The interesting thing about snakes

Smell the tongue, but not chewing teeth property, the ability to fly in the air is one of the interesting things about snakes.

About 3,000 species of snakes that exist on the planet, of which about 450 species are poisonous. 250 snakes have venom strong enough to can kill.

Anaconda snake is the largest snake (often called python) to 12,3m long, also the smallest snakes are snakes muba -la-half (brahminy blind snake) only 0,9cm long. 

Snakes have two lungs, liver long as the stick, kidneys and intestines are long. A quarter of small anal snakes, scaly tail cover and a piece of bone.

Smell is the most sensitive senses of snakes. We smell the tongue. Thanks to the blade shaped like a fork, snakes can determine the direction of the odor. But without the ability to hear but snakes can sense sound vibrations. Solid very poor eyesight. 

Snakes and pythons have micro-pe Thermal agency on top, help them realize the changes in temperature to 0.002 ° C, making them capable of prey without seeing, even in the dark. All snakes are good swimmers problem. Though no sea snakes and also rarely brings surfaced. We use the oxygen dissolved in the water to breathe. 

Most snakes have teeth, with two rows of two rows in the upper jaw and the lower jaw. But snakes do not chew because the teeth are incurve in. These teeth are very tight bite and hold prey. Only newvenomous snakes have fangs. 

Lower jaw of a flexible solid. Two of the most jaw connected directly to the skull snakes, allowing them to increase the size of the mouth to swallow prey larger than its trunk diameter. A snake can swallow prey with a width of 4 times its width. 

A rattlesnake. (Photo: Yeudongvat.org).

Usually once a year, laying solid. Many snake species reproduce by laying eggs. Some species keep a fertilized egg in the body until they hatch and then tongues. Snakes usually choose warm place to lay their eggs. Snake bite teeth broken eggshell to emerge. Solid Snake despite the parents themselves live. Cobra own nest eggs and care.

The sea snake intercourse just once and sperm accumulate large enough for personal use for 10 years. 

Tim snakes can slip between 1 and 1.5 times out of normal position to prey can reach the stomach, because there is a sac surrounding the heart. 

Snakes move by contraction and relaxation of muscles along the body. They do not move fast, about 12 km / h should not be caught up with him.

Some species of snake capable of launching or flying more than 13 meters in the air. In the course of reporter / flying, bending itself into the shape of the solid S. solid majority Chrysopelea fly genus. 

Snakes do not have eyelids. Replace the mi are transparent scales to protect the skin. Solid bed opened his eyes and rolled back itself. If well fed, snakes can sleep all day, even weeks. Sleeping solid winter months. 

Snake venom is made ​​up of many enzymes and proteins. It may be a neurotoxin, or poison the blood.When caught the animal body, snake poison spread rapidly and destroy the nervous system or vascular system. King cobra can kill an elephant with a bite puffs. 

Snake venom is largely overlapping. But some species, such as expansion cobra, the venom can be closer to our positions 1,5 way to over 2m.

Toxic poisonous snakes in the glands located near the eyes. Solid emit toxins that do not cause skin lesions, but can become dangerous to the eyes and open wounds.

Some people die from snake bites every year up to 100,000 people.