Are pythons safe to keep as a pet?
Pythons are safe to keep as a pet. You just need to be more cautious then with other snakes when your python gets to be five feet or longer. I have a ball Python and they are safe because they do not get to big but there are bigger kinds.
Can a python swallow a full grown man?
Yes a reticulated python could easily eat a man. They are known to take down deer.
Although a large reticulated python could eat a human I wouldn't say it's "easy" for them. For some reason they have a better time with horns and antlers than shoulders, I'm guessing because they're easier to break down. Snakes have really strong stomach acids.
Who will win in boa and python?
Of course a boa would win.The python is no match for the boa.But in the movie boa vs python, the boa loses against the python,which is not at all true.
What do you do if you have being bitten by a diamond python snake?
i think that you should bite it because you get strangled by them
How big was the largest python ever found?
To my knowledge, the largest burmese python ever recorded is the female burmese python located at the Serpent Safari park in Geneva, IL. According to the park, she is 26ft and approximately 430lbs.
What do Burmese Pythons look like?
you can tell by the marking of its skin which are black rimmed and brown on hte inside, in between these markings it is a light brown color. The most signifent thing is the brown arrow shaped marking on its head. Near the end of the head in the middle should be a flame-shpaed hole in the marking. just look at a pic on Google.
Emerald tree boa vs green tree python?
Green tree python would win because it is much more fast and aggresive.
What is the length of the reticulated python?
The (Asiatic) Reticulated Python (Python reticulatus) is a member of the Pythonidae family and has and average length of 15ft to 25ft however, it is possible for some to grow near 30ft with a weight of 300lbs; the largest was measured at 33ft; they can be located in Southeast Asia and can be found in the tropical rainforest's, a member of the Boa family the female can have as many as 100 eggs at a time (Average is 60 eggs) and the hatchlings are at least 2 ft (61 cm) length, life span of the python is 25 to 30 years. The diet consists of small mammals and birds, the larger the python the larger the prey which include pigs, dogs, cats and primates, etc., the python ambushes it's prey and suffocates the victim rather then crushing it, after swallowing the prey whole digestion takes many days to several weeks depending on the size of the prey.
What food can you feed a ball python?
There are several breeds of snakes the eat fish. Most notably the Gardner snake, who usually feeds on small rodents and bugs, and will occasionally eat gold fish in ponds or little guppies. Something to remember is snakes are opportunistic and will eat what they recognize as food; As for ball python's, there natural habitat is dry grasslands of northern Africa, and that is is unlikely that a ball python would come across large masses of water that have fish. Also from personal experience and soaking my own ball python I have noticed they don't like to get there head's wet. But there is no current evidence that I have seen of a ball python Evan eating small fish, and we don't know how a ball pythons digestive system would react. In all I say you should contact your local reptile veterinarian, and ask him/her these questions. As one problem with fish is that they are susceptible to perisites, and those parasites could be transferred to your ball python, and the ramifications could be bad, but as I said, contact you local vet and see what they say about the matter.
Boaconstrictors can be found from northern Mexico through Central America (Belize,Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Ricaand Panama) to South America north of 35°S (Colombia,Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana,Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, Bolivia, Uruguay andArgentina). Also in the Lesser Antilles (Dominica and St. Lucia), on San Andrés, Providencia and many other islands along the coasts of Mexico and Central and South America.
referenced from Wikipedia.
What is the biggest living snake?
By weight: The Green Anaconda is the biggest living snake species by mass, as it weighs up to 550 pounds.
By length: The Reticulated Python is the longest species of snakes, reaching lengths of 30-33 feet in the wild.
What is the biggest animal that anacondas have eaten?
Diet consist of (depending on the size of the anaconda, the larger the snake the larger the prey) large/small rodents like capybaras, also pigs, caiman, jaguars, deer, dogs, birds even fish and is acquired by ambushing with a quick strike, 100 rear-facing sharp teeth hold the prey while suffocating it with constriction.
General information!
Anacondas Scientific classification.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Boidae
Subfamily: Boinae
Genus: Eunectes
The question what is the biggest snake can be confusing, the biggest as far as girth (largest being measured at 44 inches or 1,1176 m) is the Green Anaconda, on average anacondas are more then 20 ft (6.09 m) long with and average weight of 300+ pounds (136.08+ kg) many reaching lengths of 29ft ( 8.83 m) or more, with a weight of over 550 lbs ( 249.48 kg), in terms of length then and only then will the Reticulated Python exceed the anaconda, the longest python was measured at 33 ft ( 10.05 m) but even this python can't match the total mass of the anaconda.
Anacondas are members of the Boidae family of reptiles and spend most of their time in rivers and swamps of the Amazon Rainforest in South America which makes them excellent swimmers and are capable of holding their breath for around 15 minutes, female anacondas are generally 3 to 4 times larger then the males and bear their young live and are called "Neonates", the number of young varies, some have produced 100 babies, but the average is between 20 to 40 babies which are about 24 inches (0.6 m) long, they stay with the mother for about and hour then leave to be on their own. Diet consist of (depending on the size of the anaconda, the larger the snake the larger the prey) large/small rodents like capybaras, also pigs, caiman, jaguars, deer, dogs, birds even fish and is acquired by ambushing with a quick strike, 100 rear-facing sharp teethhold the prey while suffocating it with constriction, (the anaconda is so powerful it generally crushes it's prey) then swallowing it whole and by using it's muscles in a rhythmic fashion it works the food toward its digestive area, the digestion of the anaconda is very slow thereby allowing it to survive without food for well over a year.
Anacondas have around a 10 to 12 year year life span in the wild, in captivity some have reached 20 + years, the biggest threat to it is man and loss of their habitat.
Generally The pythons dwell in dense forests,far from the human establishment.Humans are not their natural prey item.May be due to the fact that we are bipedal and stands tall for a python's liking to swallow whole,on the contrary who might prefer swallowing a creeping four footed animal otherwise.But incidents are there where humans has been devoured by pythons.But its very much unlikely that a python would attack a human intentionally.
It depends on what you think is fun. You cannot take a snake out and "play" with it, they are not like that. You can hold them, but not more than once or twice a day or they will get stressed. Some species cannot be handled for more than a few minutes every few weeks. If you want a fun pet get a dog or a cat.
Where do spotted pythons hibernate?
(99%) pythons dont hibernate - when it gets too cold for them, they will try to find somewhere to stay warm - if not, the cold will kill them. They are naturally from climates where there is basically 'no winter'.
Can you take a ball python outside?
nope, they need temps in the 80s and high humidity levels to survive.
How big will a king snake grow?
Depends on the species. Average size for a California King snake adult is around 5 feet.
What is the life span of an Indian Python?
Indian Pythons grow to roughly four metres (13 feet) - Burmese Pythons slightly larger at five metres (16 feet)
What kind of snakes live in the tundra?
I am trying to look it up to but i have spent over 30 minutes looking for one. Sorry there are no reptiles or amphibians in the Arctic Tundra.
The woma python's habitat is the semi-arid regions and deserts of central and Western Australia, in areas where spinifex and saltbush are found. It shelters in old mammal or reptile burrows, hollow logs or in thick vegetation.
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Why is Burmese Pythons endangered?
Burmese Pythons were exported to the USA for the exotic pet trade. Sadly many were set free when they got too big or too aggressive for their owners to cope with - instead of being re-homed !