Ectothermic (body temp depends on external factors) Most snakes eat rodents & insects King Cobras guard their nests Brahminy Blind snakes are all female Garter snakes have very weak venom Snakes are solitary animals Snakes have 100- 400 vertebrae Jacobsen's organ aid sense of smell Deathadder strike takes 0.15 sec Cytotoxic venom destroys organs Defend themselves by biting Shedding rids them of ticks and mites Bitten? Keep limb below the heart Neurotoxic venom attacks nervous system Some desert snakes hibernate in summer Barbados thread snake is the smallest Life spans range from 10- 20 years 6 venomous species in Florida Found everywhere except Antarctica Pit vipers can "see" heat Hepetophobia is the fear of snakes Kinetic skull has 30+ bones Kingsnakes eat rodents & snakes Scales help with locomotion Some give birth to live babies, some lay eggs Snake leather is from wild caught 50 species of snakes in Florida All snakes swallow their prey whole Snakes do not have eyelids Ectothermic (body temp depends on external factors) Most snakes eat rodents & insects King Cobras guard their nests Brahminy Blind snakes are all female Garter snakes have very weak venom Snakes are solitary animals Snakes have 100- 400 vertebrae Jacobsen's organ aid sense of smell Deathadder strike takes 0.15 sec Cytotoxic venom destroys organs Defend themselves by biting Shedding rids them of ticks and mites Bitten? Keep limb below the heart Neurotoxic venom attacks nervous system Some desert snakes hibernate in summer Barbados thread snake is the smallest Life spans range from 10- 20 years 6 venomous species in Florida Found everywhere except Antarctica Pit vipers can "see" heat Hepetophobia is the fear of snakes Kinetic skull has 30+ bones Kingsnakes eat rodents & snakes Scales help with locomotion Some give birth to live babies, some lay eggs Snake leather is from wild caught 50 species of snakes in Florida All snakes swallow their prey whole Snakes do not have eyelids
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Ectothermic
(body temp depends on external factors)
Most snakes eat rodents & insects
King Cobras guard their nests
Brahminy Blind snakes are all female
Garter snakes have very weak venom
Snakes are solitary animals
Snakes have 100-400
vertebrae
Jacobsen's organ aid sense of smell
Deathadder strike takes 0.15 sec
Cytotoxic venom destroys organs
Defend themselves by biting
Shedding rids them of ticks and mites
Bitten? Keep limb below the heart
Neurotoxic venom attacks nervous system
Some desert snakes hibernate in summer
Barbados thread snake is the smallest
Life spans range from 10-20 years
6 venomous species in Florida
Found everywhere except Antarctica
Pit vipers can "see" heat
Hepetophobia is the fear of snakes
Kinetic skull has 30+ bones
Kingsnakes eat rodents & snakes
Scales help with locomotion
Some give birth to live babies, some lay eggs
Snake leather is from wild caught
50 species of snakes in Florida
All snakes swallow their prey whole
Snakes do not have eyelids
