Comments on: Fear of Snakes Drove Primate Evolution http://www.minthegap.com/2006/07/24/fear-of-snakes-drove-primate-evolution/ Standing in the Gap in a Society that's Warring with God. Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:07:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Chris Naron http://www.minthegap.com/2006/07/24/fear-of-snakes-drove-primate-evolution/comment-page-1/#comment-225 Chris Naron Tue, 25 Jul 2006 03:31:24 +0000 http://www.minthegap.com/?p=579#comment-225 That "better eye for color" doesn't work on quite a few snakes. I can't tell you how many times I've been bumped in the face by a copperhead or stepped right on a coiled up cottonmouth. Those buggers are nearly invisible until you're right on them. Rattlesnakes would be very hard to detect as well if it weren't for their, well, rattles. I'd hate to see the poor ape who had less ability to detect snakes than we have. That “better eye for color” doesn’t work on quite a few snakes. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been bumped in the face by a copperhead or stepped right on a coiled up cottonmouth. Those buggers are nearly invisible until you’re right on them. Rattlesnakes would be very hard to detect as well if it weren’t for their, well, rattles.

I’d hate to see the poor ape who had less ability to detect snakes than we have.

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