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"Don't touch that \"vine\" !
Vine snakes get their names because they are so light and camouflaged that many people have mistaken them for vines.
Vine snakes are all venomous and are extremely thin, and are so light that one can extend half of its body into midair when crossing from branch to branch",
"Just one.
Adders are the only poisonous snakes in Great Britain.
Every other snake found in that country is harmless.",
"One in five.
Approximately 20% of the total number of the snake species are poisonous.
The vast majority of snake species are completely harmless.",
"Night vision.
Boas, pythons, and pit vipers can sense infrared heat.
Basically, this means these snakes see by detecting a temperature difference in an object and its surroundings.
This is ideal for hunting warm-blooded mammals and birds at night.",
"Desert snakes move by \"sidewinding.\"
To avoid getting burned by the hot sand, desert snakes thrust sideways in an \"s\" formation.",
"Watch your step!
In Australia, the majority of snakes are venomous.
Almost 80% of Australia's snakes are poisonous, putting it way above the 20% world average.",
"Do the \"caterpillar\" !
Large snakes, such as boas, pythons, and vipers, use the \"caterpillar movement\" to move.
This means their bodies are kept in a fairly straight position as they inch forward bit by bit to move.",
"Are you \"blue\" ? Maybe you need a new skin.
Many snakes turn \"blue\" before shedding their skin.
This change in skin color is actually due to the presence of a layer of fluid between the old and new skins that appears right before the old skin is shed.",
"Toothy!
Most snakes have over 200 teeth!
They use these teeth to hold their prey in place while eating.",
"Only two species of coral snakes live in the United States.
There are sixty-five species of American coral snakes that live from the southern United States to Argentina.
No gills.
Sea snakes can not breathe underwater and must rise to the surface for air.
But they can remain underwater for several hours at a time, giving the illusion of breathing underwater.",
"\"Snake\" is an ancient word and comes from the Indo-European base sneg, which translates to: \"to creep.\"
This is also the same base word that the word \"snail\" comes from.",
"They can't hear you!
Snakes are completely deaf.
All snakes are deaf to airborne sounds, but they do pick up vibrations. This means a rattlesnake can't even hear its own rattle!",
"Cold blooded.
Snakes, like all reptiles, are ectothermic, which means that their body temperature is based on their surroundings.
So, in the heat of the summer they head underground or crawl into cool spaces or into areas with lots of shade.
On a cool day in the spring or fall, you might see a snake sunning itself out in the open where the sun hits.",
"They're almost everwhere!
Snakes are found throughout the world.
They can be found on every continent except Antarctica",
"Loners.
Snakes are normally solitary animals.
They usually don't stay around in groups, though an extremely favorable environment might attract a small to even large group.",
"They're almost everwhere!
Snakes can be found in almost all habitats: deserts, grasslands, forests, underground, rivers, even open oceans.
The only environment no snake can live in is polar areas.",
"The safe zone.
Snakes can only strike a distance equal to half their body length.
They do not actually leave the ground, so a five foot rattlesnake can strike about two and a half feet.",
"It's amazing!
Snakes can swallow prey three times bigger than their own mouth.
They can do this because they have special tendons in their mouth which can stretch very wide.",
"No chewing.
Snakes do not chew their food, but swallow it whole.
This is part of the reason snakes do not have to eat often, since it takes their bodies longer to digest the food.",
"Myth exploded.
Snakes do not stop growing in their enclosures.
Many people think that if you put a snake in a small enclosure that it will stop growing, but that is not true.
Snakes are not like goldfish, they will keep growing to regular size.",
"Duality.
Snakes give birth in two ways.
Some lay eggs, others actually keep the eggs in their bodies until they hatch, thus giving birth to live snakes.",
"Lidless.
Snakes have no eyelids.
Instead of eyelids, snakes have a transparent scales that acts as protection for their eyes.",
"Secrets of motion.
Snakes move by using special muscles attached to their ribs.
If you put a snake on a smooth piece of glass, the snake will not be able to move because there is nothing to grip onto.
The scales on their bellies also act as anchors.",
"You can outrun a snake.
Snakes move slower than an adult human can run.
The fastest recorded speed achieved by any snake is about 12 mph, but that is only by black mambas in short bursts.
The vast majority of snakes are much slower.",
"Long time between meals.
Snakes rarely have to eat.
Eating large prey and having a slow metabolism give snakes the advantage of not having to eat often.
Most snakes only eat once a week or less, some only eat 8 to 10 times a year.",
"Some snakes are virtually blind.
Vision is well developed in most snakes, but many burrowing snakes are almost completely blind because scales grow over the eyes. ",
"What a backbone!
Some snakes have over 500 vertebrae.
The body of the snake contains a string of vertebrae (bones that make up the spine).
Most snakes have more than 120, and some have up to an amazing 585.",
"Cannibal snake.
The California King snake is the cannibal of snakes.
While many snakes will sometimes eat other snakes, the California King snake likes nothing more than to feast upon members of their own species.",
"Oldtimer.
The oldest age known for any snake is just under 30 years.
This amazing age has been attained by both the anaconda and the black-lipped cobra.",
"Swallowing secrets.
The heart and the glottis (tracheal opening) in a snake can move positions to allow the snake to swallow large prey.
Snakes eat mice, insects, and other snakes. Most food is bigger than the snake so their jaw is able to unhinge since snakes swallow prey whole.
When food enters the snake's mouth, the glottis moves to the side of the mouth and cartilage covers the breathing tube.
Once the food is initially swallowed the snake's heart can slide to 1 ½ the length and position where it is normally located.
The snake's saliva has digestive enzymes, which allows them to digest their food. ",
"Sword snake.
The kukri snake is named after a sword.
Kukri snakes are named for their enlarged hind teeth, which are broad and curved like the sword.",
"The biggest.
The largest-known snake is the anaconda.
Anacondas are only found in South America.
A 37 ½ foot anaconda was found in 1944.
There are stories claiming that deep in the Amazon river basin there are anacondas who are much, much larger.",
"Variey pack.
There are 126 different kinds of snakes in the United States.
Only 19 are harmful to people.",
"Over 2,000.
There are 2,267 species of snakes living in the world today.
These are just the ones we know about, seeing as how new species are discovered fairly regularly.",
"Snakeless.
There are no snakes in Ireland, Newfoundland, New Zealand or on numerous South Sea archipelagos.
However, in non-polar areas, only certain islands and island groups are free of snakes.",
"Can they fly?
There are three species of \"flying snakes\" in the world.
These tree snakes are found in South Asia and Indonesia, are able to glide short distances through the air by shifting their scales in a way similar to how a \"flying squirrel\" flies.",
"Exception to the rule.
While most snakes avoid people, the African puff adder will not.
The puff adder is a very dangerous, but also a very slow and sluggish snake.",
"Extremely deadly.
The Fer-de-lance snake doesn't even need to bite a person to cause death.
Once called the evil spirit of sugar plantations, this aggressive viper was the major cause of death to the plantation workers.
In one case a plantation owner was bitten, then bought home, badly bleeding. His wife washed the wound then called the local doctor.
Despite the treatment the man died a few hours later. The next morning the wife was found dead.
Apparently the venom she handled while cleaning her husband's wounds entered her system through the abrasions on her hands.
This is one snake where the cut and suck method should not be used because of the danger of heavy bleeding.
The Fer-de-lance is one of the few snakes whose venom is both neurotoxic and hemotoxic.",
"Snake machine gun.
Australia's most poisonous snake, the Taipan, could be considered the machine gun of snakes.
A Taipan strikes so fast it may strike several times before the victim even knows what hit him.
But if the victim is able to escape after the first bite, it is usually too late - there is only a 20% survival rate even with immediate anti-venom.",
"Shy but deadly.
Russel's Viper is shy and slow-moving but also deadly.
Russel's Viper has a savage disposition and strikes with great agility, despite its size.
In India one poor dog learned of its tenacity when it ran around trying to shake the viper off. After a half hour it finally succumbed to the poison.
Considered highly poisonous because of the great quantity of venom injected, capable of producing 150 to 250 milligrams of venom.
To kill a human being, only 70 milligrams is needed.",
"Coma snake.
To say the banded Krait snake is nocturnal is an understatement.
During the day its inactivity is closer to a coma. The Krait snake is so comatose during the day a person could hit it over the head, torture it, or even nail it to a board and still it would not stir.
At night though, meeting up with this snake is a whole different story.
Its venom is so powerful that even with treatment there is only a 50-50 chance of survival.
It is nicknamed the \"seven-stepper\" by the natives because if bitten a person only takes seven steps before dying.",
"Watch out!
There are fifty different species of sea snakes, all highly venomous.
The venom of a sea snake is as virulent as that of the cobra. Humans bitten by them have died within two and a half hours.",
"WWII secret weapon.
Many men who returned home from the WWII Pacific Campaign had more than their share of war wounds from the Chinese Mountain Viper.
Confined mostly to The Ryukyu Islands, this snake is highly irritable and lightening quick.
Its fangs are hollow and much like a hypodermic needle, the venom is delivered through the hollow canals.
Many American soldiers returned home from World War II, bearing scars of the distinctive puncture wounds.",
"Alien invaders.
Taiwan is populated by poisonous African and Asian snakes left by the Japanese after World War II.
During the Second World War, the Japanese occupied the island of Taiwan. The military set up a research facility where they carried on extensive snake venom research to develop antivenoms for Japanese soldiers.
The research center housed some of the most poisonous snakes in the world.
When the Japanese left, they left their snakes, too. Taiwan now has a population of deadly snakes that come from all over Africa and Asia.",
"Don't corner this one!
Docile by nature, the bird snake of Africa turns deadly when cornered.
The bird snake should be avoided at all costs. Living its life hanging from tree branches, it is one of the most venomous snakes in Africa.
With deadly fangs, it grips its victim until the venom takes affect, at which time the victim develops massive internal bleeding.
The bird snake captures its prey with elaborate swaying motions which immobilize the victim long enough for the snake to strike.
Contrary to its name, the bird snake rarely eats birds, preferring lizards and other small animals it finds in the trees.",
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