Brown Snakes

[Tonya Haff <>]

Hi all,

This is related to birds, in a somewhat indirect way.... I was wondering if any of you might have a dead brown snake sitting around in your freezer that you'd be willing to share with me. I realize this might sound ridiculous, sometimes one finds freshly dead animal specimens, and puts them in the freezer, for donation to museums and the like in the future.  So, I thought it was worth it to ask.

I'm asking because, along with another PhD student here at ANU, I'm interested in doing model predator presentations to white-browed scrubwrens. Specifically, I'm interested to see if scrubwrens have different alarm calls for snakes, compared to some other predators or threats that might be found near nests.  

If you have any specimens or thoughts on where to look, I'd really appreciate it!

Cheers,

Tonya

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Tonya Haff
PhD candidate
Evolution, Ecology and Genetics
Research School of Biology
Australian National University
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