Why snakes are beneficial animals to have around
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Why snakes are beneficial animals to have around
- 1. Take care of the earth and she will take care of you. ~Author Unknown
- 2. WHY SNAKES ARE BENEFICIAL ANIMALS TO HAVE AROUND By Thuto Moyei (FUBA)
- 4. WHAT IS A SNAKE Snakes are elongated, legless, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder serpentes that can be distinguished from legless lizards by their lack of eyelids and external ears.(Wikipedia 2014)
- 5. TYPES OF SNAKES •VENOMOUS- inject their prey with venom e.g. Mozambican spitting cobra •NON VENOMOUS- squeeze their prey e.g. anaconda
- 8. DIET Snakes consume a variety of items including Termites Rodents Birds Frogs And many more small animals
- 9. BEHAVIOR •flicking its tongue •retreating to cool, shaded areas •snakes hibernate during the winter. •shed their skin (ecdysis)
- 10. REPRODUCTION •most snake species lay eggs •but some species give birth to live young
- 11. WHY SNAKES ARE VITAL •Prey on insects and rodents •Saves life
- 12. ROLE OF SNAKES IN HEALTH •stroke •cancer •aging
- 15. SNAKE REPELLENT OPTIONS • REDUCING THEIR FOOD SOURCES • ERADICATING STACKED FIRE WOOD AND ROCKS • USE OF RODENT GLUE BOARDS • TRAP FUNNELS • CUTTING OF TALL GRASS
- 17. THANK YOU
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- And many more small animals, small deer and other reptiles. snakes eat their prey whole and are able to consume prey three times larger than the diameter of their head because their lower jaw can separate from the upper jaw. to keep prey from escaping, snakes have rear-facing teeth that hold their prey in their mouths.