Boa constrictors (large snake) have Temperature-sensitive organs located between the eyes and nostrils of boas and pit vipers allow the snakes to sense the body heat of their prey. There is one located on each side of the snakes’ head‚ so the animals can perceive depth and attack with deadly accuracy even in complete darkness. Snakes in general also have another sense that is similar in a way to ours. Snakes have a forked tongue that is used to sniff its surroundings. Snakes use their tongues to collect
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the length of a school bus! It weighs about 550 lbs or 249 kg. Which is the weight of a piano. The heaviest and one of the biggest snakes extent snake species in South America. The Green Anaconda’s classification would be a reptile‚ but higher up a anaconda. The green anaconda’s physical traits‚ environment‚ and other interesting facts distinguish the from other snakes. A Green Anaconda is kinda sluggish due to their size. They live up to 30 years (captivity) but normally 10 years. The Green Anaconda
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Descriptive language - “four ragged‚ dried-up-looking children” -- > shows their living situation Conflict/ complication The snake Technique Example Explain Exclamation mark “Snake! Mother‚ here’s a snake!” Creates urgency danger Action verbs “snatches her baby” “holds it on her left hip” “reaches for a stick” Same as above Shows a natural reaction to the appearance of a snake as if she has dealt with it before The in-between Her single life and talks about how it came to where she was. (e.g. how
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Romulus Whitaker was only four years old when he caught his first snake in the country estate that he shared with his mother and sister in northern New York State. It was the beginning of a fascination with reptiles and a journey to conserve nature. Although born in the United States in 1943‚ Rom Whitaker grew up in India where he nurtured his passion for reptiles exploring the wild as a student in a boarding school up in the mountains in south India. Dr. Whitaker is one of India’s leading herpetologists
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A mongoose is an animal that has the instinct to hunt snakes. Cobras are of great stature out of most snakes due to the deadly venom they contain. These two animals are good characters for the story because they are natural foes. This can be helpful to the plot and relationship of the two animals in the story. Being a deadly animal the snake can easily become the villain. Some of the prey snakes have are birds and other mammals. There is also the compassion of the humans that help add to the ledig
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Rat Zodiac Sign in 2013 Is your birth year represented by the Rat symbol in Chinese astrology? Are you curious about what’s in store for you in 2013? Let’s have a quick look at how feng shui can improve your overall luck in the year of the Water Snake. Be sure your zodiac sign is actually a Rat‚ as Chinese New Year starts on a different day each year (and never on January 1). It is also helpful to know your birth feng shui element. Check your Chinese zodiac sign and element. I will start with
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Pine Cones : What adaptations do the pine trees have? Pines trees live in very windy and cold places where insects not well adjusted to the extreme weather. Pine leaves are needled like‚ very long‚ thin‚ and not good to consume. They have the ability to shed snow during winter season. How do these adaptations assist their growth and reproduction? These adaptations help them grow and reproduce. The female cone which is larger in size than the male cones has hard protective bracts that cover the
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Biblical Significance from “Sweat” This short story has very powerful moral and religious resemblance. Right away we get the impression that Delia is a doer‚ she washes cloths for living. She starts her week by first going to church every Sunday‚ she is religiously strong. Her husband Sykes Jones is the complete opposite from his wife‚ abusive‚ immoral and inconsiderate to her feelings. In the story Delia says to her husband‚ “Sweat‚ sweat‚ sweat! Work and sweat‚ cry and sweat‚ pray and sweat
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our health. I liked the environment very much. This was the last day of our stay in Penang. We visited the Snake temple. The temple is filled with the smoke of burning incense and a variety of pit vipers. Those snakes are believed to be rendered harmless by the sacred smoke. We were allowed to pick up the reptiles and place them on our bodies to take pictures. There is a small snake museum beside
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of non-venomous snakes who are powerful constrictors that wrap around their prey to kill it. This family includes the African rock python. It’s Genus: Python. In binomial nomenclature‚ the genus is used as the first word of a scientific name. It’s Species: Python sebae. Species is the second part of the name is the binomial nomenclature. The name Python Sebae was derived from the Greek mythology‚ which refers to a huge serpent. The largest snake in Africa and the third largest snake in the world‚
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