How Snakes Hijacked Our Brains

They way one species evolves will affect other species around it, which is called coevolution. You see this happening in predators and their prey, as they both adapt to the other's adaptations. Jaida Elcock calls these instances of coevolution "evolutionary arms races." This video gives us examples in the American cheetah, moths with audio camouflage, cuckoos that lay designer eggs, and the snake detection hypothesis. That last one involves humans, who have had a fraught relationship with snakes since forever. Even Genesis tells us to avoid snakes. There's a 50-second skippable ad at 2:44.