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