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What do snakes eat, how they live and what they die for

The variety of snake snakes is amazing! They are found almost everywhere. These are terrestrial and digestive, arboreal and aquatic, night and day, poisonous and not very, as well as oviparous and viviparous species. It is both large (up to 4 meters) and small (up to 15 centimeters) snakes. It is interesting, what do snacks eat at such a variety of their species?

The ugly menu

Very many of them "specialize" in some particular food. For example, egg snakes (egg eaters) feed on eggs of birds, swallowing them whole. When the egg enters the esophagus, the snake serpent begins to bend sharply, which allows the processes of its vertebrae to crush the egg shell. All the liquid contained in the egg falls into the stomach, and the remains of the shell are regurgitated by the snake through the mouth. Than eat snacks, for example, fish-eating species, probably, it is not necessary to explain. There are individuals who only eat frogs or only earthworms.

What the snakes eat, does not affect their toxic abilities. The fact is that in itself it is absolutely safe, and in general, snake snake are considered non-poisonous. However, as they say, exceptions confirm the rules. There are such species, the bite of which for a person can be fatal. But still, the vast majority of snake-eating snakes that produce poison do not have developed poisonous teeth, or something similar to such a tooth is located in the depth of the mouth, which makes it difficult to introduce their poison into the human body.

Where and how live the snakes

Almost 30 species live in our country. Of these, the most common is, of course, ordinary. This snake is common not only in Russia, but also practically throughout Europe, North Africa and Asia. She chooses wet places: lakes, ponds, grassy marshes, and sometimes mountains and open steppes. Ordinary snakes are active during the daytime, at night they hide in shelters. The time for hunting these snakes is morning and evening. They mate in late April - May, and in July the female lays up to 30 eggs. Vipers, just hatched, already have a length of 15 centimeters and immediately embark on an independent life. We have already told you what the different types of food eat. The concrete one, however , eats small frogs, lizards, small birds and their chicks, as well as small mammals (mice, voles).

His brother - a water brother - lives only in the south of our country, because he is very thermophilic. Its external difference from ordinary horror - ribbed scales and the absence of yellow spots on the edges of the head. This snake is brown, greenish or gray with specks scattered on the back and sides. The eyes of the water horror, as well as its nostrils are directed upwards. As the name implies, these snakes live in water bodies, both with fresh water and with salt water. They are excellent divers. They feed mainly on medium sized fish.

Man is the main enemy of horror. A lot of these snakes are killed at the hands of people. This is because we do not know how to distinguish poisonous snakes (for example, vipers) from harmless snakes, to which they belong, so we act for sure - we kill innocuous representatives. Remember that eating in a house is not at all dangerous. Bright orange spots, located on the back of the head, as well as pretty large shields and a graceful body, clearly distinguish horror from a massive viper. On the head of a viper there are no such spots, but it is covered with small scales.

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