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