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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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How deadly do anacondas squeeze?
they squeese you so tight it can breack bones meaning it genraly crushes its prey
Which snakes venom kills the quickest?
probably Black mambas as they use a neurotoxic venom which can kill an unlucky human in minutes, depending on the size and well being of the human though it could take 30-60 minutes but the least is 20 minutes
Is the oenpelli python dangerous?
The oenpelli python can be dangerous because of its large size - up to 13 feet or 4 meters in length - and because it waits for and then coils itself around its prey, strangling it.
Which snakes use venom to kill?
Elapids (Cobras, Mambas, Kraits, Coral Snakes etc.), Atractaspidids (Burrowing Asps), Vipers (Pit Vipers, Rattlesnakes etc.), Hydrophiids (Sea Snakes) and a few members of the Colubrid family (Boomslang, Twig Snake, Brazilian Smooth Snake etc.).
What abilitys does an anaconda have?
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 long many reaching lengths of 29ft or more, with a weight of over 550 lbs, in terms of length then and only then will the Reticulated Python exceed the anaconda, the longest python was measured at 33ft 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 in South America which makes them excellent swimmers, female anacondas are generally 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. 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 and constricting it's prey (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 30 year life span and the biggest threat to it is man and loss of their habitat.
Is a snake a carnivore omnivore or herbivore?
Snakes are carnivorous. In fact, many are cannibalistic, feeding on other smaller snake species, or on the smaller of their own specie. Although many prey in the day, most are nocturnal - preying and feeding at night.
Are baby snakes also called tadpoles?
Newly hatched snakes are called hatchlings. Newly born snakes are called neonates or snakelets.
How do gators swallow there prey?
Since they can't actually chew their food, they 'grab and tear' chunks off the prey animal, swallowing the chunks in one gulp.
Is a yellow bellied water snake poisonous?
yellow bellied water snakes have fangs and they do have poison glands but they have very limited amount of poison so they most likely will not bite you but if they were to bite you you will probably go into a coma and if you see a yellow bellied water snake just leave it alone and you will not have a risk so if i were you dont mess with them
Does it snake in a group or itself?
Snakes are normally solitary creatures - only seeking out others of its kind during the mating season, or during hibernation.
Do snakes inject poison using their forked tongues?
No, the poison is injected with the fangs of the snake. No. They use their fangs. What else would the fangs be for?
The forked tongue is used to smell. When they stick their tongues out, they are collecting scent molecules on the ends of the fork. Then, they draw their tongues back in and put them in special pits in the roof of their mouth. These pits act like our noses do, and detect what kinds of molecules and how many of them there are on the tongue.
The fangs are hollow and connected to venom sacks near the eyes of the snake. When a snake bites something, it uses the muscles around the venom sacks to pump the venom through its fangs and into whatever it bites. This is if the snake is poisonous. If the snake is a constrictor, then it just squeezes tighter and tighter until whatever it is squeezing cannot breathe any more and dies.
What does a golfer snake look like?
Assuming you meant 'what does a gopher snake look like - see the picture from Wikipedia in the related link !
it is found in the most of north of the sahara desert and also the south of the sahara through the west africa and the southern part of the aribian peninsula
Snakes will eat just about anything that fits in their mouth...
Do snakes usually live in the sea?
No. There are a very few varieties that DO live in the sea, but most are land animals.
