16 Most Beatiful Snakes In The World
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From flying snakes, vipers with spider tails, to serpents with horns on their head snakes are much more strange than they seem.
9. Tentacle Snake
The most aquatic serpent has a pair of tentacle protrusions on its forehead which help the snake to catch its prey. They function as sensors allowing the snake to detect movements and enables the snake to strike in just 15 milliseconds at the fish swimming nearby. Beyond that, the tentacle snake can anticipate its prey's reaction to the unexpected strike and uses movement trickery to make sure that the fish ends up in its jaws.
While the tentacles don't contain venom, the snake has venomous fangs that rest deep inside its mouth. The southeast Asia snake does not really pose any threat to humans, and it's essentially helpless and unable to move on land.
8. Flying Snake
The rainforests of southeastern Asia and India are home to the flying snakes. Despite the name, the snake cannot really fly, but it's an accomplished glider and can launch itself into the air to move from one tree to the other. It achieves the impressive fete by its stomach in and flaring out its ribs which in turn widens and flattens its body by converting it into a pseudo-concave wing.
They are even better gliders than flying squirrels and can launch themselves up to 100 meters or more into the air when moving to a different tree. The flying snake can even slither mid-air to change its trajectory. They are venomous, but given that they spend a majority of their time up trees, it is rare for humans to encounter them.
7. Tiger Keelback
The eastern Asia snakes might not look extraordinarily different from your typical serpent, but they do have an unusual feeding habit. They just happen to have a diet that comprises primarily of poisonous frogs. The tiger keelback is interestingly immune to the poison secreted by these frogs explaining why they can chow them down unaffected.
The snake then stores the poison from the consumed frogs and uses it when needed against larger predators as a defense mechanism.
6. Eastern Hognose Snake
The bizarre-looking snake has what appears like the facial features of a hog. They are considered non venomous snakes, and they inhabit the North American region. The color of the eastern hognose snake ranges from black to gray with a lighter underside on their tails. Other hognoses do come in a reddish brown color to even a brighter yellow shade.
When provoked, the snake raises its head much like a cobra does. Or they will flip over and play However, despite their aggressive response when they encounter perceived threats, they are mostly harmless to humans.
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5. Long-nosed Vine Snake
Just as its name suggests, this serpent has a long nose and a body that looks like a vine. The snakes also have keyhole-shaped eyes with excellent binocular vision. They live up on trees and feed on lizards and frogs.
The snake stealth hunts by camouflage and moving slowly unlike most other snakes that strike in quick and rapid movements.
4. Horned Desert Viper
These desert snakes have a pair of horns over their eyes, and they are found in Northern Africa and the Middle East. They can burrow under the sand as a camouflage mechanism when lying in wait for prey.
Also, like the tentacle snake, the desert viper is adept at using movement trickery to confuse both its prey and predators.
3. Spider-tailed Horned Viper
Believe it or not, this weird snake has a spider for a tail which looks much like the real-life arachnids we know. The bulb-like structure functions as a mechanism to lure insectivorous birds. When an unfortunate bird dives in for the bait, the snake swiftly moves in for the
Besides their peculiar tails, the viper has horn-like protrusions resting over its eyes. The horns are actually elevated scale formations which further give the snake a menacing look. The very rare snake species are found in western Iran.
2. Barbados Threadsnake
Much like the blind snakes, you could easily mistake the Barbados Threadsnake for an earthworm species. It is considered to be the world's smallest snake growing to just four inches in length and the approximate width of a noodle.
The snakes live in the Caribbean, but they are found mainly around the island of Barbados. They feed on termites and ant larvae.
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