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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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What advantage is their in having eggs with a leather shell?
the advantage of having a leather shell:
-protects the egg
-Some leathery eggs also have calcium carbonate but much more protein than the average bird egg. This protein is typically keratin, which is the same type of protein that makes up human hair and fingernails.
-Leathery eggshells do not necessarily have calcium carbonate. Some types of eggshells have little or no calcium in them at all, and instead are composed primarily of proteins. They may have other substances, such as lipids or some other mineral, as part of their makeup to ensure a solid, flexible shell.
-Tough, leathery eggs are generally very similar to hard eggs in structure, but the shell has some differences in its composition. Specifically, hard-shelled bird eggs tend to be a mix of calcium carbonate and protein. The protein helps make the shell smooth and holds it together, while the calcium carbonate gives it its hardness.
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What does the medical symbol of snakes on a pole represent?
The medical symbol of a snake coiled around a rod comes from ancient Greek mythology. Asclepius was the Greek deity associated with healing and medicine. The rod's formal name is the Rod of Asclepius.
Note that there is only one snake coiled on the Rod of Asclepius. The staff surrounded by two snakes is mistakenly used for medical professions occasionally; this staff, called the caduceus is actually the staff carried by Hermes, the messenger of the gods and guide to the dead.
Snakes that have made the endangered list can always point to the same problem, loss of suitable habitat. Consider the eastern diamonback rattlesnake. Once fairly common from southeastern North Carolina to Louisiana, the species has become quite rare in NC, and is threatened in some other states. Still common in Georgia and Florida, and declining in Alabama. The population in NC is critically endangered, with an estimated population of less than 1500 in the lower coastal plain as of 2009. (Shuler, Robbins, et al, NC State University survey)
It is pretty much like a normal snake with a nose shaped like a spear
How many offspring does a bull snake have?
I'd say 1-45. I've found bull snakes laying eggs and I catch the female, And count the eggs.
Brown snake in US how can you kill it quick?
It is extremly poisonious. It will kill you in minutes. If you see one, you should walk away slowly, but if you have to kill it, stay away from it's head. If it so much as touches your skin with it's fangs, you will die. The quickest way to kill it is to decapitate it.
What do baby chicken snakes eat?
Baby ones eat egg whites from chicken eggs. but adult chicken snakes eat rabbits and ankona chickens that were imported in the southern half of the canary islands. In some cases it has been known for chicken snakes to attack another type of snake living on the islands it is commonly nicknamed 'the chomp' because it sneaks into people houses at night and goes under the covers and attacks peoples feet (they do this because the skin is normally easier to get to and their toxins will get to work quicker). The chicken snake and the chomper (or to give it its scientific name; Juikangad Pellisulic) have been battling for food and land.
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Does the Eastern brown snake live in the desert?
They generally live all the way up the eastern coast of Australia, some parts of the Kimberly, and often around any farms or barns due to their rodent-based diet
Does a corn snake eat insects?
no they eat mice to find more information ask what do corn snakes eat.
How do you know a snake is venoumous?
You can tell if a snake is venomous or not by looking at the head. The head of a venomous snake looks shorter, fatter, and wider in comparison to the neck. This is because of the venom glands located at the back of each side of the head. A non-venomous snake's head looks longer, thinner, and there is not a great deal of difference in the width of the head and neck. To get practise of determining if a snake is venomous or not look up these pictures on google. 1) Cotton mouth snake (venomous) 2) black rat snake & brown water snake (non-venomous look alike.) 3) copper head (venomous) 4) cornsnake (non venomous look alike). Can you tell which is venomous and which is not between the Peruvian milk snake and the coral snake? Just by looking? Good luck!
What is the nickname of the ringneck snake?
It is called the corkscrew because if it is frightened, it coils its tail tightly.
What happens when a corn snake stays on a heat pad to long?
The corn snake's belly will get burned and that is not good
Nobody could say definitely, since that would require someone to live forever to observe if it died.
Who besides Moses had rods that turned into serpents or snakes?
Exodus chapter 7 describes how the Egyptian magicians also had rods that turned into snakes, as did Moses' brother AAron, whose snake swallowed up the other serpents. This passage comes from the Priestly author, who was at pains to emphasise the importance of the priestly caste and therefore of Aaron, who had been little more than a spokesman for Moses in the older version of Exodus.
a snake headed goddess from greek mythology. Who was not sexy. And who ever wrote that; THAT WAS VERY INAPPROPRIATE! Some people on here actually want a good answer. And Maduca was the daughter of Ceto and the sister of Phorcys. She was said to have once been a beautiful maiden, famous for Her lovely hair, who was turned to a hideous monster by the goddess Athena. Snakes then replaced Her beautiful tresses, and Her gaze was so terrible it would turn men to stone. The hero Perseus killed Her on a dare, decapitating Her and making off with Her head, which he gave to Athene. Thereafter She wore it on Her aegis, or breastplate that symbolized the storm clouds.
There are many different representations of Medusa, some ugly, some not, and not all showing Her with Her famous snaky hair. Often She has wings, either large bronze ones sprouting from Her back, or a small pair on Her forehead. Sometimes She is shown as an ugly woman, burly and muscular, with large fangs.
Medusa's legends are very tangled with those of Athene, and Medusa may originally have been Her sexual and destructive aspect. Some legends say Medusa was given Her fearsome aspect by Athene as punishment for winning a beauty contest against Her; or that the punishment was given because the Sea-god Poseidon had sex with Medusa in Athene's temple. Poseidon was sometimes said to have been Athene's father, from whom She got Her blue eyes, and They were long rivals, as can be seen in Their competition for patronage of Athens.
It is said that Perseus was guided by Athene's hand as he killed Medusa, or even that Athene Herself slew Medusa as She slept. When Medusa's blood fell to the earth, the hero Chrysaor and the winged horse Pegasus were born, for Medusa had been pregnant from Her encounter with Poseidon. Her blood was then taken by Athene who gave it to Asclepius, or in some stories, Erichthonius (half-serpent, half-human who was claimed as ancestor by the early Athenians; the Erechtheum, a temple shared by Athene and Poseidon on the Akropolis, is named for Erechtheus, his adopted grandson), who used it to kill or cure.
In these legends, Medusa shares many symbols with Athene and with Poseidon. Athene, as a sky-goddess, is associated with birds, especially the wise owl; and She also is linked to the chthonic serpent, as seen in links to Erechtheus and Erichthonius (who were often confused) and in the snakes that fringe Her aegis. An epithet of Athena, Sthenia, meaning "strong", shares its root meaning with the name of one of Medusa's Gorgon sisters, Stheno. Likewise Poseidon was said to have seduced Medusa in the guise of either a bird or a horse, and Medusa's parents were both Sea-deities
Do snakes drink from breastfeeding woman?
My char was telling me this story. I personally do not believe it and i can't find anything on google either. Today someone told me again about a breastfeeding woman whose milk was "stolen" by a snake.
If the black snake is large enough, they can. However, if the rat is too big, it can injure the snake.
What does it means dreaming about touching and playing with a white snake?
it means that you are brave enough to fight the outside world
Could a snake live on mercury?
No. Nothing could live on Mercury. On Mercury there is no air, the day is extremely hot and the night extremely cold.
Are snakes scared of dogs barking?
No. Snakes can feel vibrations through the ground, but are essentially deaf.
