Petrapedia
What does come to your mind the moment you hear the word snake? An image of a slithering snake pops into the minds of most people across the world. Even though the snakes can climb trees and walls, they slither through the ground and cannot run or fly. What if we tell you that’s not […]
Snakes are perhaps one of the most feared animals on earth. For most people, the size of the snake does not matter. They do not even want to know whether the snake is venomous or non-venomous. You must know, some snakes catch their prey during the daytime. That raises another question, Does the snake see […]
We are created in such a unique way that everyone needs to feed to keep living. Yet, some animals are created to live for some time without feeding, and the snakes are the champions at this. They can reduce their metabolic rate to 70%. That allows them to live for an extended period without consuming […]
If you came face to face with a snake underwater, would you confront a snake? Most probably, you would not. You would quickly swim away. As about 90% of the snakes live on the land, we rarely imagine them underwater. However, it is a misconception that most of us have. Snakes are one of the […]
Most people have an irrational fear of snakes. The reason probably is that snakes have been represented as the symbol of evil for many years. The appearance of the snakes is most likely responsible for their negative popularity. Along with that, there are hundreds of different myths about snakes in general. For example, there is […]
Snakes are one of the unique animals that you can find in the wild. Even though they do not possess any limbs, the snakes can climb long trees and boulders. Some of the snake species grow as long as a bus. You can find snakes almost anywhere in the world. Thanks to their unique adaptation, […]
If you have a pet snake and wonder, it would be much easier for a snake to get around if it had legs. Legs could give them that extra boost in movement. Well, let’s find out why snakes dont have legs, and what’s more intriguing is that it is a possibility that they may have […]
Snakes are one of the earth many mysteries, and if you’re like me, you want to know everything you can about them, even down to how they breathe and if they can breathe underwater. Every living thing needs to breathe, and not all can breathe underwater. It would help if you had gills like a […]
We all know that to be able to hear sounds, you need to have ears. Ears are what to detect, transmit and transduce sounds to persons or animals brain. So how is it possible for a snake to hear? There is no such thing as a snake with ears! Well, let me answer this mystery […]
With their slithering flexible bodies, you would certainly assume they were just one long big muscle. Slipping and sliding about! indeed, how can there be no bones beneath the scales of a snake. Wrong, that isn’t the case. Let’s find out for sure if snakes have bones? And how many? Yes, snakes do have bones, […]