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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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i'd say the easiest way to put it would be to say they produce venom like we do saliva... they have glands either side of the head that constantly produces venom, not all snakes are venomous though.
Why do spitting cobras spit for face?
to blind the predator or just to stun it so the cobra can escape
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How do you feed a shedding snake?
The short answer is - don't ! When a snake is going through the shedding process, their eyesight is diminished somewhat, and they may strike at you - rather than a food item. Additionally, shedding can make them irritable - again possibly resulting in a bite. Although some snakes will feed during shedding, their natural behaviour is to shun feeding until they've completed the process.
The best thing to do - is to leave the snake until it's shed its old skin completely - give it a little more privacy and keep handling to an absolute minimum. Don't forget to ensure the eye-caps (Brille) have been shed with the rest of the skin.
Once the shed is complete, the snake will likely be more than ready for a meal. I tend to leave my snakes at least two days to rest after shedding - before offering food items. It will do your snake no harm at all to make it wait a little longer than normal for its next feed.
How many types of snakes found in Iraq?
"6..... 5 vipers and 1 cobra. ALL SNAKES IN IRAQ ARE VENMOUS" was the original reply, which is absolutely incorrect. In fact, if you search the internet, you will find several websites (mostly forums whose answers are from non-medical personnel) claiming that all snakes in Iraq are venomous.
The first portion of this answer is almost correct. However, the question doesn't ask how many are native to Iraq, it simply asks how many are found in Iraq. Therefore, six types of venomous snakes are native to Iraq, and an unknown number of other species have been reported.
What is the long term effects of copperhead snake venom?
I was bitten by a copperhead in 1981 on the foot. The bite immed. started swelling, lots of pain like a super bee sting that doesn't stop, next was the feeling of throwing up. I went to the ER and by then the area around the bite fangs were turning into blue red 50 cent piece. The ER tested the anivemon in my arm but the swelling was now all the way up my thigh. I received two injections one in each thigh. (5'6" and 100lbs). The leg was packed in ice and I was on an IV. the leg continued to swell and again another dose was given in my buttocks. By this time my foot was bigger than a football, and shinny tight with the swelling. I could not bend my toes, ankle or bend (very little ) my knee. At The fang site the skin and tissue turned black.
In the end I have loss the ability to bend my "PINKY" toe, I have constant pain like RSD in my foot. If I hike for several hours my foot swells some. Not sure if related but Since the bite I have been anemic, even with taking supplements, and a healthy diet. I exercise daily to keep the blood flow to the foot, to maintain healthy tissue, and keep the sensory nerves working. I do not want to let a vascular neuropathy set in.
The other weird thing, before snake bite if I got stung by a wasp I had a reaction of redness, swelling, pain and heat. Now... very little reaction. A slight prick feeling, no heat, no redness, and no swelling.
Hope this helps.
yes they can there mouth muscles are so strong they could open there mouth that wide to eat a whole rabbit
No - of the known 2,300 species of snake - about 400 species are venomous, and only a small percentage of the venomous species have toxins potent enough to kill people.
Can your pet corn snake identify your voice?
Snakes can't hear sound, so it's not likely that a snake will recognize your voice.
Pet snakes eat live mice or frozen mice. A snake's diet consists of mice because other animals cost to much to constantly buy for your snake to eat.
What is the name of the sack around a snake heart?
The sac is called the pericardial sac. The snake's heart can move 1 to 1 1/2 inches because of this sac.
Why are large snakes genets eagles and owls a bush baby's predator?
Because they eat small animals- like bush babies.
no they do not eat sharks because a shark is to big for them to eat
but they can kill sharks
What is strange about snake skin?
It doesn't grow as the snake gets bigger. The skin stretches up to a point and then splits and is shed. A new skin has already developed under the one about to be shed.
Another thing is that snakes are not at all slimy to the touch
Young Rattlesnakes (less than 2 years old) are heavily preyed upon by numerous species like Ravens, Crows, Raccoons, Coyotes, Weasels etc. Even Adult Rattlesnakes are known to cannibalize youngsters. Adolescent Rattlesnakes (above 2 years) are preyed upon by larger predators like Eagles, Hawks, Badgers, Kingsnakes etc. Adult Rattle snakes have only one known predator the "Kingsnake" which is a constrictor. It is immune to the venom of Rattlesnakes and other Vipers and consumes them as a part of its natural diet.
I'm assuming that you're talking about sidewinders as a type of snake.
And yes, snakes in general have lungs, and so does the sidewinder.
Yes, they can, but deer corn is whole kernel corn. It is much harder for the birew to digest in that form. It would be better to feed cracked corn, corn that has gone through at least one stage of a mill. Deer corn is usually fed to deer, cows and other large animals that will chew it to break it up. Chickens, of course, have no teeth, and if a chicken has a choice between whole kernel corn or cracked corn, it instinctively goes for the cracked corn.
What is the habitat of a black mamba?
The f**king wilderness you tard, don't try and keep a black mamba.
Why doesn't venom hurt us if we drink it when it's medicine?
There are two separate issues here: # The venom of a rattlesnake needs to be injected into the bloodstream to work. If you drink it instead, since it's a protein your body treats it like any other protein and digests it. As long as you don't have open sores in your mouth or stomach (ulcers), the protein cannot get into your bloodstream before it's digested and rendered harmless. # Some kinds of venom can be used to make antivenin, a medicine to protect against the venom itself. However, antivenins are generally injected; you don't drink them, as again they're proteins and would simply be digested without doing you any good. It's possible that certain venoms are used orally in certain kinds of what's usually called "traditional medicine," herbalism, or homeopathy. They don't do any harm for reason 1 above. They also probably don't do any good for reason 1 above, and any benefit derived from the practice is most likely due to the placebo effect.
