Snakes

Yes, There Are

Almost all snakes eat meat. Vegetarian snakes are an interesting concept, but they don't exist. Snakes catch their prey live; in captivity it is only with difficulty that they can be induced to eat already-killed creatures.

There are some snakes that don't eat meat, such as the egg-eating snake species of Africa and India (Genus- Dasypeltis) that feed exclusively on eggs.

But, there are no herbivorous snakes, meaning there are no snakes that can feed and live off of plant matter.

Once the prey is dead it takes it time to swallow.

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, (the anaconda is so powerful it generally crushes it's prey) then swallowing it whole, the digestion of the anaconda is very slow thereby allowing it to survive without food for well over a year.

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. 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, (the anaconda is so powerful it generally crushes it's prey) then swallowing it whole, 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.

The desert horned viper, Cerastes cerastes, is a venomous snake from the deserts of northern Africa and not found in the Mojave Desert. However, rattlesnakes are also vipers and a number of species of rattlesnake live in the Mojave, including

Crotalus cerastes, the sidewinder.

All snake venom serum, aka anti-venom, antivenin, antivenne, is administered intravenously. So if by consume, you mean taken orally, it wouldn't have much effect except possibly make you feel nauseous - like drinking egg whites.

Antivenoms are purified by several processes but will still contain other serum proteins that can act as antigens (trigger an immune response in the body). Some individuals may react to the antivenom with an immediate hypersensitivity reaction or a delayed hypersensitivity reaction. These reactions are independent of the presence of venom in the body. The antivenom is metabolized in the body so injecting it before exposure to a venomous snake could provide some resistance for a limited time after injection, but the protection would dissipate. Of course injecting a lot of antivenom without any venom for it to bind to would also likely cause a bad reaction since it contains proteins that are foreign to the body.

It is possible to temporarily "immunize" a person with small and graded doses of venom, thus causing them to generate their own antivenom rather than getting it from an animal that has been injected (which is how most antivenom is produced). According to Greek history, King Mithridates tried this in order to protect himself against attempts to poison him. Consequently this procedure is often called mithridatization. Unlike a vaccination against disease which produces a latent immunity that can be roused in case of infection, to neutralize a sudden and large dose of venom requires maintaining a high level of circulating antibody (a hyperimmunized state), through repeated venom injections (typically every 21 days). The long-term health effects of this process have not been studied. For some large snakes, the total amount of antibody it is possible to maintain in one human being is probably not enough to neutralize one envenomation. Also, venom components can cause pain and minor scarring at the immunization site. Finally, the resistance is specific to the particular venom used; maintaining resistance to a variety of venoms requires multiple monthly venom injections. Thus, there is no practical purpose or favorable cost/benefit ratio for this, except for people like zoo handlers, researchers, and circus artists who deal closely with venomous animals.

Because neurotoxic venoms must travel farther in the body to do harm and are produced in smaller quantities, it is easier to develop resistance to them than directly cytotoxic venoms (such as those of most vipers) that are injected in large quantity and do damage immediately upon injection.

• Step 1: Go to college for it

• Step 2: Get a snake

• Step 3: Get a can

• Step 4: Cover the top of the can in plastic rap

• Step 5: Have the Snake bite on it with it's top to teeth piercing the plastic rap ( Make sure the plastic rap is tight on the can with a rubber band or something.)