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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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Have you considered a flame shooting gun, if they dont come out, you will at least know it is dead.
What type of creature is a copperhead?
Copperhead is a venomous snake (Agkistrodon contortrix) of the eastern and central United States, having a reddish-brown body marked with darker crossbands arranged in an hourglass pattern.
What eagle is not afraid of snakes?
Most eagles, if not all of them are not afraid of snakes. A lot of eagles eat snakes.
How crocodile and snakes eat their food?
Crocs don't use their teeth for chewing but rather to grip their prey and they just toss it to the back of their throats and swallow it down. If venomous, the snake will bite their prey, envenomate, kill it, swallow it down whole. If nonvenomous, they would either constrict their prey and swallow it down or just bite and wait for it to stop struggling and swallow.
Why there is a snake in medical?
That dates back to early Judeo-Christian mythology. In one of the Old Testament stories, snakes were sent out to chomp the Israelis for some slight or another against their god. Moses was then instructed to craft a snake and put it on a pole. And anyone who was chomped simply had to look at the snake and pole, and they would be cured.
Snake eyes is the outcome of rolling two dice in any gambling game and getting one pip on each die. In most cases, this outcome is very disadvantageous for the player - and since the pair of pips looks just like a pair of eyes, the gamblers have associated it with snakes since they're considered to be a symbol of treachery and bad luck.
The question what is the biggest snake can be confusing, the biggest as far as girth 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, 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. Dietconsist 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.
Why will snake not survive in the ecosystem?
Lack of food, or overpopulation. If there are too many snakes, then not enough food will be evenly distributed, causing the snakes to die.
What is the nathaul word for snake?
Assuming by "Nathaul" you mean "Nahuatl," then the word you're looking for is Coatl (pronounced Coh-AH-tel).
What is a reptile that makes a rattling sound by shaking its tail?
Rattlesnakes have a built-in rattle but several other species of snake, such as the gopher snake, will vibrate the tail when threatened. If the snake happens to be on dry leaves, it will sound just like a rattlesnake.
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.
