tiger snake story

[John Bois <mjohn.bois@gmail.com>]

> Is there any way of telling from fossil skulls whether these snakes had 
> thermal sensing abilities?
> Even if they didn't, there are nocturnal snakes around today that rely mostly 
> on large sensitive
> eyes, like the 'night tiger' here in Australia that has done so much damage 
> in Guam when it was
> accidentally introduced there.

Coincidentally, for tiger snake lovers there was a great story on This
American Life yesterday:

http://www.thisamericanlife.org/sites/all/play_music/play_full.php?play=402&podcast=1