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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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They need the radiant heat of the sun to enliven them, and light or lack of it tells them when to sleep.
Yes - the vast majority of typical 'pet' snakes are fed on a diet of small rodents such as mice and rats.
Do corn snakes and dogs get on?
If you mean to allow them both to come into close contact with each other - then NO ! The dog will view the snake as something to chew on - and the snake will be stressed by the presence of an animal too big for it to defend itself against.
Is rosy boas good as beginner snakes?
I wouldn't personally recommend one as a first snake.
You're better off getting something like a corn snake or king snake if you've never kept snakes before.
I'd suggest doing some research at your local library BEFORE getting your first reptile - there's hundreds of books on reptiles which will give you some basic knowledge on caring for a snakes needs.
Can green mambas dilocate their jaws?
Yes they can - just as all snakes dislocate their jaws to swallow their food.
Is there such thing as a snake that can come back to life?
No, if a rattlesnake is truly frozen, it is dead and can not come back to life.
Is it bad that your corn snake has discolored skin?
Depends what you mean by discoloured ! Is it injured ? Is it a burn mark ? Need more detail.
Yes every snake can bite.
Any animal that has a mouth can bite.
Biting is one of the few defenses that a snake has and they usually only bite if they feel threatened. Most snakes will try to flee prior to biting.
No. All Pythons are non-venomous, they're constrictors.
What do baby eastern milk snakes eat?
Young milk snakes typically feed on a diet of slugs, insects, crickets, and earthworms. An adult's diet includes lizards (especially skinks), and small mammals. They are also known to eat birds and their eggs, frogs, fish, and other snakes.
What is the most venomous shark?
Sharks aren't venomous. They are simply dangerous because they are large and they have many rows of sharp teeth.
What temperature do you keep corn snakes in?
26-28 Celsius during the day, with a drop to 22-25 Celsius at night.
What is the largest poisonous snake is Aisa or Africa?
King Cobra (Ophiophagus hanna)
General Information
King Cobra Scientific Cassification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Elapidae
Genus: Ophiophagus
Species: O. hannah
The largest poisonous snake would be the King Cobra(Ophiophagus hanna), the Latinword Ophiophagus means "Snake-eater".The king cobras average size is 13-14 ft. (3.96-4.26m) weighing around 20 lbs (9 kg), they can reach a length of around 18.5ft (5.6388m) weighing over 40lbs. (18.1436kgs.) and lives in the Rainforest's and grasslands of Southeast Asia, India and China. Color is generally tan, olive-green or black with faint pale yellow cross bands, the females lay around 50 eggs, the king cobras are the only snakes who construct a nest for their hatchlings which they incubate and protect until they emerge in 60 to 80 days, the young are called Hatchlings and are about 1.5 ft. (50cm ) long at birth, the King cobra is very fast and agile with an average lifespan of about 20 years.
Although not the most toxic of poisonous snakes a king cobra can kill an elephant with one bite, the king cobra tracks by site and smell then kills it's prey by striking and injecting it with venom and swallowing it whole, it's preferred diet is mainly other venomous and non-venomous snakes but includes small reptiles, birds and amphibians as well. King Cobras are aggressive and will rear up to confront the intruder where most other cobras will slither away and hide. The only predators are the mongoose and man.
Can you use formalin to preserve a snake?
Yes.generally formalin is used to store biological specimens
No snake kills with more ruthless efficiency than the many-banded krait, which dwells in the jungles of India and Southeast Asia. Drop for drop, its venom is the deadliest of any land serpent's, apart from a few rare species found only in the outback of Australia. One bite of the krait carries enough concentrated toxin to kill two dozen grown men.
Do coachwhip snakes eat copperhead snakes?
A coachwhip (Masticophis flagellum) eats other snakes including venomous species like rattlesnake or copperhead. Other items in their diet include small mammals, birds, bird and reptile eggs, lizards, frogs, insects, and carrion.
The copperhead, Agkistrodon Contortrix, has a similar pattern, and may even vibrate its tail when threatened, as do cottonmouths, Agkistrodon Piscivorus..Both are in the Pit Viper family, sub family Crotalinae, along with the rattlesnakes.
How long is an anaconda in meters?
There is some speculation and a lot of sensationalizing with the answer to this question, many authorities agree between 30 ft. (9.14 m) to 33 ft. (10.05 m) is the longest, with some saying 37 ft. (11.27 m), any length above these still lack acceptable documentation and they're claims are dubious at best.
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).
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.
