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One of the most talked about scenes was that of a baby iguana running for. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". The long awaited second installment of BBCs hit show, Planet Earth, debuted just last night to over 9 million viewers. The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. The major advantage the hatchlings have over the snakes is that they can move faster on flat ground but with so many rocks in the area, there are also lots of places for other snakes to lie in ambush.Īnother advantage for the hatchlings is that the snakes actually have poor eyesight they could use that to sneak out although the snakes are also good at detecting movement. Talk about survival of the fittest – and the quickest! How Can Iguana Hatchlings Escape the Snakes? What’s quite heartbreaking about this is that the adults don’t even attempt to help the babies – and the hatchlings really have to survive on their own. Life of animals in the wild is not as dreamy as humans. Of course, the snakes do have to catch the iguana to do that yet with dozens just waiting for the babies to come out of their shells, it really is a feast for the crafty reptiles. Now, imagine being born as a baby iguana and getting chased by a pack of violent racer snakes. What makes these hatchlings even more vulnerable is that while they could actually outrun a snake on flat ground, there are dozens of these snakes trying to chase them – and that’s not to mention the others waiting in ambush at the rocks!Īlso, the snakes can easily wrap their slinky bodies around the iguana, effectively ensuring that it could not escape. pp. 325–327.Screenshot from video by BBC’s Planet Earth II Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. Wildlife of the Galápagos: Second Edition.
#BBC IGUANA ESCAPING LOTS OF SNAKES SERIES#
In November 2016, a video clip from the BBC series Planet Earth II showing a group of Galápagos racers hunting marine iguana hatchlings became a viral trend. It is one of only three species of snakes on the Galápagos Islands, and it was first described in 1860. The Galapagos racer is near threatened due to recently introduced species that feed on snake eggs, including pigs, rats, mice, and cats. The western subspecies specializes in hunting fish, while both subspecies eat small reptiles, eggs, rodents, and bird hatchlings. The two subspecies are the eastern and western racers, the latter being larger, longer, and darker than the former. It is a mildly venomous constrictor but it is not considered aggressive or harmful to humans.
The Galápagos racer ( Pseudalsophis biserialis) is a colubrid snake in the genus Pseudalsophis that is endemic to the Galápagos Islands.