Super-Slithery Snake Quiz

Snakes belong to a group of scaly, cold-blooded animals known as?

Reptiles

Mammals

Godzillas

Raptors

Snakes are cold-blooded. What does this mean?

They enjoy the cold weather

They are unable to produce their own body heat

They head south for the winter

They don't feel bad about eating other animals

The anaconda kills its prey by squeezing it to death. Where does it live?

Anaconda (Image Credit: Photo Researchers, Inc./M. Wendler/Okapia)

Death Valley

The Amazon jungle

Tierra del Fuego

Your backyard!

A snake will occasionally slip out of its old skin. Which term describes this process?

Can you guess? (Image Credit: Corbis/Anthony Bannister/ABPL)

Shedding

Exchanging

Exfoliating

Disbarring

How do snakes smell?

Can you guess? (Image Credit: Microsoft Corporation)

With their tails

With their noses

With their tongues

With their ears

What is the average natural life span for a snake?

Snake skeleton (Image Credit: Dorling Kindersley)

5 to 10 years

20 to 30 years

65 to 70 years

80 to 100 years

What snake shows its regal hood when threatened?

Do you know? (Image Credit: Liaison Agency/Francois Perri)

A python

A king cobra

A garter snake

A kingsnake

Do snakes ever blink?

Do I blink? (Image Credit: Dorling Kindersley/BBC Natural History Sound Library)

Of course they do

Yes, but it's too quick for humans to see

No, their eyes are protected by transparent scales

No, they clean their eyes with their tongues

How does a python kill its prey?

Australian Diamond Python (Image Credit: Photo Researchers, Inc./Kenneth W. Fink)

By squeezing it to death

By injecting it with venom

By pushing it out of a tree

By inflicting a series of flesh wounds

How do snakes eat their meals?

I would like two mice to go, please (Image Credit: Oxford Scientific Films)

They unhinge their jaws and swallow their meal whole

They carefully chew each bite at least 32 times

They soften and flavor meat by marinating it in fruit juice

They keep each bite in their mouth for several hours to soften before swallowing