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About once a month snakes shed their skin, a process called ecdysis that makes room for growth and gets rid of parasites...
07/03/2023

About once a month snakes shed their skin, a process called ecdysis that makes room for growth and gets rid of parasites. They rub against a tree branch or other object, then slither out of their skin head first, leaving it discarded inside-out.

Imagine a snake moving through the grass. What do you picture? The well-known s-movement? This wouldn’t be surprising, b...
06/03/2023

Imagine a snake moving through the grass. What do you picture? The well-known s-movement? This wouldn’t be surprising, because this is the most common form of locomotion in snakes, also known as lateral undulation. But snakes have four other types of movement. Arboreal snakes, for example, use a form of locomotion which uses seven times more energy, called concertina. There is even a special locomotion used for when a snake tries to escape on a smooth surface, known as slide pushing.

When snakes are eating, they can’t help but to swallow their food whole because they can’t chew. Instead, snakes have ve...
06/03/2023

When snakes are eating, they can’t help but to swallow their food whole because they can’t chew. Instead, snakes have very flexible lower jaws which allows them to eat animals who are 75% - 100% larger than their own head. The chemicals in their digestive track will do all the work and break down the food once ingested.

Most snakes live on land, but about 70 species of snakes live in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Despite looking similar ...
28/02/2023

Most snakes live on land, but about 70 species of snakes live in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Despite looking similar to their land-dwelling cousins, sea snakes are fully adapted to aquatic life and cannot move on land. The only exception is sea kraits (Laticauda), but they still have minimal land mobility.

Contrary to the popular label that snakes are “cold-blooded,” their blood isn’t actually cold but derives its warmth fro...
28/02/2023

Contrary to the popular label that snakes are “cold-blooded,” their blood isn’t actually cold but derives its warmth from an external source. The term is ectothermic, meaning outside factors like the sun regulate their body temperature.

Snakes do have nostrils, but they don’t use them to smell. Instead they have evolved to smell with their tongue and by u...
27/02/2023

Snakes do have nostrils, but they don’t use them to smell. Instead they have evolved to smell with their tongue and by using their Jacobson’s organ in the roof of their mouth. Their smell is quite excellent and has also been described as “smelling in stereo”. They have a forked tongue and multiple receptors able to pick up different amounts of chemical cues.

Hello! there will be a lot of interesting things about the Snakes
25/02/2023

Hello! there will be a lot of interesting things about the Snakes

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