Coral+Snake+BEWARE

Coral Snakes  I’m walking through the woods and something pops out. What is it, is it a King snake a Rattle snake I don’t know? WOW it has brightly colored red, yellow, and black stripes. It’s, it’s a CORAL SNAKE AAAAAHHHHH! Did you know that coral snakes are cold blooded reptiles? That means they don’t make their own body heat. They need sun and warm surroundings to keep them warm. When the cold freezing weather comes around they have to hibernate, that means they have to sleep during the winter time. Coral snakes have a flexible skeleton and no arms and legs. Their body has scales but they have skin that covers the scales. Did you know that coral snakes swallow their prey whole? Well they most certainly do. They can unhook their jaws in the back of their mouths to eat bigger prey. While they’re looking for food they hide under rocks, they often eat small venomous snakes. They also bite on other snakes heads. Did you know that they hunt their prey at night (while we are sleeping)? Do you know a lot about the coral snakes life cycle? Well here’s the place to keep your ears open! First they hatch out of their eggs. Next over the course of their lifespan they can molt up to 2-10 times a year. The old coral snakes don’t shed their skin at all but the young snakes do very well.

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