corn snakes, and pythons. Species, such as rattlesnakes, are ovoviviparous. They keep their eggs inside of their bodies until they hatch. Other species, such as garter snakes and boa constrictors, are viviparous. They give birth to live babies, nourished by a placenta. ...
Sea snakes spend their entire lives in water, even giving birth to live young in the ocean. They have many adaptations to survive including a flat, paddle shaped tail, and an ability to excrete salt using agland under the tongue. Despite their name,yellow-bellied sea snakes(Hydrophis platurus...
giving it a jagged look. Checkered garter snakes have a cream-to-yellow belly. Their name comes from the checkerboard pattern of two rows of alternating dark rectangles between their stripes.
Toward the right, there is a snake that appears to be giving live birth. Although most snakes lay eggs, there are a few species of snake that give live birth, showing the extensive knowledge of animals that Snyder had (Heinen 153) The snakes are engaged in copulation in multiple sections,...
It can take a snake up to five days to digest its last meal. With bigger snakes like an anaconda, that digestion period is weeks rather than days, the same amount of time after an Italian Thanksgiving dinner. Trust me. The Mongoose is one of those rare animals that is immune to a sn...
Copperheads are ovoviviparous, which means they give birth to their young encased in an amniotic sac, rather thanlaying eggslike many other snakes. After giving birth, a copperhead mother does not care for her young. What snake does not lay eggs?
Although its venom is less than one-tenth as potent as the inland taipan’s, the black mamba kills far more people. Black mambas are huge, growing to almost 15 feet in some cases, and they can be extremely aggressive. When threatened, they can bite multiple times, giving the victim well...
A female copperhead snake lies coiled up after giving birth to five live young. (Image credit: Matt Jeppson via Shutterstock) Copperhead mating season lasts from February to May and from late August to October, and it can be a dramatic affair. "Males may engage in ritual combat (body-shovin...
Most scientists agree that some species of snakes have a survival advantage of giving birth to live offspring rather than laying eggs. Egg-laying species of snakes, except for the King Cobra, do not build their nests. They place their eggs in alligator nests, piles of rotting vegetation, or...
They have two brains, each giving them directions to go in. This again, causes confusion, and often results in the dominant one dragging along the other one. When attacked, their survival instincts are often different. This causes them to lose time before taking action, and in many cases, ...