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