There have been many animal threads. But, very little hs been said about the most misundestood of animals - snakes.
My purpose for his thead is to instill some basic knowledge about this fantastic creation made by Allaah(swt) and to help remove some falacies.
We do hae a few members that have a background in herpetology, hopefully they will join in.
I will begin just on the basics of US snakes. the US is unusual in that the vast majority of US snakes are non-venemous and snakes have ever been a major danger here. Durig my college years I did work as a heretologist and do have a reasonable background in snake facts. I believe I have handled a member of every snake species found in the USA at east once. Yes, I have ben bitten many times. But, only 3 or 4 times by any venemous ones. The bite from American snakes is seldom fatal and not usually a major medical concern. I only sought medical treatment for one bite.
I will begin this by a few words about the most venemous snake found in the USA The coral snake. It is a member of the elapidae faily the same family cobras and sea snakes are in. The venom is very potent and the bite of one could result in death. However, they are very docile, seldom bite and even when they do bite they rarely discharge any venom. Until the late 1800s they were thought to be harmless. They are very shy, secretive and rarely seen even in areas they are common. They are semi-tropical and can only live in our southernmost states. Most people believe they are very small, but that is wrong as they can grow to be over a yard in length (about one meter)
I live in AZ where the population of snakes (rattle snakes) is especially prominent...I've only seen one. And it was dead. LOL I don't have a problem with snakes really. If they're like anacondas or Rattlers or pythons thennn I would be really scared.
): I'm arachnaphobic. I can't stand spiders haha
Contrary to popular belief rattlesnakes do not always rattle a warning. They are heavy sleepers and will fall asleep while sunning themselves and not know you are there unless you touch them, in which case they will bite intantly.
Most common bites occur when a person steps on a sleeping one.
Do snakes sun while all stretched out? I was scouting by myself in the woods for a place to deer hunt (1980, I think) and almost stepped on a 3 ft (1m) rattlesnake (cane break I, think) that was stretched out.
Do snakes sun while all stretched out? I was scouting by myself in the woods for a place to deer hunt (1980, I think) and almost stepped on a 3 ft (1m) rattlesnake (cane break I, think) that was stretched out.
It is common for a snake to sun itself all stretched out. Howevr, since this was a rattlesnake, I would suspect that it was moving and when it sensed your presence it stopped in hopes you would not see it. When snakes sun themselves they usually do so on a smooth open rocky surface or on a road (which is not healthy for them)
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