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Anonymous
I has this cornsnake.
I know snakes are pretty dumb, even for reptile standards. However I nevertheless want to condition him into some simple responses. What can be done?
>> Anonymous
you can't a train a snake.
>> Anonymous
In my experience, snakes don't respond well to conditioning. They're barely smarter than the mice you feed them.
I also noticed your Raptor-legged Starscream back there. Nice.
>> Anonymous
Snakes aren't stupid, they just don't give a shit about you.
>> Anonymous
>>256700

Precisely. They're smart enough to realize doing tricks for their owner is stupid and gay.
>> Anonymous
>>256654
A theory I have about their inability to be trained is that you can't use food to condition them. Snakes feed infrequently and should you try to have it associate food with something, it would've forgotten it after 10 days when you feed him next anyway.

>>256695
Arguably, mice are smarter. You gotta have respect for a dumb thing that eats a smart thing.

Also nice play on "Raptor" Starscream, I see what you did there.