The Python is the largest snake in the world
A snake, snake, or serpent is a crawling animal with an elongated body covered with scales. It has no limbs, or external ears, or eyelids, but there are edges in its body, which are believed to have represented its limbs that have vanished.
The snake is a carnivore, there are approximately 3000 species of it on Earth, spread in all continents, except for Antarctica, and it is found in various lengths from 10 cm for small snakes to several meters for large snakes, such as the anaconda, which may reach a length of 6.95 m.
Most types of snakes are non-venomous, and as for the poisonous ones, toxicity is mainly used to kill the prey, subdue it, or to defend itself, as a small amount of the snake’s venom is sufficient to cause severe damage to the victim or even cause death to a person.
Scientists believe that snakes are related to lizards, and they have adapted to hide in burrows and rocks, just as lizards do.
"Python viper" is a non-venomous snake found in Asia, Africa and Australia, and it is not considered to be native to North or South America, as it is considered one of the snakes of the ancient world, and the word Python refers to the Pythonidae family within Pythonidae, and according to the reptile database there are 41 species of Python viper Within the Pythonidae family, although the python and the boa constrictor are considered holding snakes, they are from different families.
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Physical characteristics of the python:
The Pythonidae family contains the largest snakes in the world, and most Python snakes are large in size, such as the "reticulated python" that can grow to more than 30 feet (9 meters) in length. There are also small species of snakes such as the "anthill snake" that grows to Up to 24 inches (61 cm) in length, it is the smallest species of snake in the world.
There is a wide variation between pythons in terms of size and colors as a result of different habitats and the need for camouflage, such as the stylized brown color of the Burma python or the light green color of the arboreal python, but scientists have noticed some more subtle physical commonalities.
Most pythons have an oral heat-sensing pit to help them find their warm-blooded prey, but cold-blooded pythons do not have a pit.
The snake python is huge in size and has a sharp triangular head and backward curved teeth that it uses to prey. The teeth of the tree python are longer and have long tails than the rest of the species.
The Python snake is found in warm and humid climates such as Asia, Africa and Australia, and many species thrive in rain forests. According to the San Diego Zoo, the Python snake lives in grasslands, forests, swamps, under stones and rocks, old burrows and branches. Trees, and it depends on the type of python, and when humans began to enter their habitat, they used to live among farms.
Python behavior:
Because of its large size, the python moves in a straight line, and this movement is called the "straight forward" movement. The python grasps its ribs to lean on the ground, then raises its stomach and pushes its body forward, but it is a very slow process.
Most types of python can swim, while some of them can hang from tree branches using their long tail.
Hunting and feeding habits:
The quality of feeding the python varies according to its size, such as:
Little Python:
Like the anthill python eats rodents, lizards and small birds.
Medium length python:
They eat large mammals such as monkeys, antelopes, and warthogs.
And the "python snake" is not one of the poisonous snakes, but it prepares ambushes to catch its prey, such as staying under water and the appearance of a very small tip to lure the prey, and after the prey falls between its teeth, it only encircles it with its body and does not crush it as some believe, as it does not use its strength to break the bones of its prey, but rather He presses on the ribs so that they cannot breathe. When he presses on the ribs, he imprisons the blood stream to the brain and causes death. After the death of the prey, the python opens its mouth to swallow the prey from the head first, then rests in a warm place until it digests.
Python mating season:
The mating season of the python snake depends on the species, and in the mating season the male courts the female and touches the female with the sensory hole, and all python snakes lay eggs except for the "boa" species, which give birth to their young, and most types of python provide care for their eggs, and the female makes dens of vegetation and soil using The old burrows, and after laying the eggs, the female wraps around them for protection and to keep warm. If the temperature decreases, the female contracts her muscles to warm the eggs. This process is called “thermal shivering.” Usually the female does not eat during this period and does not leave the den except for heating. After the eggs hatch, the female does not care about them. .
Some python species live for 25 years or more, but do not exceed 35 years, according to the San Diego Zoo.
Usually the "Burmese python" is killed to take its skin or is raised as a pet, and according to the National Park Service, they are released to the wild, either intentionally or without, and the Burmese python is considered one of the invasive snakes that are able to live in the "Everglades, California." And these snakes cause problems for the residents of Florida, as they prey on wild animals, which include medium-sized American crocodiles, so we find that it has a few enemies, even the young ones are larger than the enemies, and their length is from 18 to 36 inches, and the Burmese snake begins to reproduce at the age of 3 Or 4 years, and the female lays an average of about 40 eggs every two years, and because of their large size and high reproduction rate, they represent a danger to wildlife.
Ball python and albino ball python:
Ball pythons are known as "royal snakes" and their main habitat is in West and Central Africa, but they have become pets in Western countries, and their size is large, but not giant, and their length ranges from 3 to 6 feet (0.9 to 1.8 meters), according to the University of Michigan.
The spherical python has dark brown or black stripes in the face that separate at the eyes, and its body has dark brown spots surrounded by a black halo. There are also some rare colors for the spherical python, such as: white, black or red patches.
High-risk cases:
There are 13 species of python that are threatened with extinction, according to the International Federation of Endangered Species, such as the Ramsey python, the Burmese python, and the short-tailed Myanmar python.
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