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| By D. Filipiak |
Coral snakes are poisonous snakes. They’re also small and
pretty quiet. So how can the snakes warn other creatures not to mess with them?
By farting. Check it!
When provoked, coral snakes make a popping
sound by expelling air from their cloaca, a single opening for the urinary,
reproductive and intestinal tract, to startle the threat. Scientists disagree about the behavior's
purpose. Some have speculated that it is a mating call, but Gemano said that in
his research, the fart was always associated with an aggressive-defensive
behavior.
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