Black Mamba - The horrible "nightmare" of Africans.
According to scientists, there are about 2,900 different species of snakes in the world, of which only 375 are deadly venomous.
In the natural world, is the most common carnivore in nature. They can even eat meat, even if they are bigger than it.
When hungry, they can use the advantages of body, venom, aggression and superior speed to attack snakes. Then, he used his jaw to grab and use his spine to squeeze, pulling the prey in.
When the prey has settled in the abdomen, the snake begins secreting secretions to reduce stomach pressure and help digest the prey easily.
The scary look of rattlesnake.
The rattlesnake snakes living in the Americas eat eggs that are incapable of hatching and weak baby snakes. Because after birth, the mother snake is exhausted of energy so they cannot risk hunting. Eating eggs and young animals helps the mother rattles to regain their strength to continue the next birth process.
South American green hornbeam.
Like pythons, snakes can survive without eating for months. Because they can slow down metabolism by up to 70%.
Besides, after swallowing huge prey, they digest all the parts of the prey (such as bone, hair) to limit the excretion to accumulate the most energy for the "fasting" period. ".
100,000 people die each year and 400,000 are disabled for life because of snake bites .
100,000 people die each year from being bitten by poisonous snakes (accidentally or attacking) and up to 400,000 bitten people lead to lifelong disability.
Some snakes with the habit of feeding near people's homes have accidentally attacked people or defend themselves when they think that humans are threatening their survival.
Africa, Asia are two of the places with the most dead snake bites in the world. In particular, the rate of death when bitten by Black Mamba (in Africa) is 100%.
Titanoboa can "cup sweet" giant crocodiles.
According to archaeologists, the giant python Titanoboa lived 60 million years ago as the largest, longest and heaviest snake ever recorded in Earth's history. This giant monster is about 13 meters long, weighs over 1,000 kg and is 1 meter wide at its thickest point.
Scientists found that snakes "around " the time needed to kill a prey, because they sense the victim's heartbeat and only let go when the prey's heart stops beating.
Because the prey process consumes a lot of energy. Therefore, this is a very important ability to help predators balance the need for food with the energy they spend to squeeze the suffocating prey.
Japanese cobra accumulates venom from poison frogs.(Photo: Wonderlist)
The Japanese tiger snake - Yamakagashi has no venom but you can still die by a bite of this reptile. Nature is very fond of this species of serpent as it gives them the ability to accumulate venom from their prey, specifically the poison frog .
When attacking and swallowing frogs, the Yamakagashi tiger snakes store venom in two lines behind the neck. When fighting enemies or hunting, venom is transferred to the fangs of Japanese tiger snakes.
If a snake is bitten by a snake, the victim will have a heart attack, difficulty breathing and can die immediately afterwards.