Snakes




 * 1) **King Cobra (**//Ophiophagus hannah)//
 * 2) **Green Tree Python (**//Morelia viridis)//

 __King Cobra Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Intresting facts!__   __Green Tree Python Phylum: Chordata Class: Repitila Intresting Facts! __
 * The King Cobra is the largest venomous land snake in the word!
 * The average lifespan for a King Cobra is about 20 years
 * Can grow up to 18.5 feet long and 1 foot wide (at the neck)
 * They are fairly light and only weigh up to 44 pounds
 * Most males tend to be a little bit larger than females
 * These snakes can lift a third of their body off the ground
 * Adult Cobras are yellow, green, brown, or black. Their throats are normal a cream colored.
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">You can find the King Cobra in the mainland in South East Asia and through out the dense highland forest
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">Normal found around lakes and steams
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">Very strong swimmers
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">Most of the time eat other non-venomous snakes
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">Snakes can't chew their there food, they have acids that digest the food
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">The King Cobra uses its forked tounge to pick up scent particals and transfer them to special sensory receptors (Jacobson's organ) at the top of its mouth
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">Breeding ususally takes place in late spring or early summer
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">Females lay between 10 to 25 eggs
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">As soon as the baby snakes are born, they are independent


 * <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">These snakes can grow up to 2.1 m (large) 1.8 m (average)
 * <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">Are fairly slender snakes
 * <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">They coil around tree branches to look like a cinnamon bun
 * <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">Most of them are vibrant green but some adults are blue and yellow
 * <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">Their dorsal (top) side has blue or white spots
 * <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">Breeding season lasts from late August to late December
 * <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">The eggs are laid in late November to February
 * <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">The incubation period is from 39 to 65 days
 * <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">You can find the Green Tree Python in Papua and Iran Jaya, New Guinea and the Cape York Peninsula of Australia
 * <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">They live in humid, warm tropical regions
 * <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">Their diet consist of small rodent (mice, rabbits) and birds
 * <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">In South American the Emerald Tree Boa is commonly confused with the Green Tree Python

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