Rattlesnake Vs Cobra
During “Snake Week,” we read many stories that talked about different snakes. Such snakes are the rattlesnakes and the cobra. We read, “A Running Brook of Horror” by Daniel Mannix, “How to Recognize Venomous Snakes in North America,” which was a manual and, “Rattlesnake Hunt,” by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings. From these stories, I was impressed by all of the research found about the rattlesnake and the cobra. This is some of the interesting facts I found out about these snakes. I found some similarities about the cobra and rattlesnake. One thing is that there are many different types of each snake. There are over thirty different types of rattlesnakes in the United States. There are also twenty-eight types of true cobras. Also, both snakes have
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One fact is that cobras are gigantic. They will grow up to five feet long. “When a cobra rears up, it stands taller than a kneeling man.” The cobra only bites a person once because a cobra bite will kill you. Cobras have enough venom to kill fifty men, they also kill 25,000 people in India a year, alone. A weakness is the cobra can only strike one foot. The rattlesnake is very different from the cobra. The rattlesnake is a pit viper. A pit viper is a venomous snake of a group distinguished by visible sensory pits on the head that can detect heat emitted by their prey. They are found in both America and Asia. A rattlesnake is called what it is because it rattles its tail. When the rattler is in captivity, it tends to become very sluggish. The rattlesnake has two coils for resting itself. When the snake becomes angry at something, it coils up into an “s” shape. It can strike the full length of the “s” but can not strike farther. In all, I believe that learning about snakes during “Snake Week” brought my knowledge up about snakes a whole lot. My favorite story was, “A Running Brook of Horror” by Daniel Mannix. I thought the story was a lot more realistic than real life. It was a very good story and I felt like I was in Daniel’s shoes. I enjoyed learning about snakes especially about the cobra and the
One fact is that cobras are gigantic. They will grow up to five feet long. “When a cobra rears up, it stands taller than a kneeling man.” The cobra only bites a person once because a cobra bite will kill you. Cobras have enough venom to kill fifty men, they also kill 25,000 people in India a year, alone. A weakness is the cobra can only strike one foot. The rattlesnake is very different from the cobra. The rattlesnake is a pit viper. A pit viper is a venomous snake of a group distinguished by visible sensory pits on the head that can detect heat emitted by their prey. They are found in both America and Asia. A rattlesnake is called what it is because it rattles its tail. When the rattler is in captivity, it tends to become very sluggish. The rattlesnake has two coils for resting itself. When the snake becomes angry at something, it coils up into an “s” shape. It can strike the full length of the “s” but can not strike farther. In all, I believe that learning about snakes during “Snake Week” brought my knowledge up about snakes a whole lot. My favorite story was, “A Running Brook of Horror” by Daniel Mannix. I thought the story was a lot more realistic than real life. It was a very good story and I felt like I was in Daniel’s shoes. I enjoyed learning about snakes especially about the cobra and the