Facts about Snake

Some species of snake are ovoviviparous and retain the eggs within their bodies until they are almost ready to hatch (Capula et al.

The snake is one of the 12 celestial animals of Chinese Zodiac, in the Chinese calendar.

The most common and effective method is through antivenin, a serum made from the venom of the snake itself.

Snake charming as a profession is now discouraged in India as a contribution to forest and snake conservation.

Fossil snake remains are known from early Late Cretaceous marine sediments, which is consistent with this hypothesis, particularly as they are older than the terrestrial Najash rionegrina.

An early fossil snake, Najash rionegrina, was a two-legged burrowing animal with a sacrum, and was fully terrestrial (Apesteguia and Zaher 2006).

An older snake may shed its skin only once or twice a year, but a younger, still-growing snake, may shed up to four times a year (SDGFP 2007).

Almost all snake venom contains hyaluronidase, an enzyme that ensures rapid diffusion of the venom (Mehrtens 1987, 243).

The snake moves corresponding to the flute movement and the vibrations from the tapping of the charmer's foot, which is not noticed by the public.

One example of this is the Habu snake sometimes placed in the Okinawan liquor Awamori also known as "Habu Sake" (Allen 2001).

The slowest mode of snake locomotion is rectilinear locomotion, which is also the only one in which the snake does not bend its body laterally (Cogger and Zweifel 1992).

Snake venoms are complex mixtures of proteins and are stored in poison glands at the back of the head (Freiberg 1984, 123).

Researchers have pointed out that many of these snake charmers are good sleight-of-hand artists.

The cobra is seen on the neck of Shiva and Vishnu is depicted often as sleeping on a 7 headed snake or within the coils of a serpent (Deane 1833, 62-64).

Scalation counts are also used to tell the sex of a snake when the species is not readily sexually dimorphic.

A snake smells by using its forked tongue to collect airborne particles then passing them to the Jacobson's organ or the Vomeronasal organ in the mouth for examination (Cogger and Zweifel 1992).

Snake's eyelids are transparent, "spectacle" scales that remain permanently closed, also known as brille.

The skin of a snake is covered in scales.

A venomous snake is a snake that uses modified saliva known as venom, delivered through fangs in its mouth, to immobilize or kill its prey (Mehrtens 1987, 243).

The old skin breaks near the mouth and the snake wriggles out aided by rubbing against rough surfaces.

Snake venoms are often prey specific, its role in self-defense is secondary (Mehrtens 1987, 243).

An alternative method of converting coal into petroleum is the Karrick process, which was pioneered in the 1930s in the United States.

The discarded skin gives a perfect imprint of the scale pattern and it is usually possible to identify the snake if this discard is reasonably complete and intact.

Before a molt, the snake stops eating and often hides or moves to a safe place.

When swimming, the waves become larger as they move down the snake's body, and the wave travels backwards faster than the snake moves forwards (Cogger and Zweifel 1992).

The African egg-eating snake has flexible jaws adapted for eating eggs much larger than the diameter of its head (Mehrtens 1987).

The fork in the tongue gives the snake a sort of directional sense of smell and taste simultaneously (Cogger and Zweifel 1992).

Snake is any of the numerous elongate, limbless, scaled, carnivorous reptiles comprising the suborder Serpentes (or Ophidia) of the order Squamata.

After a few days, the eyes clear and the snake "crawls" out of its old skin.

Modern day snake trapping typically involves a herpetologist using a long stick with a "V" shaped end.

A snake has only one lung functional for breathing.

Snake scales are not discrete but extensions of the epidermis; hence, they are not shed separately, but are ejected as a complete contiguous outer layer of skin during each molt.

The term poisonous snake is mostly incorrect—poison is inhaled or ingested whereas venom is injected (Freiberg 1984, 125).

Documented deaths resulting from snake bites are uncommon.

Cooked rattlesnake meat is an exception, which is commonly consumed in the Western United States and referred to as "prairie chicken."

Snake is any of the numerous elongate, limbless, scaled, carnivorous reptiles comprising the suborder Serpentes (or Ophidia) of the order Squamata.