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(#13) This Snake Can Fit On A Quarter
The smallest known living species of snake is the Barbados threadsnake, found on the island that is its namesake. This little critter only grows to about 10 centimeters and is so small it doesn't have the conventional teeth of most snakes. It is believed that they feed on termites and ant larvae.
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(#20) Digestion Is A Big Commitment
For snake species that feed only sporadically, they go into serious a food coma when digesting a big meal. Some snakes even increase their body temperature by as much as 2.2 degrees Fahrenheit due to their highly increased metabolisms.
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(#19) Voldemort's Snake Wasn't Randomly Named Nagini
In Buddhism and Hinduism there are types of deities that take the form of king cobras called nāgas. Their cultural significance varies between different regions and traditions, but some of the things they're commonly associated with are virility and natural disasters. Female nāgas are called "nāgini."
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(#4) A Snake's Paired Organs Are Arranged In A Line
Humans have their paired organs - kidneys, lungs, and gonads - aligned side by side in their body. Due to the elongated body of a snake, their paired organs are arranged one in front of the other.
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(#7) The Inland Taipan Is The Most Venomous Snake In The World
Commonly called the fierce snake, these are found in the arid regions of central Australia. Snake venom toxicity is measured by median lethal dose, written as LD50. In testing on rats, the LD50 for inland taipan venom is .000025 grams per kilogram of body mass. To put that in perspective, the amount of venom an inland taipan can deliver in a single bit is potent enough to kill 100 adult human males.
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(#17) Snakes Do Not Have Eyelids
Instead, they have scales. Unlike the scales that cover the rest of their bodies, the scales over their eyes are transparent optic scales called brille. Brille molts off snakes just like the rest of their skin. You can tell because the brille will get cloudy as it gets ready to be shed.
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With regard to mysterious snakes, people from all over the world have created many myths and legends. Since ancient times, snakes have been worshiped and deified in many areas, symbolized power, wisdom, and renewal, people are afraid of these cold reptiles. There are more than 3,000 species of snakes on the blue planet, and about 1,000 of them are poisonous.
Snakes are one of the scariest animals on the planet, some of which are born with two heads, some can reproduce asexually. The random tool will tell you 25 unusual and interesting facts about snakes that you may not know before.
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