Interesting Facts About SNAKES

From enormous ones like the python, which can swallow animals as large as a deer whole, to snakes that are just a few inches long, snakes can be found in all types of habitats. While some climb trees, others live underground, and still others are found in the waters of lakes and even seas. Here are some interesting facts about Snakes :-

1. Out of about 3,000 species of snakes, only about 375 have venom that is dangerous to humans.

2. Snakes have more than 200 teeth, which they do not use to chew, since they point backwards, but bite and grip their prey securely.

3. The venom of the king cobra, the world’s largest poisonous snake, is strong enough to kill an elephant.

4. The snake’s forked tongue allows the snake to know the direction of the smell.

Interesting Facts About DINOSAURS

Dinosaurs were the dominant terrestrial vertebrates for over 160 million years, from the late Triassic period (about 230 million years ago) until the end of the Cretaceous (about 65 million years ago). here are some Interesting Facts on these Creatures :-

1. The first dinosaur to be named was Megalosaurus. It was named in 1824 by Reverend William Buckland. Megalosaurus means ‘great lizard’ and it was about 9 metres long, and 3 metres tall.

2. The longest dinosaur was Seismosaurus, which measured over 40 metres, as long as five double-decker buses

3. The heaviest dinosaur was Brachiosaurus at 80 tonnes. It was the equivalent to 17 African Elephants. Brachiosaurus was 16m tall and 26m long and is the largest dinosaur skeleton to be mounted in a museum.

4. The first dinosaurs evolved in the middle to late Triassic period, about 230 million years ago. It was only at the beginning of the Jurassic period, about 200 million years ago, that dinosaurs began their rise to dominance.