This is a complete hoax. Google 'Snakes macdonalds' and you'll see... many versions of the same story exist.
Yes, for their sense organs - i.e. smell.
lots of people believe snakes see infared, which for a group of pits vipers such as rattle snakes, or copperheads, or even some boas and pythons this is true. they have pits between there nose and eyes that allow them to see infared. looking at a picture of a rattle snake you can easly point them out. this makes them excellent hunters at night. scientists still arnt sure if they compine it with the visual image from their eyes or if they just feel the heat. so snakes that have no pits use sight and smell, while snakes with pits use sight smell and infared, to be 100 percent accurate with every strike.
Some snakes are diurnal and some are nocturnal. It depends on the species.
with their heat sensing system inbetween the snakes nostrils that is how they can hunt u down and kill u.
Pythons, some Boas and PitViper. Rattle also have a variation.
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Yes, for their sense organs - i.e. smell.
lots of people believe snakes see infared, which for a group of pits vipers such as rattle snakes, or copperheads, or even some boas and pythons this is true. they have pits between there nose and eyes that allow them to see infared. looking at a picture of a rattle snake you can easly point them out. this makes them excellent hunters at night. scientists still arnt sure if they compine it with the visual image from their eyes or if they just feel the heat. so snakes that have no pits use sight and smell, while snakes with pits use sight smell and infared, to be 100 percent accurate with every strike.
They removed them because they were hard to keep clean and rumors going around about kid stealing balls from the pits!
There isn't a specific 'organ' - Snakes usually have a row of heat-sensitive 'pits' (or tiny holes) arranged around the top edge of their mouth.
300-450, there are usually 392 on pro golf tours
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Some snakes are diurnal and some are nocturnal. It depends on the species.
to reduce heat loss
No - Royal (ball) Pythons are rodent eaters !
No, there was never a little boy or girl killed in a ball pit after being bit by a snake in McDonald's. This is an Internet hoax only.
No, only pit vipers, pythons and boas that live in trees have heat seeking capabilities. These animals have special pits around the top of their mouths that sense warmblooded prey. It works a little like infrared technology. Some of these animals can even catch birds in flight. It is amazing. Note that not all pythons and boas have pits. Boa constrictors, for example, don't have pits. Most common snakes you'd find living in the wild in the US do not have pits. Only rattlesnakes and copperheads would have pits.