June 4, 2009

• Grass Snake Part 1

  Manora asked:
  Folded into the high moor between dark mats of heather, a shock of bright green moss skirts a ring of boggy pools. In one the water heaves and starts to boil as the banded, olive coils of a grass snake slide into view. Flickering its forked tongue, Snake parts the vegetation with its [...]

May 31, 2009

• Anaconda Snakes: Habitat And Appearance Explained!

  Michael Gutemberg asked:
  Everyone has some idea about the Anaconda snakes. Most will know that such reptile is the huge snake that's enormous, lives in marshlands and is a deadly hunter. But actually most do not know how big or long an anaconda really is. Some little known facts about the Anaconda:
  To the ***** eye [...]

• An American Almost Not Seen- Rare Snake Info

  Joaquin Reveron asked:
  The North American racer snakes is commonly known as northern black racer. The scientific name of these snakes is coluber constrictor constrictor. Coluber is the Latin word and the meaning of the same is snake. Constrictor is again the Latin name which means together, or with. The other vernacular names of these [...]

May 28, 2009

• Snakes – They're not as slithery as some people I know

  Robert W. Benjamin asked:
  When I was a youngster growing up in the 1960's and early 70's, I was lucky that we lived on a farm out in the country. One of the favorite pastimes I had, was going hunting for snakes on a nice warm sunny day. Living on the farm, was like living [...]

May 25, 2009

• The Copperhead Snake.

  Copperhead snakes are the cause of most of the snake-bite problems in the United States. The copperhead can be distinguished by its thick shape and its neck, which is quite distinct from its body as well as by its pale cross-band tan pattern that darkens in the middle and on the sides.

May 21, 2009

• Habu a Snake to be Respected

  Ruel Hinaloc asked:
  IT WAS a clammy evening without any breeze. The rain had just lifted, and everyone was gently fanning himself, trying to keep cool. Suddenly, cries were heard: “Habu!” “There’s a habu!” The shouts alarmed the villagers. Adults grabbed sticks and ran off; curious children rushed after them. Where was it? Everyone was [...]