing the abundance of nest parasites https://t.co/eMS767MMdO