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 Do
snakes have bones or skeleton ?
 Yes
snakes do have bones. See this page http://www.manbir-online.com/snakes/snake.55.htm
Haw
fast can the snakes run ?
Snakes
move slower than an adult human can run; the fastest recorded speed achieved
by any snake
is about 13 km/hr.
Can
the snakes bite under water ?
Yes they
can . They can bite from any position
including under water.
Can
the snakes Spit ?
Three species
of snake can spit
or
eject the venom in a fine spray, which is aimed at the eyes of an enemy.
They can spit for distances up to 8 ft. If the venom gets into the eyes, it
may cause blindness. The spitting is used only in defense and never to
obtain food.
How
strong is their sense of Vision & Hearing ?
Vision
is well developed in most snakes. Many burrowing snakes are virtually blind.
Snakes have a strong sense of smell, which they use to a large extent for
hunting food. They also have an extra chemical sense that is widely
used during most activities. The tongue flicks out, picking up odors and
carrying them to the roof of the mouth into contact with a sensory receptor
called Jacobson’s organ.
Snakes
are deaf to airborne sounds. Thus a rattlesnake does not hear the sound of
another snake’s rattle, nor does the cobra hear, the snake charmer’s
flute. They can, however, feel vibrations through the ground or whatever
they are resting on.
The
pit vipers, as well as some boas and pythons, have another kind of sense
organ, a heat receptor that can detect small differences in
temperature. By means of these receptors the snakes can locate and capture
warm-blooded prey at night.
What
do snakes eat ?
All
snakes are carnivorous, eating a variety of animal life, from insects,
spiders, and snails to frogs, mice, and rats. A number of snakes eat only
other kinds of snakes.
How
long do the snakes live ?
The
greatest age known for any snake is just under 30 years, attained by both
the anaconda and the black-lipped cobra.
Places
where snakes are not found !
Snakes are found in all the warmer parts of the world, except Ireland, New
Zealand.
Do
they reproduce by lying eggs ?
Snakes
reproduce both by laying eggs and by producing living ones hatched inside
their body. The young ones are usually abandoned. Parental care is entirely
absent so far as the young are concerned, but a few species guard the eggs
during incubation, and the female python actually broods them.
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