snakes and some news

The Gaboon viper has a huge body 2m long, and lives in tropical rianforests of western and central Africa. It relies on camouflage to help it cath rotents and frogs. It lies in wait on the rainforest floor, its vividgeometric markings making it almost invisible aganist the surrounding leaf litter. The Gaboon viper has fangs that are 5cm long-the longest fangs of any snake. NEWS!!!!!! In the Amazon a child got eaten by a boa contirtor, on the day of 28 of Apirl 3 o'clock.

Horrifying stories of giant man-eatig snakes are comon, but do such super serpentes really exist? The short answer is that there are very few records of snakes measuring much more than 9m, and even then researchers disagree about the exact lengths. Some sizeable snakes, such as pythons and anacondas, are dangerous to people because of their enormity, but they do not usually attack humans. Really big snakes are not so common today because of habitat destruction and hunting.

poisonous fangs

All snakes are meat eaters but they have no limbs with which to hold down prey and no teeth with which to chew it. So, many snakes are armed with lethal poisonous fangs instead. These work rather like hypodermic needles. They inject poison into the prey and paralyze or kill it. This gives a snake the time to swallow it's quarry whole, safe from the danger of an active victim's sharp teeth or claws.

feared snakes

Deadly venom, lightning speed, long, sinous bodies and flickering, forked tongues make people fear snakes more than most other animals. Many snakes grow several metres long and can swallow extremely large prey, making them all the more daunting. Poisonous snakes do not hunt people, but use their venom to immobilize or kill the small animals that they eat, such as rats or lizards. They only bite humans to defend themselves when they feel threatened . Some snake venom is so powerful that it can kill a person unless they are treated quickly.
The Gaboon viper has a huge body 2m long, and lives in the tropical rainforests of western and central Africa. It relies on camoflauge to help it catch rodents and frogs. It lies in wait on the forest floor, it's vivid geometric markings making it almost invisible against the surrounding leaf litter. The Gaboon viper has fangs that are 5cm long-the longest fangs of any snake.