Abstract

Adult garter snakes preoperatively responded with more attacks and higher tongue-flick rates to earthworm extract soaked cotton swabs than to distilled water soaked swabs. Snakes with vomeronasal nerve lesions (N=6) failed to differentially respond to earthworm extract or to eat earthworm bits following surgery. Olfactory (N=6) and sham (N=6) nerve surgeries did not disrupt responding to swabs or earthworms.

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