Animal world
Eat snakes by compressing prey
Snakes can eat prey larger than it ... But how do snakes eat prey? The mechanism of snake feeding has just been found: It compresses the prey and slowly digests it.
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Animal world
Snakes borrow the poison of the toad to defend themselves
The toad species in Ishima Island (Japan) seems to be a loser in the evolutionary war with a snake. Not only were they unharmed after the toad, the snakes also stored th…
Animal world
Rediscover blind snakes in Madagascar
A representative of the blind snake was found on Madagascar after a missing century. The animal, which looks like a long pink worm, is the only known animal since the ot…
Animal world
Poisonous snakes poured into Australian cities
Australian nature conservation experts warn, prolonged droughts are making tens of thousands of snakes land in urban areas to find wet places, including many very toxic…
Animal world
China: Use snakes to predict earthquakes
The Chinese daily newspaper reported on December 28 that the country's earthquake forecast office in Nanning had set up a forecasting system based on observing the activ…
Animal world
The secret of snakes carries
Researcher Zoltan Takacs (Yale Medical University, USA) explained this phenomenon as follows: venomous snakes are divided into two main families: cobra and snake-bearing…
Animal world
Kite eating snakes
Snake-eating kites called Sagittarius serpentarius live in wild grasslands in the South Sahara. Westerners also name them
Animal world
5 animals will make you miserable if you are bitten by the monstrous
Being bitten by animals of course is painful. Without pain, itchy and uncomfortable, severe, can lead to death.
Animal world
Tigers carry a warring god with civets and tragic deaths
According to Nat Geo, the video begins with a cobra sneaking up, but is still detected by mongoose.
Scientific application
Mexico studies the use of tilapia skin for high-end shoe production
Center for innovative technology application (Ciatec) in Guanajuato state, Mexico, has successfully developed the use of tilapia skin instead of the skin of rare reptile…
Scientific application
Princess cobra breeds in artificial environments
The research has found the reproductive law and the process of hatching and rearing the first winter cobra snake of the whole country ...
Environment
Island 'kingdom of poisonous snakes' in Australia
Minuscule Carnac Island is located off the coast of Perth city in Australia used to be a prison before being converted into quarantine.
Environment
Giant snake squash protects Phong Nha - Ke Bang forest
Phong Nha - Ke Bang is not only famous for its beautiful caves hidden under the rows of overlapping limestone rocks. Here, it also circulates thrilling and scary stories…
Environment
Unbelievable effects from drought
Severe drought is causing unimaginable effects in California, from pests that multiply to snakes dragging into people's homes.
Environment
Thailand: Alligators, poisonous snakes lurk on the street after the flood
Every day, Bangkok authorities receive about 10 calls from residents reporting that they have seen pythons and poisonous snakes on the street.