Hiding in plain sight
One of Africa’s most abundant and venomous snake species not only hide from their predators and prey by their visual camouflage, but also by hiding their smell.
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Always alert
A puff adder shows off its visual camouflage by hiding in its natural environment.
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Clicker training
The training of meerkat is done through clicker training, which is the same training that is used to train dogs.
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To the test
A meerkat trained in scent matching tries to find his target scent – the puff adder – in a line-up of test tubes.
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Collecting the prize
A meerkat is rewarded with a hissing cockroach for a task well done.
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Nosy bunch
Meerkat are extremely inquisitive and social animals that are easy to train, and a natural enemy of the puff adder. These factors make them easy for scent matching research on puff adders.
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