Reptile

eptiles are very sneaky, some of them are I hope you enjoy. Snakes Snakes have very slippery scales. They are carnivores (meat eaters), they will even eat other snakes! They do not have eyelids so they never blink. Snakes have to swallow their prey whole and there jaws are very flexible so they will eat almost anything they can get their jaws on. Snakes are found on every continent in the world except Antarctica. Lizards Lizards can detach their tails if caught by a predator. Some can…

here by mistake. When the python gets too large, some pet owners will let their python free. Burmese pythons have invaded Florida’s ecosystem in the Everglades. The Burmese python has an extraordinary lifestyle. All snakes are cold blooded reptiles. The Burmese python likes to stay in warm places like a hot rock. Burmese pythons are carnivores that mainly eat small animals. “ Burmese pythons are carnivores and survive primarily on small birds and mammals” (Piven). Because of the…

Some fishes and reptiles lack sex chromosomes altogether. In these groups sex is determined by non-genetic factors such as temperature and behaviour. In crocodiles, many turtles and lizards, the incubation temperature of the nest determines the sex ratio, by indirectly activating/suppressing…

Nesting Habitat Destruction For many years, sea turtles have become affected by everything ranging from climate changes to pollution in the Earth's oceans. However, what many people don't know is that there are steps that can be taken and that are being taken to help prevent the destruction of these sea turtles habitats. Sea turtles can be helped in many different aspects, like by protecting their eggs. By minimizing lighting on beachfronts during their nesting season, it encourages them to…

eyes and vibrantly pigmented skin, chameleons are incredible animals to study. There are numerous species that can be found across multiple continents. Much is known about these lizards, yet just when scientists believe they have these riveting reptiles figured out, they learn even more about them. Chameleons are interesting animals to study because they have distinctive physical features in addition to color changing abilities, and they vary from species to species. Chameleons have multiple…

it’s time that you did because there is a lot more than the Komodo Dragons bite to learn. For starters, the Komodo Dragons mouth isn’t full of bacteria. That is just a myth! It actually produces venom, like a poisonous snake. And, even though these reptiles are quite large, some growing up to 12 feet, they are actually in a dangerous place as far as a species. Scientists estimate that there are only roughly around 5000 Komodo left. Their size is a good physical feature to take down water…

The Komodo Dragon is a large species of lizard with razor sharp claws and teeth and a long, muscular tail weighing up to 200 pounds and growing to be up to 10 feet long. One verified find was a Komodo Dragon weighing as astounding 366 pounds. These lizards are located in the Indonesian islands. Because of their large size, these lizards dominate the ecosystem in which they live. Komodo Dragons were discovered in 1910 when a pilot from World War I crashed into the Komodo Sea and swam to the…

The first mammals evolved from mammal-like reptiles at the end of the triassic period. Therapsids, or mammal-like reptiles, is an order of reptiles that lived in the Permian and Triassic Periods before going extinct in the mid Jurassic Period. It is difficult for scientist to determine when the divide between therapsids and mammals occurred. Early mammals had small, mouselike forms. Very few were large, because dinosaurs were the unquestioned dominant land animals on earth. The ecological niche…

Why snakes don’t have legs A long long long time ago in a rainforest that is located in Brazil lived two snakes. One was named Billy Bob and the other was named Susan Jilly. Every morning they would crawl around in the mud since it felt amazing to them. One day there was no rain to come to Brazil and a drought happened. Billy Bob and Susan Jilly did not know what this drought meant for them, As they were swimming in the mud Susan Jilly crawled out of the mud and curled up on a leaf and watched…

“Hunting Snake” written by Judith Wright and “Pike” written by Ted Hughes are two poems about nature and animals. Hunting Snake has four stanzas and Pike has eleven stanzas. The animals in the Hunting Snake and Pike seem to be similar animals as they hunt in similar ways by being slow, quiet and pouncing to surprise the animal. Both of the poets write about their encounters with hunting animals, a hunting snake and a pike fish. Judith writes about a “big black snake” in nature hunting like in…