Revealing secrets of snakes

Snakes are reptile animals that are nothing strange to humans but around them exist "secrets" that not everyone knows.

1. Snake species can 'fly' more than 15 m

If you want to move to another tree without having to climb down, they will . fly.

Scientists have investigated why snakes can bounce in the air at long distances. Their secret lies in their movements during the aerial process.

The snakes have flattened their bodies and formed waves at high speed. Or they can turn the entire body into wings that constantly move and change shape, creating aerodynamic effects that can move like flying.

2. The 'favorite' dish is your children

A study in February 2009 showed that mother rattles often eat meat of dead snakes. They also eat about 11% of the eggs.

Explaining the cause, scientists at the University of Granada, Spain, said, "a mother snake can recover lost energy during reproduction without having to go to food, one activity. Dangerous action takes time and takes a lot of energy ".

3. Princess snake can eat another snake longer

Researchers from the University of Toronto recorded the image and watched all that happened. Accordingly, the snake serpent moves its mouth onto the prey, then compressing the backbone like a saddle so that the prey floats down.

Thanks to the jaw bone system, there are many dynamic joints and ligaments are extremely elastic so the snake can open its mouth very loudly.

4. Pythons can digest the whole body of prey including bones

Adult pythons may not need to eat for months. But once they have eaten it will not waste anything.

Their bodies have developed a system of absorbing calcium from prey bones, creating a nutritious meal. Thanks to that, python has the ability to fast.

People experimented with starving a sagging python, 30 months later it died. Whereas the hunger tolerance of snakes is slightly worse: 660 days of solid fasting, snakes of 630 days, snake rousell of 355 days, snakes of the cavity 216 days .

5. The 'favorite' goal of a cobra is the human eye

They often target a lot of points on the prey, especially the eyes. When poisoned if not treated promptly, the victim will be blind.

Except for a few animals that have a special ability to hunt in the daytime, most snakes do not see well. Interestingly, the cobra has a sense of sensitivity so that it can hit the enemy's eyes to release poison even if the vision is poor.

Muscle contraction, compression of cobra venom glands make venom flow out fangs and spray almost 2 meters away

6. The smallest snake in the world can lie on a coin

With a length of less than 10 cm and as thin as spaghetti noodles, this snake has won the crown as the smallest snake out of nearly 3,100 known human snakes.

It was so small that it could rest comfortably on the 25-dollar American coin.

An American scientist discovered the snake in 2008 on the island of Barbados, west of the Caribbean. According to scientists, their favorite food is termites and larvae.