By Jace

Super Snakes

Snakes Lunch………………………………..…2What Do Snakes Do?….……………………6How Do Snakes Move?.……………………8Snake Poem…………….…..………………….10

Table of Contents…………………………….11References……………....………………………12

Table Of Contents

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Snakes Lunch

Snakes need energy from food to survive. They eat rats, rabbits, and eggs.

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When snakes eat eggs, they eat the whole thing and later they throw up the shell.

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Most snakes eat about thirty meals a year. Snakes swallow their prey head first.

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A certain snake hunts crocodiles. Anacondas squeeze their prey until it stops breathing.

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What Do Snakes Do?

Some snakes have as many as 1,000 bones. A snake is a reptile with stretchy skin between its scales.

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Snakes can have more than two hundred sharp teeth called fangs. Snakes molt.

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How do Snakes Move?

Snakes use scutes to move. A sidewinder moves forward by tossing its body sideways.

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Some snakes jump of branches and flatten their bodies so they’ll fall safely.

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Sidewinders sling their bodies sideways to move on the desert floor,

Not blinking when a distraction happens.

Anacondas squeeze their enemies until they stop breathing.

Keen sense of smell from their tongue to help them track food.

Eggs are not protected by all snakes.

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Molt-A snake hits its nose against a rock then slithers out of its old skin.

Reptile-An animal that has dry scales and tough skin. The environment alters a reptile’s temperature.

Scutes-Snakes have large scales on their belly that help them move.

Glossary

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Amazing Snakes by Sarah L. Thomson

Anacondas by Colleen SextonNational Geographic for Kids: Snakes! By Melissa Stewart

References