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Snakes live everywhere in the earth except

  1. India

  2. Ireland

  3. New zealand

  4. None of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

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.

So, the correct option is 'Ireland'.

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Identify the non venomous snake

  1. Python

  2. Kobra

  3. Anaconda

  4. Viper
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A,C Correct answer
Explanation

Venomous snakes are capable of injecting venom by their bite. They use venom for defense and killing prey. Viper and Kobra are examples of venomous snakes.

Python and anaconda are non venomous snakes. They kill their prey by crushing them in their coils and slowly squeezing them to death.
So, the correct options are 'Anaconda' and 'Python'.

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How do snakes eat?

  1. Chew their food

  2. Swallow the whole food

  3. They first digest and then swallow their food

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

  • Snakes are carnivorous. Snakes do not have the right kind of teeth to chew their food so they eat their catch whole. Their jaw is structured in such a way that it allows the mouth to open wider than their own body in order to swallow their prey whole.

So, the correct option is 'Swell their whole food'.

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Snake possess external ear.

  1. True

  2. False
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation
Snakes have no visible ear. They have vestiges of the apparatus for hearing inside their heads, and that setup is attached to their jaw bones, so they feel vibrations very well and may hear low-frequency airborne sounds.
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Which of the following is the ancestor of snake?

  1. Chameleon

  2. Lizard

  3. Crocodile

  4. None of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation
Many evolutionary biologists believe that snakes evolved from lizard like ancestors. This has been established by comparing skulls of different lizards and snakes that have existed on earth and comparing body shapes. Also, few fossils of snakes having 4 legs like legs have been found indicating further common ancestry.
So, the correct option is 'Lizard'.
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Which of the animal possess split tongue?

  1. Lion

  2. Dog

  3. Frog

  4. Snake
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Snakes possess split tongue. It is thought to be advantageous because it allows the snake to smell in three dimensions. Since the two tips pick up odors from slightly different locations in space, the snake can detect the direction of the source of the smell.

So, the correct option is 'Snake'.

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In which of the following animals, snake venom is not effective?

  1. Lizard

  2. Rat

  3. Mangoose

  4. Jackal
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Mangoose are immune to the snake venom. It is because the acetylcholine receptors of mangoose render them resistant or immune to snake venom primarily composed of neurotoxin. Due to this the snake's venom fails to react the way it normally does to animals who are not immune to the venom.

So, the correct option is 'Mangoose'.

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The scaly skin of snakes 

  1. Protects them from drying.

  2. Scares human beings.

  3. Makes them beautiful.

  4. All of the above.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The scaly skin of snakes plays a lot of different functions. Snakes are food for animals like eagles, hawks or foxes and to protect themselves from these animals, snakes have scales. These scales are thick and prickly, which makes it difficult for animals to bite or injure them. Other than protection from animals, scales also protect snakes from harmful sun rays and decreases water loss. Hence, scales protect snakes from dying due to multiple reasons.

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Which of the following snakes kills its prey by constriction?

  1. Banded bait

  2. Python

  3. Viper

  4. Rat snake
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation
The Pythonidae, commonly known simply as pythons, are a family of nonvenomous snakes found in Africa, Asia, and Australia. Among its members are some of the largest snakes in the world. Eight genera and 31 species are currently recognized. A constricting snake like python kills its prey by suffocation. It uses the momentum of its strike to throw coils around its victim’s body. Then, it squeezes. Every time the prey exhales, the snake squeezes a little more tightly. Soon, the victim can breathe no more.
So the correct option is 'python'.