Fun Snake Facts

Thanks Alice! I originally started a thread like this over on another forum to help some young herpers understand just how "cool" their pet snakes really are. I figured if they got a snake for the coolness factor and to show off to friends, maybe if they got hooked into how amazing snakes are, they might understand and treat them better. Turned into something I thought would be fun to share here as well.

Glad you are enjoying the thread. :)

The Kapuas Mud Snake is the first snake discovered that can change its skin color. Unfortuneatly, it's venomous, so it won't show up in the pet trade anytime soon!

I found the stomach acid thing extremely cool. So if you were to open the stomach of a dead snake, we'd basically burn ourselves to death??

My male normal BP weighs around 1250 grams, is one med rat good for every 10 days like hes used to, or should i go one rat or two very week? hes 44" and has never refused a meal, any way i can healthily bulk him up? by the way he hatched in 2006. is that a good weight and measurement for a snake that age? :snake:

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Originally Posted by wildmike1187

My male normal BP weighs around 1250 grams, is one med rat good for every 10 days like hes used to, or should i go one rat or two very week? hes 44" and has never refused a meal, any way i can healthily bulk him up? by the way he hatched in 2006. is that a good weight and measurement for a snake that age? :snake:

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This isn't a ask your questions thread....

I love all of this. I am a teachers aide and my students are VERY interested in Pythons now. So there are a lot of great little tid bits that I can share with them. I try to tell them 1 little thing every day....eventually I will bring one in to let them see. They are totally into it and ask for pics daily. It is pretty awesome to see little 2nd graders so into it. I even have parents asking me about it because their children are coming home and talking about it.

Anyways........super cool thread!!

I am doing a informative speech on ball pythons for my speech class in college. Would you mind giving me some of the links you said you had saved so I can look up some more info? please and thank you!

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Originally Posted by BPelizabeth

I love all of this. I am a teachers aide and my students are VERY interested in Pythons now. So there are a lot of great little tid bits that I can share with them. I try to tell them 1 little thing every day....eventually I will bring one in to let them see. They are totally into it and ask for pics daily. It is pretty awesome to see little 2nd graders so into it. I even have parents asking me about it because their children are coming home and talking about it.

Anyways........super cool thread!!

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Hey Guys, I love this forum and this thread,

My son is 13, and is preparing a speech for his home room class, in which I will be present with a few cool living examples (in the spring). I cannot wait to share this thread with him,

There are so many smart people here, all I can do is absorb

Thank You Thank You

Excellent thread with good info, But Is hair and teeth of the food item digested or secreted ??

This was thoroughly enjoyable. Hats off to you!