Questions/Answers
Are snakes reptiles or amphibians?
Snakes are aggressive and/or territorial.
False, they will defend their lives if/when needed. Snakes DO like to be left alone.
Do snakes use their forked tongue to smell?
Yes, just like we use noses. They smell the scent of prey, predators, a potential mate, a rival or their own trail.
Snakes are herbivores, carnivores or omnivores?
Carnivores
Snakes are beneficial for the environment and ecosystem.
True, they control rat/mice population for ex. (unless humans cause them to become invasive spices)
Do snakes loose and regrow their teeth/fangs like sharks?
Yes.
What do snakes eat?
Their diet mostly consists of small mammals. Snakes will eat mice, rats, rabbits, birds, possums, bats, lizards, skinks, geckos, other snakes and frogs. Without snakes sharing our habitat we would be over-run with vermin.
Snakes never shed their skin.
False (4-12 times a year), each scale is also sensitive (made out of keratin), just like tip of a finger.
Snakes have bad eyesight and very good sense of smell and taste?
Yes
Snakes are found on every continent in the world except what?
Antarctica
Some snakes have infrared sensors on their snouts.
True (boas, pythons, pit vipers)
Can snakes blink?
No, snakes do not have eyelids. They do have an eye ‘spectacle’ which protect their eye. This ‘spectacle’ comes away when a snake sheds it’s skin.
Why are snakes referred to as cold blooded?
Snakes, like all reptiles are ECTOTHERMS (cold blooded). They rely on external sources (like the sun) to give them energy else they do not have enough energy to digest their food or move around.
Some snakes use their tails to lure pray.
True, Spider Tailed Horned Viper, adders and even pythons
Are snakes venomous, poisonous or both?