Slithering around with reptiles at World of Wonders Science Museum
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Slithering around with reptiles at World of Wonders Science Museum
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- Facts about snakes
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There are more than 2,700 species of snakes in the world. But some islands, including Ireland and New Zealand, do not have snakes at all.
Snakes’ scales are nearly waterproof. Rough belly scales allow the snake to keep their grip on rough branches and to push off of surfaces when they need to move. Scales are made up of layers of cells stacked one on top of the other. The outer cells are dead and protect the living ones underneath them. A few times every year, a snake will shed a layer of dead skin.
Snakes have between 100 and 400 vertebrae with as many rib bones. By comparison, humans only have 33 vertebrae and 24 rib bones.
The jaws of snakes are not fused together. That means that, unlike human jaws, snakes’ jaws are not hooked up at the back of their mouths.
Fangs are sharp, long, hollow teeth that are hooked up to small sacs in the snake’s head behind its eyes. These sacs produce venom. When a snake bites, venom is released and starts to work immediately to kill or paralyze prey. For some snakes, the fangs will fold back into their mouths so they don’t bite themselves.
Posted: Saturday, April 7, 2012 2:58 pm
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Updated: 4:56 am, Mon Apr 9, 2012.
Reptile Roundup slithers into Lodi’s World of Wonders Science Museum
By Katie Nelson/News-Sentinel Staff Writer
Lodinews.com
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Jordan Ellis, 4, is not afraid of snakes, iguanas or alligators. In fact, she wants a chameleon for a pet.
But when she found out while visiting the World of Wonders Science Museum in Lodi on Saturday that she may get to help hold a 20-foot python, she seriously contemplated whether she wanted to participate.
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Updated: 4:56 am.
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World Of Wonders Science Museum,
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Reptile Roundup,
Edgar Ortega,
Julius Ellis,
Burmese Python,
Central Valley Herpetological Society,
Reptiles And Amphibians
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Michael Nielsen posted at 1:08 pm on Sun, Apr 8, 2012.
I would love to hold a 20 feet python around my neck. Buy I guess that these snakes can be as long as 35 feet so I would like to hold of a 35 feet python too :) Want to know more about python snakes? visit pythonsnake.org