Essential oils: Potent snake irritants

Rosemary is one of a number of essential oils shown to be “potent snake irritants.”. “Brown tree snakes exposed to a 2-s burst of aerosol of these oils exhibited prolonged, violent undirected locomotory behavior.” (p. 884, Handbook of essential oils : science, technology, and applications / K. Hüsnü Can Baser, Gerhard Buchbauer.). Yep, if you want to…