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Because they are storing energy. Imagine a spring. It cannot "spring" very far unless compressed, because when it is compressed the amount of potential energy the spring contains is greatly increased. When you let the spring go, the potential energy converts to kinetic energy and you can't find where the spring went. Same principle for snakes that coil before they strike. The more they coil, the faster and farther they can strike at prey or predator.
This asked WHAT snakes coil ... not WHY do snakes coil ... this does not answer the question.
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∙ 11y agoThey are cold blooded and need to keep warm. They will coil up to keep the rest of their body as close in one spot as possible.
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∙ 8y agoConstrictors are the snakes that are most famous for coiling around their prey. Constrictors do so to kill their prey by preventing them from breathing and their heart from beating.
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∙ 8y agoAll snakes will coil around it's prey. The Boa Constrictor however kills it's prey by tightening around it unlike other snakes that bite their prey
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∙ 10y agowhich snake coils around its prey
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Does a snake have coils?
Yes. All snakes wrap around an object. But if it's a poisons snake it probably will not wrap around someone/something to kill it, it will bite its prey. But if it is not poisons it will wrap around something/someone to kill it.
How does a snake capture its food and eat it?
Well Somtimes It Depends On What Kind On Snake.Some Snakes Can Camoflogse And Wait For There Prey To Come By Then When It Close To It The Snake Springs Out In Front Of It And Usally The Prey Has No Where To Run So..It Gets Atten.Some Snakes.Hide InBushes Or Somthing Then When The Prey Is Close By The Snake Jumps Out.Wraps Its Self Around The Prey.Chokes The Prey.Then When The Prey Dies The Snake Eats It.Some Snakes Live In Water Then When A Fish Comes By It Jumps Out And Eats The Fish.And Some Snakes Hide Then When Its Prey Is Close By Then The Snake Jumps Out And Bites The Prey.(Putting Posin Into The Prey).Then The Snake Goes And Hides Again And Waits Till The Prey Dyes Then The Snake Eats It.
Can a king snake kill a rattlesnake?
King snakes are essentially constrictors, which kill their prey by suffocating them. The modus operandi of a king snake is to first bite the victim ( a rattle snake) and then rapidly throw coils around the anterior body of the rattle snake, tightening them continuously so that the rattle snake is not able to breathe. The king snake maintains this tight coil until the rattler is dead. It then releass the coil, uses its forked tongue (and Jacobson's organ) to find the rattler's head and proceeds to swallow the prey. During this process, even if the king snake is bitten by the rattler, it does not matter as the king snake is immune to the venom of its prey.
When a snake kills a shrew the shrew is called the what and the snake is the what?
The snake would be the predator and the shrew would be the prey
What is the prey of a snake?
the snske can prey on people,fish
How does a milk snake catches its prey?
A milk snake will bite its prey and wrap around it with constricting coils.
Does a snake have coils?
Yes. All snakes wrap around an object. But if it's a poisons snake it probably will not wrap around someone/something to kill it, it will bite its prey. But if it is not poisons it will wrap around something/someone to kill it.
What is constrictors?
a constrictor is a type of snake that coils around its prey, squeezing and suffocating it, such as a boa constrictor or green anaconda.
When you breathe in does a constrictor constrict?
Nope - it's the opposite. When a constricting snake catches its prey, it coils tightly around the prey's body. As the victim breathes out, the snake tightens its coils so the animal has difficulty breathing in. This process is repeated a number of times until the prey simply can no longer draw breath, and it suffocates.
Is there a predator and prey situation with a snake and a frog?
Both frogs and snakes are predators. Though you are more likely to find a snake that prey on frogs than the other way around.
How does a snake capture its food and eat it?
Well Somtimes It Depends On What Kind On Snake.Some Snakes Can Camoflogse And Wait For There Prey To Come By Then When It Close To It The Snake Springs Out In Front Of It And Usally The Prey Has No Where To Run So..It Gets Atten.Some Snakes.Hide InBushes Or Somthing Then When The Prey Is Close By The Snake Jumps Out.Wraps Its Self Around The Prey.Chokes The Prey.Then When The Prey Dies The Snake Eats It.Some Snakes Live In Water Then When A Fish Comes By It Jumps Out And Eats The Fish.And Some Snakes Hide Then When Its Prey Is Close By Then The Snake Jumps Out And Bites The Prey.(Putting Posin Into The Prey).Then The Snake Goes And Hides Again And Waits Till The Prey Dyes Then The Snake Eats It.
How do plants affect snakes?
Some snakes use camouflage to hide themselves from prey using the plants around them. Some of snake's prey eat plants, so if plants disapeared, then so would snake's prey.
How does a reticulated python protect itself?
the reticulated python coils around it's prey until it has suffocated it entirely.
Can a king snake kill a rattlesnake?
King snakes are essentially constrictors, which kill their prey by suffocating them. The modus operandi of a king snake is to first bite the victim ( a rattle snake) and then rapidly throw coils around the anterior body of the rattle snake, tightening them continuously so that the rattle snake is not able to breathe. The king snake maintains this tight coil until the rattler is dead. It then releass the coil, uses its forked tongue (and Jacobson's organ) to find the rattler's head and proceeds to swallow the prey. During this process, even if the king snake is bitten by the rattler, it does not matter as the king snake is immune to the venom of its prey.
When a snake kills a shrew the shrew is called the what and the snake is the what?
The snake would be the predator and the shrew would be the prey
How does an andoconda kill its prey?
The Anaconda is a constrictor, it will strike at its prey, pulling the prey into its coils to overpower and kill it.
How do constrictors obtain food?
To obtain food,the constrictors (Pythons,Anacondas,Boas) simply catches its prey & quickly coils the whole body around,and then tightens the coil to such extreme that the prey dies of Asphyxia(want of air).The more the prey tries to exhale,that much the strangle hold of the snake tightens until & unless the respiratory movement of the victim finally ceases..Note that the snake's body muscle is build up of single muscle and can create enermous pressure.Truely the strangle of death.
