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Strictly speaking snakes aren't poisonous, they're venomous.
Poison is stuff that's dangerous to eat or drink. Snakes don't work like that.
Snakes need to get their stuff into your blood stream to do any damage.
To make sure their prey is killed quickly and to defend It's definitely not to bite people and kill them.The primitive snakes were all non-poisonous.But during the course of evolution the salivary gland has been modified to secret poison in few snakes to aid the killing purpose more precise and potent.Because its what worth if despite of being bitten the prey escapes ?Its not serving the very purpose the snake is seeking for.But once the snakes devloped venom the problem solved , as we know snake venom is nothing but a mixture of complex proteins helping snakes killing it's prey rapidly and aiding in digestion as well.
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What group of animals do Snakes belong to?
Snakes belong to the group of animals known as reptiles.
Which animal group do Lizards belong to?
Lizards belong to the animal group called reptiles.
Are reptiles cold blooded or waerm blooded?
Nearly all reptiles are cold blooded. This means their body temperature is determined by how warm or how cold their surroundings are. (Thus, it is believed that most reptiles would not do very well in a cold climate, since it would drive down their body temperature to dangerous levels.) It should be noted that scientists believe some ancient dinosaurs, although reptilian, were warm-blooded. But these days, reptiles are generally classified as cold-blooded. Reptiles are cold blooded. Their temperature is determined by the environment.They warm up their blood by standing in the sun. cold blooded. thats why snakes lay on rocks in the sun in the summer. Reptiles are cold blooded. That's why snakes lie on rocks in the sun in the summer. Reptiles are cold blooded creatures. This does not literally mean that their blood is necessarily cold, it means that they do not maintain any specific blood temperature (as mammals do) but that their blood will have the same temperature as the environment where the reptile is. In warm weather they will have warm blood, and in colder weather, they will have colder blood.
Can any reptiles blink?
Yes reptiles can blink
Are rabbits reptiles?
No, rabbits are mammals, not reptiles. They belong to the order Lagomorpha, while reptiles belong to a different class altogether.
Can new born babies be around reptiles?
No don't do that if you know the reptile is dangerous but if not and its vice versa.
Where do you work when you're a herpetologist?
In the lab, and in the field..Herpetologists work with reptiles, many of which are dangerous..The work they do is very beneficial to us, helping to understand the reptiles around us, and even in the developement of antivenen, the antidote made to counteract against venom.
What are crocidiles?
Crocodiles are dangerous reptiles everyone thinks they are mammals but they are NOT they have green scaly skin to camouflage themselves. they are vertebrates (They have a back bone.) By Trickster 123
What animals live in the desert are not dangerous and eat black widows?
Many birds will eat a spider, even a black widow. Reptiles will eat them, too, and most lizards and snakes in the desert are not dangerous. The rattlers and the Gila monster excepted, of course.
What group of animals do Snakes belong to?
Snakes belong to the group of animals known as reptiles.
Why are chameleons like reptiles?
Chameleons don't look like reptiles but they are reptiles.
Are yellow spotted lizard reptiles or mammals?
reptiles. all lizards are reptiles
Does a protoceratops?
Yes, pterodactyl were from a branch of reptiles, and reptiles are vertebrates.
What is the dirffrent from reptiles and humans?
reptiles
Were dinousars reptiles?
Dinosaurs are reptiles.
Are reptiles sexual?
Reptiles are sexual.
Are hamsters reptiles?
No, they aren't reptiles.
