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SNAKE FACTS

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1 Question
15 secunde în urmă
Q.

The term snake comes from a Proto-Indo-European word meaning _________.


To kill

To crawl

2 Question
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Q.

To swallow the prey, snakes can open their mouths up to ______ degrees.


120

150

3 Question
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Q.

Snakes use their ______ to smell.


Tongue

Eyes

4 Question
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Q.

Snakes hiss when they are ______.


Hungry

Threatened

5 Question
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Q.

Except for ________, claws, and feathers snakes can digest everything.


Hair

Tooth

6 Question
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Q.

Snake's _____ helps them breathe underwater.


Scale

Tongue

7 Question
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Q.

Snakes kept in a captive environment can live as long as _____ years.


150 

170

8 Question
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Q.

Brahminy blind snakes, often mistaken as earthworms, are the worlds smallest snakes of only ________ long.


2 ½ inches 

2 ½ centimeters

9 Question
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Q.

Scientists are exploring the venom of Pico jackfruit variety snake as a potential cure for _______.


Cancer

Diabetes

10 Question
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Q.

______ is a process where the snakes shed their skins 3-6 times a year.



Hibernation

Ecdysis

11 Question
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Q.

What is the fear of snakes known as?


Ophidiophobia

Arachnophobia

12 Question
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Q.

Snakes can’t generate their body heat hence their body will fail if the temperature reaches below ______ degrees.


0

10

13 Question
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Q.

Black Mamba, the fastest snake in the world can move up to _______.


10 kmph

20 kmph

14 Question
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Q.

Some snakes navigate sensing heat through infrared sensors on their _________.


Snouts

Eyes

15 Question
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Q.

Snakes are present in every continent except _______.


Greenland

Antarctica