The Snake thread

[Woodrow]

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)

 

[Ali.]

I voted one of Allah (SWT)'s beautiful creations, they truly are. Heck, some of them can even swim!

The Sea Krait:

 

[------]

evil. EVIL I tell ya!!

 

[Mikayeel]

Snakes are beautiful animals! So peaceful, and nice to look at.

Uncle Woodrow, was it a rattlesnake that bit u once?

And yes a coral snake is 'stay away' snake!

They look very innocent, however the colours are a clear sign 'I am dangerous'

This here is a coral snake wannabe, a non-venemous species. Called the milk snake, most people confuse them with coral snakes.

 

[.: Jannati :.]

ah Subhan'Allah I'm scared of snakes..*leaves thread*

 

[Nájlá]

i hate snakes there ugly and scary

 

[Souljette]

Snakes are amazingggg Mashallah when you look at the videos..although i have to hear my mom sayin change the channel continuously...It's just an amazing creation...so manyyy different kinds of snakes ..some harmless ..some not..but they only harm when they have to..If you disturb their territory then ye..It is amazing the qualities they have pheww.

I held a boa constrictor once who was my height but ofcourse me carrying it ..it didn't look like that at the moment but woww harmless and the way it holds on to you..I like their chest part..it's soft

this is the kind i carried but I think this is bigger

 

[Souljette]

Uncle Woodrow bring back any memories

It's ironic how rattlesnakes use their rattle to warn people instead babies are attracted by rattles...So if a baby hears it..I don't know what will happen lolz

 

[Mikayeel]

Snakes are amazingggg Mashallah when you look at the videos..although i have to hear my mom sayin change the channel continuously...It's just an amazing creation...so manyyy different kinds of snakes ..some harmless ..some not..but they only harm when they have to..If you disturb their territory then ye..It is amazing the qualities they have pheww.

I held a boa constrictor once who was my height but ofcourse me carrying it ..it didn't look like that at the moment but woww harmless and the way it holds on to you..I like their chest part..it's soft

this is the kind i carried but I think this is bigger

Ah nice, Boa constrictors are nice animals. They are easy to tame, their movement is very nice!

 

[Musaafirah]

Snakes are well scary, but at the same time they're pretty mesmerising.
I remember when I went to the zoo once, they let a harmless snake go on the floor, whilst us kiddies were sitting down on the benches, it was facing one way but for some odd odd reason it turned and came towards me..you can imagine how much I screamed!
Also, when I was in Bangladesh, I was about 10..I went to the kitchen and just looked out the back window (don't ask me why..i just did) and Lo! and Behold!
A Cobra..I couldn't help myself..I just stared (bare in mind the window was open)
The cobra creeped closer and closer..all the while I was staring at it..
When it had come close enough, about 14 feet away (maybe more) I screamed and ran and screamed again!
So, I dunno..
Some snakes look quite pretty though..

 

[Woodrow]

Snakes are beautiful animals! So peaceful, and nice to look at.

Uncle Woodrow, was it a rattlesnake that bit u once?

I have actually been bitten numerous times. But all except 3 or 4 times were by non-venemous snakes. The venemous snakes were a copperhead and a rattlesnake. The copperhead was a large female I kept for demonstrations, she was normally very docile. But she bit me several times at least once when I was trying milk her and another time when I was doing a demonstration and was showing how docile copperheads are,she decided to prove me wrong. The rattlesnake bite was by a rattle snake in the sistrunk family. More commonly called Pygmy Rattlesnake or Dusky Dwarf. The bite is no worse than a bee sting. I gotbit by that on when I put my hand on him while climbing over a stone wall. I disturbed his nap.

Snakes really are remarkable, they are perfectly designed for the life they live. They have the most effective food gathering methods of any animal in the world. Very few venemous snakes will use venom for defense, it is normally reserved for food gathering.

I can understand the fear most people have of them and would advise anybody who is not knowledgable about snakes to avoid them. But, at the same time I would like to educate people into knowing there is no need to go out of their way to kill or harm them. Very few snakes are aggressive and most will avoid human contact if possible.

 

[Woodrow]

Uncle Woodrow bring back any memories

It's ironic how rattlesnakes use their rattle to warn people instead babies are attracted by rattles...So if a baby hears it..I don't know what will happen lolz

The noise from a rattle snake is not a rattle sound. It is more of a buzzing. It reminds me of the sound from a hornets nest.

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.

 

[Ali.]

Woodrow, do you know much about water snakes, like the one I posted earlier? I was wondering how do they breathe underwater, do they have gills?

 

[Mikayeel]

Woodrow, do you know much about water snakes, like the one I posted earlier? I was wondering how do they breathe underwater, do they have gills?

They do not breath underwater, they come out to the surface to breath and go back in agian

 

[Woodrow]

Woodrow, do you know much about water snakes, like the one I posted earlier? I was wondering how do they breathe underwater, do they have gills?

All of the sea snakes such as the krait you showed are in the elapidae family and are a variety of cobra. They are air beathers and surface for air. However, they have very large lung capacity and slow metabolism. As a result with one gulp of air they can stay uder water for an hour or longer. They are reptiles and are not related to eels which are fish with gills.

 

[al Amaanah]

beautiful creation masha Allah but scary

 

[Woodrow]

Snakes are very remarkable. There are hundreds of species, each designed for a specific climate and specific food. They are the ideal means of preventing over population in the animal kngdom and each only eats the very specific food they are designed to eat. some snakes such as cobras actually help keep the population of snakes under control as their primary food is other snakes.

I see the handiwork and carefull planning of Allaah(swt) in every snake. The wisdom in designing the snake is beyond belief.

 

[truemuslim]

Loool did someone say theyr PEACEFUL?!!! Omg whatr u on??? looool

Ok snakes are sick. Useless, AND what i always use.. Ali (ra) Used to avoid them and say Authu billah minashaitan arajeem!

You should stick wit real animals. Lions. tigers. Theyr the true peaceful and harmless creatures...and they dont look sickkk

 

[truemuslim]

HOLY!!

WHAT is that?! lool i would love to have some fun wit that (as long as its caged up behind lasor things. and i have a "immune to getting heart attack from snake" Thing

look at its teeth tho! Subhanallah! and then look at the bottum of its mouth. teethless. ew

 

[Mikayeel]

sister truemuslim

That snake isnt venemous. It has got razor sharp teeth though! Looks like an anaconda