Sunday, 28 April 2013

Dangerous Creatures: Snakes

   The milk snake and the king snake are both pretenders. But the coral snake is a different matter.
   If you really don’t like to fight, it pays to put on a tough act, like the red-tailed racer.
   Snakes have different methods for killing. But they all eat the same way: they swallow their prey whole.
   Different snakes move around in different ways.
   When it comes to size, these two take the prize: the reticulated python and the anaconda.
   If you had four hundred bones in your back, you could bend yourself into a loop as well.
   Who says green tree pythons have to start by being green?
   Not everybody smells with their nose. Just try it with your tongue!
   Video: Many people have nightmares about being bitten by snakes. But snakes aren’t really interested in people. They’d rather sink their teeth into something they can eat.
   Advice: How can you tell a venomous snake from a harmless one? Some people say it’s the shape of the head, or the type of eyes. But I wouldn’t advise you to get face-to-face with a strange snake. You might scare the poor thing to death!

Next: Snakes can be dangerously venomous, like a rattlesnake, or harmless, like a mangrove snake.

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