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Questions Related to uses of animals
Which of the following snake is poisonous?
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Cobra
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Krait
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Afai
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All of the above
Poisonous sea-snakes possess a
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Compressed tail
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Printed tail
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Depressed tail
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Conical tail
- Sea snakes are very poisonous. The beaked sea snake is the most poisonous sea snake. They have flattened or compressed paddle-like or oar-like tails.
- This is the distinguishing feature of sea snakes. They have laterally compressed bodies.
Snakes are not found in Antarctica, Iceland, Ireland, Greenland and New Zealand because
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They are cold blooded
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They are carnivores
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They have poisonous fangs
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None of the above
Many carnivores are found in extremely cold areas.
Which of the following snakes is non-venomous?
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Cobra
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Krait
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Viper
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Python
Python is non-poisonous snake. They are found in Africa, Australia and Asia. Pythons use their sharp backward curving teeth, four rows in the upper jaw, two in the lower to grasp prey which is then killed by constriction, after an animal has been grasped to restrain it, the python will quickly wrap a number of coils around it. Death occurs primarily via asphyxiation.
Which of the following is distantly related among each other?
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Crocodiles.
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Snakes.
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Tuataras.
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Turtles.
Snakes cannot shed their skin.
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True
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False
The given statement is false. The molting of the skin occurs regularly in snakes. This is when old skin is outgrown. It is called shedding or ecdysis. Snakes will rub against rough surfaces to shed their skin. A shed skin is much longer than the snake that shed it, as the skin covers the top and bottom of each scale.
When tail is cylindrical and ventral scales do not extend the entire width of the belly, the snake is
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Non-Poisonous
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Definitely Poisonous
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deadly Poisonous
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Either Poisonous or Non-Poisonous
The most important differences between poisonous and non poisonous snakes include :
Snake charmer hypnotize snake by
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Playing Pungi (been)
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Playing basoon
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Playing cornet
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None of the above
Snakes can't hear, they can only feel the vibrations. It dances to the movement of pungi which is caused by it's mimic neurons and not to the sound of pungi.
How does the male snake locate the female for breeding?
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By looking for her trail marks
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By sight
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By smell
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By hearing her movements
The slippery female snake will discharge a pheromone noticeable all around that creates a unique fragrance that starts wind mating season. Male snakes from all over will smell the fragrance and will endeavor to mate with the female.
Snakes live everywhere in the earth except
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India
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Ireland
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New zealand
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None of the above
No variety of snakes are found on the Ireland. It is because during the last ice age, the whole of Ireland and mainland was permanently covered with snow and ice. It is highly unlikely that any wildlife, which might have been in Ireland before this ice age, survived this period. When the climate warmed up again, snakes would have been able to recolonise Britain from the south, in any case there were land bridges to the continent from time to time. They would not, however, unless deliberately transported, be able to reestablish themselves in Ireland.