Snakes

Mongooses of this genus are famous for their snake-fighting ability

and are often portrayed fighting a cobra. Research has shown that although

the mongoose is tolerant of small dosages of cobra venom, it is not immune

to it. Mongooses are almost always victorious because of their speed,

agility, and timing and also because of their thick coat.

The venom has to injected into the animal, therefore, merely eating

the snake does not cause a problem since the venom is digested by the

acids in the animal's stomach.

Venom is actually just modified saliva. It's primary function is to

capture/kill the prey and then it also helps to digest the prey.

Some venoms are referred to as hematoxic which means that they primarily

affect the blood. Almost all American pitvipers fall into this category. A

hematoxic venom destroys tissue and is very painful.

Neurotoxic venoms attack the nervous system and brain. These may cause

almost no pain, but shut down the respiratory systems and interfere with

heart functions. Good examples of these types of snakes are the cobra and

coral snakes.

Snake venom is made up of about 20 different enzymes. Species usually

have 6-12 of theseenzymes. These enzymes determine the toxicity of the

snake and whether it is hemotoxic or neurotoxic.

snake around waist trying to bite me

Yes!

The hood.

Yes, they do exist. The "golden girls", a two headed albino rat snake is an example.

Although Leopards most commonly feed on monkeys, they have been known to eat snakes. Their snake of choice is the enormous Python.

earthworms, small mammals and fish

Yes they do !

A snakes skin, while flexible, doesn't expand as they grow like ours does. Periodically, they have to shed the old skin in order to grow. They also shed to aid in repairing wounds to their skin too.

Young snakes shed more often (sometimes every two months) than older snakes because most of their growing is done while they're young - just as we do. Therefore they need to shed more often. An adult snake of five years or so - may only shed once a year (or even less !)

My oldest Royal Pythons only shed roughly every 16 months - yet their babies shed every seven to eight weeks !

no, they only eat small animals. generally water snakes eat fish, but not trout

it is a lizard with no legs there fore it is a snake.

Snakes do not have a specific number of times they shed in a year because it depends on how much they eat. The more they eat the more they shed. So you can control how fast your snake will get and how fast but keep in mind that if you want them to grow slow dont end up starving them.

Apart from having an "egg tooth" to get them out of their shell, they are also equipped with tiny fangs and venom.

they do not

A shobunkow Snake Eater

I'm not sure about the answer above, because i checked it out on Google and it doesn't exist. the closest name i could find for the word shobunkow was shubunkin, which is a small fish. although i know for certain that hawks eat snakes in the rainforest.

Unlike the mammals,the snake's resp system contains a long right lung & a small left lung.The longer lung covers almost two third of the body.The shorter one is the rudimentary one. The utility of such a long lung is well understandable in snakes that,while negotiating a swalloed prey item,there might long period of air hunger.when vital oxygination of cells could take place from residual lung air. Amazingly snakes could tolerate very low conc of oxygen to survive. Unlike the mammals,the snake's resp system contains a long right lung & a small left lung.The longer lung covers almost two third of the body.The shorter one is the rudimentary one. The utility of such a long lung is well understandable in snakes that,while negotiating a swalloed prey item,there might long period of air hunger.when vital oxygination of cells could take place from residual lung air. Amazingly snakes could tolerate very low conc of oxygen to survive.

ophidiophobia is the fear of snakes.

Yes - if it's a venomous species that caused the bite. You'd need the correct anti-venin treatment.

well feed your anaconda and time how long it takes it to eat its food. so there is your answer.

There is usually one snake per egg. However, more than one snake can hatch from one egg. Just as human identical babies are the product of one egg, identical snake babies can come from a single egg.

Highly unlikely, unless the mouse was genetically engineered or something.

This is a good question. There are two symbols which are often used in the medical profession to refer to medicine. These are the Caduceus (the winged staff of Hermes entwined with two snakes) and the Rod of Asclepius (A rod with one snake coiled around it in the process of shedding its skin). The latter is by far the more appropriate symbol, and is far more ancient in usage than the Caduceus which has been erroniously used as a symbol for medicine for some time due to confusion between the two symbols in the middle ages.

There are several theories about the snake on the rod. Several of which are based in symbolism or mythology. However the most likely theory has to do with a parasitic nematode, the Guinea worm (Dracunculus medinensis). The method of removal of the guinea worm is long an painful, and involves coiling it around a twig or stick to pul it slowly from the flesh which it is embedded.

Paracetamol is poisonous to snakes, it is used in Guam to try and control the brown snake.

Opossums are actually immune to the venom of many pit vipers including rattlesnakes, copperheads and cottonmouths. The reason for this immunity is due to ntihemorrhagic and antineurotoxic antibodies in their blood. Hope this answers your question :)

Snakes are partially blind and have trouble seeing still objects. Snakes are very nearsighted and can see better at night. Snakes rely more on smell and hearing than sight.