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Snakes

Part of the reptile family there are about 2,400 species of snakes in the world. Snakes live almost everywhere, in deserts, forests, oceans, streams, and lakes. Some species are ground dwellers, others live in trees, and other snakes spend most of their lives in water. This is the place to ask your questions about these cold blooded reptiles.

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Where can a flying snake be found?

Yes, and in fact they are all around us - the birds. Birds are descended from dinosaurs and are therefore dinosaurs themselves, and since most birds can fly, they can be accurately described as flying dinosaurs.

How does a snake urinate?

Snakes have a rudimentary digestive system that eliminates waste the same as us. The also have kidneys that remove waste.

Click on 'related links' (below) the link will take you to a picture of a snakes anatomy.

How to keep snakes away?

We tried placing old and unused CDs on the rail for our above ground pool as suggested by Hawaii and it worked.

There are high priced 'high frequency' bird repelling systems that you can buy, but they recommend that you use them in conjunction with the 'Terror Eyes Balls'.

You might try a fountain to spray up water to see if that helps.

An air rifle helps some (The sound scares them off temporarily).

Try rubber snakes. Lifelike, colorful snakes.

Use fishing line and string an X formation or grid (depending on size) Birds see 10 more than we do it will keep them from Flying above the pool, while not being an eye sore to the user.

I just destroy the nests before they have a chance to fully build them.

"Mr. Flip". It cost about $15 dollars. It is a 48" tall inflatable dolphin that is weighted in the bottom so it stands straight up.

Try a product called 'No More Ducks' from Australia.

The TerrorEyes balloon moves itself. The holographic eyes follow birds wherever they go, terrifying them and causing them to leave an area.

We used a product here in Australia called Kings Duck Solution. We simply painted it on the area the ducks were standing (poolside) and they left and have not returned. Great.

How are Snakes born?

eggs Snakes are oviparous,means who lay eggs & after hatching the newborn emerges.But few advance snakes like,the viper adapts ovoviviparity,means they retain eggs inside their body until hatched, thus producing live babies like mammals.But truly not like mammals as there lie no involvement of any placenta like structure.

Is the king cobra a snake?

There are several species of spitting cobras, the King Cobra is not one of them.

Black-Necked Spitting Cobra

Black Spitting Cobra

Western Barred Spitting Cobra

Red Spitting Cobra

Mozambique Spitting Cobra

Malaysian Spitting Cobra

Black and White Spitting Cobra

Sumatran Spitting Cobra

Nubian Spitting Cobra

How much do snakes weight up to?

It depends on what type of snake it is im a herpitologist and have a burmese python. wasnt the smartest thing to get the can weigh over 100's of pounds. That's why i stick with ball pythons.

The largest snakes are Green Anacondas, and the longest snakes are Reticulated Pythons which can get to about 30ft in length.

Why do snakes smell with their forked tongue and not their nose?

A snake has a forked tongue because it evolved as a 'direction finding' sense over thousands of years. As a snake flicks its tongue, microscopic particles of scent stick to it. The tongue is pulled back into the mouth, and placed into the Jacobson's Organ - an area of very sensitive nerve cells. So sensitive that it can detect the microscopic variations from one half of the forked tongue to the other - telling the snake to 'go this way' to food !

What does a black mamba look like?

BLACKKKKKKK and LONGGGGGG and strikes fast.POISONOUSSSSSSSS!!!

^^ I Left this answer in - to show just how STUPID some of the replies on here are ! The black mamba is actually olive green in colour ! The name comes from the colour inside its mouth - which is jet-black. See the related link for a picture of a Black Mamba. (Snakester1962)

What group of animals are snakes in?

That would depend on what you mean by 'group.' Here is the taxonomy of the rattlesnakes:Scientific classification

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Subphylum: Vertebrata

Class: Reptilia

Order: Squamata

Suborder: Serpentes

Family: Viperidae

Subfamily: Crotalinae


What does the boa constrictor eat?

jaguars or other snakes and large birds. It depends if they are small or big

How long can a milk snake get?

I have a Honduran Milk Snake - She is five years old and around 4 1/2' long. Some milk snakes can be bigger - between six and seven feet. Others will stay fairly small their whole lives. Milk snakes don't really get that thick like pythons or boas - they are usually long and skinny.

Can snakes eat hawks?

what do red- tailed hawk eat

I just took a video of a red-tailed hawk eating a large rattlesnake. I was about ten feet away and the hawk tried to fly, but appeared pretty woozy and landed 20 ' away and let me approach it again! It had eaten the head off the snake. Talons and beak were covered in blood--the snake's head was missing. I went away for 20 minutes and came back and the hawk was back at the snake again. I will post the video on Youtube. Look for wildmandl and Hawk With Rattlesnake,

Does a snake eat a consumer?

well the corn snake is a predator that goes hard in the paint! Well yes its a consumer cause its like Edward Cullen it wants your tasty red blood. Its sorta like the honey badger IT DGAF. IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. It does work. he goes hard to that whistle blowzz. Its a natural consumer that feeds on excellent Nikkis Minaj dawg.

How do corn snakes kill their pray?

Corn snakes like all constrictors will strike the prey to hold it in place with their teeth while wrapping (constricting) around their prey. As they prey breeths out they squeeze harder not allowing their prey to breeth in until the prey is dead from the complete lack of air. At that time they begin to swallow their prey.

What happens if you get bitten by a grass snake?

you become infected by them.in order to survive a anti venom needs to be given or else you die.you need to get yourself treated before you lose too much blood.so when it bites you that blood goes into its venom conductor to help it make the babies.it might take a few minutes or a day maybe 2 to survive depends how much blood you have lost.

How does a rattlesnake get their venom?

Their poison is a fluid stored in venom glands in the back of their mouth that will automatically refill itself - so they basically make it themselves.

Some snakes, however, like the Tiger Snake, can sequester the toxins from the animals that they eat. Tiger Snakes sequester bufadienolide compounds from the toxic toads they eat. When they are found in an environment without these toads, however, they lack the toad's toxic bufadienolide compounds completely.

The mother snake can pass these toxin to young, in the egg, and confer a degree of protection to their young.

Additionally, the snakes that eat toads seem to know they have an additional degree of defense. They will stand and defend their territory. Snakes on a nearby island, lacking bufadienologenous toads, lack these compounds, lay eggs, bearing young, also lacking bufadienolide compounds completely. These snakes tend to flee when challenged.

Its unusual for animals to sequester defensive toxins. Poison Darts Frogs, and Mantella Frogs from Madagascar eat ants possessing an alkaloid the frog sequesters in its skin, that confers defensive abilities. Garter snakes are known to sequester tetrodotoxin from poisonous newts in it's diet, and birds in New Guinea sequester toxins from the insects they eat.

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Are cobras the same as king cobras?

The Indian Cobra and the King Cobra are not the same species, but they both belong to the Elpidae (Elapid) family. Despite their name the Indian Cobra and the King Cobra are not as closely related as one might expect. The genus, Naja, contains what the majority of the population on earth call 'cobras'. The King Cobra does not belong to the Naja genus. It belongs to a different genus. The Indian Cobra on the other hand stays to true to it's name and is a species in the Naja genus.

What kind of black snakes are in Florida?

Scarlet kingsnake, milk snake both have that coloration.

What do baby California king snakes eat?

Depending on how big the snake is. Most snakes eat live white mice but will eat frozen ones if that is what you are offering them. Snakes tend to eat once one or twice a week depending on their size.

A lot of owners will maintain their own little white mice just for their snake or buy them frozen from a local animal store.

How long cornsnake can stay under water?

Perhaps 2 hours depending on temperature of the water, the size of the animal and the activity of the crocodile. The colder the water, which is unusual for animals that live in the tropics, and if they are not at all struggling, they have been recorded as living up to 2 hours under water. However, they have also been recorded as drowning in 20 to 30 minutes if they are struggling. Smaller crocodiles can not stay under water as long as larger ones.

A voluntary dive normally lasts no longer than 15 minutes, and usual dive times are around 4 to 6 minutes.

What type of snake is black with yellow strips?

Answer:

The Tiger Snake is also called Telescopus semiannulatus and is found throught central, eastern and southern Africa, from the Congo to Tanzania to South Africa.

It is venomous, but not dangerous to humans. Thought it strikes readily, it is tamed quickly.

See related link for full Wikipedia article.

How far can a black mamba strike?

a black mamba strike is as fast as two seconds

Where is black mamba's territory?

The black mamba got it's name because when threatened it opens it's mouth an shows the inside of it's mouth which is black...