FACTS ON SNAKE
FACTS ON SNAKES v Snakes do not have eyelids. They do have an eye ‘spectacle’ which protect their eye. This ‘spectacle’ comes away when a snake shed its skin. v Two-headed snakes are similar to conjoined twins: an embryo begins to split to create identical twins, but the process does not finish. Such snakes rarely survive in the wild because the two heads have duplicate senses, they fight over food, and one head may try to eat the other head. v A mysterious, new “mad snake disease” causes captive pythons and boas to tie themselves in knots. Other symptoms include “stargazing,” which is when snakes stare upwards for long periods of time. Snake experts believe a rodent virus causes the fatal disease. v The largest snake fossil ever found is the Titanoboa. It lived over 60 million years ago and reached over 50 feet (15 meters) long. It weighed more than 20 people and ate crocodiles and giant tortoises. v Although a snake’s growth rate slows as it gets older, a snake never stops g