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Learning about Reptiles: Snakes

Monday, November 2, 2015

Snakes

If you are in the UK or Ireland, you must have heard of Steve Backshall and his animal shows like the Deadly 60.  Mavi is obsessed with Steve, due to his witty and pleasant hosting of the show. You can learn about it here.  Now, going back, he’s been featuring reptiles lately, mostly how dinosaurs evolved into crocodiles, birds,  snakes etc. 

What are Reptiles?  We learned from our previous study of the Vertebrate animals that REPTILES have a covering of bony plates or scales.  They vary in sizes and shapes and include forms like snakes, alligators, crocodiles, turtles and lizards.  Reptiles make their homes in great variety of places .

In this post, I will be focusing on snakes, as Mavi and I had a brief discussion about them a few days ago.  This is the book we’ve got of Steve Backshall and we used it as a reference.  We had a few snake figures from Safari Ltd Reptiles TOOB .

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Books.  These are the books of Steve Backshall we borrowed from the library.  Youcan check them out here:Steve Backshall's Deadly 60  

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Characteristics of Snakes (things we learned):

  • Snakes’ coverings are dry with perfectly dry scales, they are not slimy.
  • A snake’s tongue is a sense organ, just like an insect’s antennae.  Therefore, when a snake thrusts its tongue, it is simply trying to find out about its surroundings and what is going on.
  • They are the only creatures that can swallow objects larger than themselves.  This is because they have elastic body walls.
  • Snakes have an extra bone hinging the upper to the lower jaw, which allows them to spread widely when swallowing an object.
  • The noiseless and graceful movement of the snake is brought about by the crosswise plates of the snake’s body that is connected to the ends of its ribs.

    Life Cycle of a Snake

    This life cycle material is for FREE and you can download it from my SCIENCE PRINTABLE PAGE.

    So we looked into the process of how snakes give birth.  We also learned that NOT ALL SNAKES GIVE BIRTH BY PRODUCING EGGS. ANACONDAs give birth to their young!

    Snakes Around the World

    So I gathered a list of snakes and we looked at them over the internet.  I didn’t produce any printable file as the images are all copyrighted.  But I provided the link below on where you can find them, and see how they look like or learn about their habitats.

    • Ribbon Snake [wiki]
    • Coral Snake [wiki]
    • Rubber Boa  [link]
    • Rough Green Snake  [link]
    • Timber Rattler  [link]
    • Desert Gopher Snake [link]
    • Ring Necked Snake [link]
    • Sidewinder or Horned Rattlesnake  [link]
    • Pike Headed Tree Snake  [link]
    • Pilot Black Snake [link]
    • Copperhead Snake [link]
    • Southern Hognose Snake [link]
    • California Lyre Snake [link]
    • Water Moccasin [link]
    • Gray Pilot Snake [link]

    You might also be interested in these amazing Snake Units:

    snake-main

    Montessori-Inspired-Snake-Unit-www.mamashappyhive.com_

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