26Rattlesnake's Rattler
A rattlesnake’s rattler is made from the skin it sheds during molting. They start with one "button" (which is made of the same material as our fingernails) and adds one each time it molts.
27. Garter snakes are actually mildly venomous. Nevertheless, they are incapable of seriously harming a human though rarely, their bites have caused some swelling and bruising.
28. All species of snake in the genus chrysopelea are capable of performing gliding flight, with ranges as great as 100 meters. The snakes in this genus achieve this by leaping from branches, then sucking in their abdomen and flaring out their ribs, turning their body into a "pseudo concave wing."
29. Snakes have forked tongues to be able to smell in three dimensions. By picking up odors from slightly different locations they can tell the direction and source of the smell.
30. Rattlesnakes hibernate for the winter in large communal dens. Sometimes, dens can contain over a thousand snakes.
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31Inland Taipan's Bite
Your muscles start to dissolve into your blood after a bite from Inland Taipan. The victim typically dies due to kidney failure as kidneys cannot handle processing all the dissolved muscle tissue.
32. One of Africa's most venomous arboreal snakes, Boomslangs, are one of the few snake species that exhibit sexual dimorphism, meaning their color varies according to their sex. The females are almost always brown, whereas males exhibit much more vibrant coloration, in multiple patterns.
33. The untreated bite of the pit viper can lead to necrosis of the tissue and may cause gangrene which often requires amputation.
34. Back in 2017, the body of an Indonesian man was found inside the belly of a reticulated python. Though there have been reported attacks before, this is the first fully confirmed case with video documentation of a python eating a fully grown, adult human.
35. The reticulated python is a species of snake that can grow as wide as a human and grow up to 10 meters in length. It is capable of catching and swallowing a crocodile or deer whole.
