Sunday, April 8, 2012

Diamond Python Eating Ringtail Possum


Researchers noticed that many prey animals died more quickly than would be expected from asphyxia, and some now believe that the constriction may be causing such a great internal rise in pressure that the heart cannot deal with it. The prey dies from quick cardiac arrest in this case.

Carpet Snake Eating Large Chicken


Here we have an amazing shot of a carpet snake eating a monster-sized chicken. Carpet snakes are approximately 2 meters long. Hanging upside down, the snake will swallow the whole thing. Note how it eats its prey headfirst, as do all constrictors.
Once, it was thought that death by constriction was caused by asphyxia or suffocation, with the snake holding its prey too tightly to allow the prey to take a breath, but new research shows the death comes through different means (and what the snakes don't do is crush their prey to death, as myth would have it).

Sand Snake with a large Rodent


As the coils wrapped around the animal squeeze ever tighter, so its vital force is sucked out, its eyes glazing over... It's the falling of a final curtain we see all too clearly in the image above, which shows a sand snake with a large rodent of some kind and about to swallow its prey. "One pair of eyes has [a] glitter of joy, the other [the] gloom of death. This is nature unplugged," says photographer, Chandan. We see what he means, yet this prey animal is small by comparison with those that are to follow..

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Saturday, September 3, 2011

The World's Biggest Spide






Spider-goliath
The scientific name comes from the Greek word "thera" and "phosa",what means wild animal and light. The most common name "Goliath bird eating Tarantula" was given by some explores from the Victorian era who witnessed one eating a hummingbird and reported the sighting to the Western world who were amazed about this gigantic spider.
The average life span of the female Goliath spider lays between 15 and 20 years, but males who die soon after maturity can only reach an age between 3 and 6 years. The color of this big spider is mostly dark to light brown with thousands of hairs on their body.
This spider seems dangerous, but is totally harmless for humans. However they do carry venoums fangs of about 1 to 2 centimeters. A bite of the Goliath Bird Eating Tarantula can be compared with a wasp's sting that is totally harmless, but painfull.
Besides birds, they also feed on bats, lizards, rodents as well as snakes, even the deadly ones.

Friday, September 2, 2011

Poisonous Snakes with Childrens in India









ELECTRIC FENCE in Australia killed Python


ELECTRIC FENCE


Seems a sheep farmer was puzzled about the disappearance of some sheep on his farm. After a few weeks the farmer decided to put up an electric fence.

About a week later, this is what he found!

Now, I know we've all heard of people being eaten by
snakes.

Well, this is a Python & they're extremely aggressive &
have a few teeth that they use to hold their prey while
they wrap around them & then constrict.

Could you get away if this one bit you & held on with it's
'few teeth?'

(Note: The wires are 10 inches apart.)