Snakes like all other reptiles are cold-blooded animals. Though called cold-blooded, it doesn't mean their blood is truly cold, they just can't maintain constant body temperature when outside temperature changes. When their body temperatures drop, they won't suffer hypothermia which is fatal to warm-blooded creatures, instead, their metabolisms slow down or even stop. When the environmental temperatures rise their body temperatures go up and metobolic rate recover so they become active again. Even the reptiles living in water also need to bask on the bank in order to warm up their bodies. All the animals have basking lights in their captivities. Many of them in the zoo were motionless only basking under the lights when I was there. This diamondback rattlesnake is one of the active ones, seems very inquisitive.
1. woma python, unlike most pythons, woma does not have heat sensitive facial pits
2. 3. 4. green mamba, extremely venomous 5. 6. carpet python 7. White python, 白娘子， the lighting color cheated the camera Auto WB setting, so she appears golden in the photo 8. Baron's racer, "racer" refer to the snake's great speed, forward, back ward ,up trees. 9. 10. This elegance is the beauty snake, 美女蛇？beauty snake gets the name from the beautiful patterns on its body, this is not the devil luring man to hell. It is totally harmless to human, makes a great pet. 11. 12. 13. Green anoconda,It is the largest, heaviest and the second longest snake in the world, after the reticulated python. This is a young one. 14. 15.black mamba, this infamous snake is not named for the color of it scale but from inside its mouth, is widely considered the world's deadliest snake. 16. Green tree python, this is the most typical pose of the snake 17. cobra, the famousest venomous snake. 18. cobra 19. western diamondback rattlesnake, although it is a medical emergency, most people will survive a rattlesnake bite. 20. this rattlesnake is my favorite, it showed me a lot poses 21. 22. It is a performer 23.
24. Reticulated python, is the longest snake, the third heaviest snake in the world.
1. woma python, unlike most pythons, woma does not have heat sensitive facial pits
2.24. Reticulated python, is the longest snake, the third heaviest snake in the world.
25.I am scared of them too
They are way too vivid to me.
I think so even though I'm scared of snakes. :)
I encountered rattlesnakes twice. I was only a couple of steps away both times. I was lucky that they rattled and warned me.
It didn't run away when a few of us were standing close, watching.