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SNAKES: Uncommon Facts Many Do Not Know About Them by farem: 7:31am On Jan 31 |
Snakes đ Almost all of us know what snakes are. They are lengthy, they crawl, they are venomous and human are scared of them. But here are some uncommon facts many do not know about this reptile. 1. The Cats in your house, the turkeys, pigs, and guinea hens are natural predators of snakes. Meaning, having these animals on in your home is an effective natural way to keep snakes away. 2. Snakes do not like smoke, onions, garlic, and lime. They stay away from your home when you have these. Especially when you slice them in corners of your house. 3. They are weak during harmattan period. They hate cold. 4. Snakes are deaf, they can not hear any sound at all, no matter how loud the sound is. 5. Snakes have a poor eyesight, which is why they resort to sticking out their tongues all the time to get a sense of their surroundings. 6. However, they can see in the darkest of the night. 7. Snakes don't have noses like we do. They have nostrils to breathe with, but snakes smell with their tonguesâwhen a snake sticks out its forked tongue, it smells its surroundings. 8. Another interesting fact is, Spiders kills snakesâMore than 40 different spider species can or will kill snakes. 9. Unlike dogs, cats, rats and birds, snakes simply do not have the right type of intelligence to recognize one specific human from another. If a snake sees you one minute ago and itâs seeing you again, it has no ability to remember you. 10. When a female snake is ready to mate, she releases scent as she slithers around minding her business. When male snakes perceive the smell, they trace her to wherever she is. Many at times, there can be over 10 male snakes who will come to her to mate her. 11. Female snakes can store sperm for up to five years. And they get to decide whether or not they will get pregnant. Different male snakes may deposit sperms in a female snake, but the female decides which of the sperms she will use. 12. Female snakes have two pockets where they store sperm for immediate or delayed reproduction. When a snake gives birth, the babies can come from different fathers. 13. Female snakes reproduce once or twice a year, 14. Lastly, not all snakes lay eggs; depending on the species they either give birth to live snakes or lay eggs. ========================== Copied from Oluwanishola Akeju Facebook page : https://www.facebook.com/1657488498/posts/pfbid02xG4sKajcKj91tN1VmXoq4EpPr62mvntt4hPPPT7iwQPh4ez9qH9xLeqS1c5nKyHdl/?mibextid=Nif5oz 1 Like
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Re: SNAKES: Uncommon Facts Many Do Not Know About Them by JasonScoolari: 7:38am On Jan 31 |
10. When a female snake is ready to mate, she releases scent as she slithers around minding her business. When male snakes perceive the smell, they trace her to wherever she is. Many at times, there can be over 10 male snakes who will come to her to mate her. Na here Ashawo work take start. 8 Likes |
Re: SNAKES: Uncommon Facts Many Do Not Know About Them by immortalcrown(m): 7:42am On Jan 31 |
Breakfast for Lalasticala. 1 Like |
Re: SNAKES: Uncommon Facts Many Do Not Know About Them by Cypress042(m): 7:49am On Jan 31 |
These facts are quite popular and very common. I was thinking it's about how to make money from snakes, with the situation of this country these are the type of informations we need for survival |
Re: SNAKES: Uncommon Facts Many Do Not Know About Them by Wawelexy(m): 8:25am On Jan 31 |
13. Female snakes reproduce once or twice a year, I thought they said a pregnant snake dies after delivery. |
Re: SNAKES: Uncommon Facts Many Do Not Know About Them by garriAndsugar: 8:29am On Jan 31 |
All these wey you write na she tell you everything? 1 Like |
Re: SNAKES: Uncommon Facts Many Do Not Know About Them by Chukwuka319(m): 8:31am On Jan 31 |
There are more than a hundred species of snakes that eat other snakes including the Cobras,green anacondas,Kingsnakes,coral snakes,Kraits etc. These mentioned snakes prey on other snakes(Ophiophagous). 2.The green anaconda is the world's largest and heaviest snake, weighing about a thousand pounds and reaching up to 30 feet in length. Green anacondas are sexually dimorphic, the females being the larger and longer sex. A female green anaconda is many times heavier than an adult human including a muscle bodybuilder Some huge obese people weigh up to 200 pounds and more,but the female green anaconda far outweighs every obese people by a thousand pounds. 3.Venomous snakes have different categories of toxicity in the venom. Myotoxic venom, Cytotoxic venom,Hemotoxic venom,Neurotoxic venom. Mytoxins destroy the muscles, Cytotoxins -cells and tissues,Hemotoxins- blood and blood vessels,Neurotoxins paralyse the nervous system and kill by asphyxiation. 1 Like |
Re: SNAKES: Uncommon Facts Many Do Not Know About Them by muyico(m): 9:10am On Jan 31 |
Waw! C meats I likes eating snake meat Prepare with pepper soup |
Re: SNAKES: Uncommon Facts Many Do Not Know About Them by lordm(m): 6:19pm On Jan 31 |
I hate snakes |
Re: SNAKES: Uncommon Facts Many Do Not Know About Them by Change4dbeta: 10:26am On Feb 01 |
4 is not correct 1 Like |
Re: SNAKES: Uncommon Facts Many Do Not Know About Them by Hateandthunder: 11:48am On Feb 01 |
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Re: SNAKES: Uncommon Facts Many Do Not Know About Them by brain54(m): 9:08pm On Feb 02 |
Re: SNAKES: Uncommon Facts Many Do Not Know About Them by Change4dbeta: 4:28am On Feb 09 |
brain54:That's why they are not deaf Although they lack eardrums, snakes possess inner ears which are able to pick up not only ground-borne vibrations but low frequency airborne sounds. They do have difficulty with sounds at a higher pitch. |
Re: SNAKES: Uncommon Facts Many Do Not Know About Them by HelpeeDeck(m): 5:55pm On Feb 19 |
Since we know that the peak sensitivity of a snake's hearing is in the 200 to 300 Hz range and the average human voice is at about 250 Hz, we can determine that a pet snake can, in fact, hear you talking to them. |
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