snake



We know that snakes have special sensing organs in their skin and head that may have the largest role in responding to vibrations. At the moment, we have some evidence that snakes can detect vibration along their bodies. But this evidence is neither sufficient nor does it provide the final word to provide an accurate description of how snakes sense sounds and vibrations.


World of Snakes and Snakes The snake is the male snake, which is a carnivorous reptile that walks on its stomach. Most types of snakes are non-venomous.


 As for the venomous ones, they use poison mainly as a weapon to kill or subdue the prey. The snake devours its prey after implanting its poisonous fangs into its body to paralyze it, or spray poison in its eyes through the fangs holes for several meters, as a cobra does. As for the non-poisonous, it kills its prey by wrapping it around and suffocating it with its strong muscles, or by choosing easy prey such as bird chicks and eggs. And snakes are spread on all continents except Antarctica.


Here what does not exceed ten centimeters in length, including more than seven meters in length. The skull of the snake is distinguished by its combination of rigidity and flexibility.


 Its brain is protected by a strong bone cover, while its jaws are highly elastic, and its lower jaw contains elastic bands that extend to allow it to swallow its prey, regardless of its size. And snakes feed on a variety of prey, the small feed on insects, and the large eat prey in their environment, such as mice, rabbits and young birds.


As for the huge snakes, they feed on some large animals such as rams and some crocodiles. The snake swallows its prey completely, with the help of the flexibility of its mouth and the absence of gums or chewing teeth.


 After the prey passes its mouth, it breaks it down with its strong stomach muscles, which act as a substitute for teeth, and then eats it slowly and at various stages and periods. And the visual strength varies from one snake to another. Snakes that live in trees have better vision than those that live in burrows and the ground.


As for his sense of smell, it is his main sense on which he relies on discovering his surrounding environment. There are snakes that can sense the infrared rays with the help of thermal sensors located between the eyes and the nose that allow them to sense the temperature of the environment and distinguish the temperature of their prey from the temperature of the environment.


 As for his eyes, he does not have eyelids and cannot close his eyes, and therefore they are covered with a polished crust layer that protects his eyes permanently. From time to time, the snake sheds its cortical garment and sheds off it.


And this disintegration, which he performs from once to four times a year, brings him several benefits in terms of growth, renewal of the garment, and getting rid of parasites and dirt attached to it. And snakes and snakes multiply in the spring and summer.


 Among the snake's enemies that are not feared are hedgehogs, hawks, mosquitos, cats, chickens, and major spiders. Some Asian residents believe that eating snakes or drinking their blood increases sexual potency and has therapeutic and medicinal power. And in the Greek civilization, the snake is held in high esteem, as it is considered a symbol of healing from disease.