Post 2 - Questions

1. How long does it take for the snakes egg to hatch?
1. Answer: 50-65 days

2. How does a baby snake hatch out of an egg?
2. Answer: Baby snakes have an axe-like thing on their nose and they use it to cut and break the shell of the their egg.

3. How do you tell if a snakes a boy or a girl?
3. Answer: If the snakes tail is long from the anus it is a female, if it is short, a male.

4. What is the longest snakes can get?
4. Answer: The Python is the largest snake in the world and measures at 33 feet.

5. What is the biggest snake in the world?
5. Answer: The Reticulated Python.

6. Which is bigger male or female?
6. Answer: Females

7. How many species of snakes are there?
7. Answer: There are between 2,780 and 2,790 species of snakes in the world.

8. What is the most dangerous snake in the world?
8. Answer: The Anaconda

9. Are Ball Pythons popular?
9. Answer: Yes

10. What is the most popular snake in the world?
10. Answer: The Corn Snake

11. What is the fastest moving snakes in the world?
11. Answer: The Black Mamba reaches speeds up to 18 MPH

12. What is the slowest moving snake in the world?
12. Answer: The Anaconda

13. What is the smallest snake in the world?
13. Answer: The Lesser Antillean Thread Snake. It is small enough to squeeze through a hole 1/8th of an inch in diameter.

14. Do snakes swallow their prey whole?
14. Answer: Yes

15. How often do snakes shed?
15. Answer: Some snakes shed every few weeks as they grow, some shed once a year.

16. What is the name "royal python" based on?
16. Answer: In all the palaces in Africa, they kept them around to eat rodents.

17. How long can snakes live?
17. Answer: 10-25 years

18. What is the best temperature for a tropical snake?
18. Answer: 90-95 degrees

19. What is a pythons natural habitat?
19. Answer: They are found in jungles and tropical areas.

20. Are their claws on a male snake?
20. Answer: Yes