Friday, December 23, 2011

Tiger Snake

Found in Australia, the Tiger Snake has a very potent neurotoxic venom. Death from the bite can occur with in 30 mins.,but it usually takes 6-24 hours. Prior to the development of antivenom, the fatality from the Tiger Snake was 60 to 70 %. Symptoms include localized pain in the foot and neck region,tingling,numbness,sweating,followed by a fairly rapid onset of breathing difficulties and paralysis.The Tiger Snake will generally flee if encountered,but can become aggressive when cornered. It strikes with unerring accuracy.

Monday, April 25, 2011

CORN

Corn snakes can grow up to 72in. long,they are mostly orange-brownish-yellow with black edged red spots along the middle of the back.The corn snake is primarily diurnal which means that they are awake during both night and day.They spend most of there time underground going though rodent tunnels looking for prey as they do with abandoned homes and trees.They eat birds, mice,rats,bats,lizards,and tree frogs.The corn snake can live up to 23 years.

CORAL

The coral snake is highly venomous,and can grow up to 93cm.Coral snakes usually stay underground and they have lizards and other small snakes as food.What makes them so hard to capture is the size of there head and how it is similar in shape and size to there tail,they will use this to there advantage if threated,what they will do is raise there head up and put there tail above there head so that there attacker will think that there tail is the head so then that will give the coral snake room to strike.They can be found in the rain forest hidden under leafs or burrowed underground. 

Sunday, April 24, 2011

COPPERHEAD

The average adult size is 22-36 inches long the longest one on record is 53 inches long.There pupil is slit like a cat and this is the same way for all venomous snakes this is one of the ways that people tell that a snake is poisonous.Another way that you can tell that it is a copperhead is the body it has a pattern that looks like an hourglass.Along with this is a triangle shaped head,and they are usually light brown with dark brown along the hourglass pattern on there body.The copperhead most often lives near water were there is small fish,rodents,frogs,other snakes,and small birds.

DEATH ADDER

Death adders are one of the world's deadliest snakes,all death adders have triangular shaped heads and thick short body's.The death adder is one of the top 10 dangerous snakes in the world,it does not hunt its prey instead it lies and waits then it ambushes its prey.A bite can kill a human in as little as six hours.

Saturday, April 23, 2011

SEA AND WATER SNAKES

Sea and water snakes live in the water most of there lives they do need to come up to the surface to breathe once every hour and since they need to breathe air that often they are usually found in shallow areas in the Indian and Pacific ocean mostly in the warmer parts.They eat fish,fish eggs,and small eels that they find under rocks and reefs.There are 30-50 different kinds of sea snakes and they all belong to the cobra family.The average size of a sea snake can grow 2 meters long but there head is a little small for there body size.There tails are flat to help them swim though the water and to help them go faster to get away from predators,they also have flaps over there nostrils to keep water out of there nose when they swim.Sea snakes are very poisonous the most poisonous sea snake is the beaded sea snake,just 3 drops of there venom can kill about 8 people!

PYTHON

Pythons live near the equator,Asia,and Africa,were there huge body's can stay warm.They usually live in caves and in trees.Being closer to people means that the pythons natural food source is going down so they have to find something else to eat which leads to them eating livestock and pets and they will attack people when they feel threatened.Pythons are part of the constrictor family which means that they squeeze there prey until they stop breathing.In the wild pythons will eat lizards,caiman,monkeys,and antelope.If the python eats large animals then that could mean that they may only need to eat 4-5 times a year.Pythons will protect there eggs by coiling there body's around the eggs and keep them warm until hatching.