10 Things You Probably Don’t Want to Know About Snakes
There is a lot of myth and folklore surrounding snakes and their capabilities. Here are ten things you probably didn’t know about these fascinating creatures.
- Boa Constrictors and Pythons are the world’s largest snakes and they can grow up to thirty feet long
- Around two and a half thousand species of snake have been discovered and these include five hundred toxic varieties
- Most snakes have excellent close range eye sight but snakes that burrow underground tend to be blind
- Snakes cannot hear sound that comes through vibration of airwaves but they can sense vibration in the ground, so it isn’t true that the cobra hears the snake charmers flute
- Some snakes lay eggs in batches like other reptiles but other bear live young which are miniature, fully formed adults
- Snakes live for twenty to thirty years depending on the breed
- Snakes smell by collecting scent particles on their flickering tongues and depositing them onto a special scent gland situated in top of their mouths
- In order to inject venom, a snake has to bite its victim. Contrary to popular belief no snake has a stinger in its tail.
- A fully grown Python can swallow a small animal weighing around a hundred and fifty pounds
- Snakes cannot leap, or jump into the air. They coil and strike upwards but cannot strike at a distance of more than half their own body length.
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10 Responses to “10 Things You Probably Don’t Want to Know About Snakes”
On January 2, 2008 at 8:25 am
Learning new things from your article today. Thank you Louie.
On January 2, 2008 at 8:59 am
The anacondas from South America have been known to constrict then swallow young calves.
On January 2, 2008 at 3:24 pm
No. 9 is scary. I weigh 150 lbs., so a Python could swallow me whole? This is the stuff of nightmares.
Thank you for your comprehensive research on this subject. Amazing!
On January 2, 2008 at 6:09 pm
Ooh! Scary stuff. I don’t like snakes, but it’s good to know about them.
On January 2, 2008 at 9:27 pm
I, too, learn new things from your article. Thank you, Louie.
On January 3, 2008 at 4:43 am
We don’t have these in NZ!
On January 5, 2008 at 6:50 pm
I read this out loud to my 5 year old son. He thought it was great! Best Wishes, Josey
On June 23, 2008 at 9:51 am
i dont have them kind of snakes around here either but thanks for informing when i go to other states, tory
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