One fact is that cobras are gigantic. They will grow up to five feet long. “When a cobra rears up, it stands taller than a kneeling man.” The cobra only bites a person once because a cobra bite will kill you. Cobras have enough venom to kill fifty men, they also kill 25,000 people in India a year, alone. A weakness is the cobra can only strike one foot. The rattlesnake is very different from the cobra. The rattlesnake is a pit viper. A pit viper is a venomous snake of a group distinguished by visible sensory pits on the head that can detect heat emitted by their prey. They are found in both America and Asia. A rattlesnake is called what it is because it rattles its tail. When the rattler is in captivity, it tends to become very sluggish. The rattlesnake has two coils for resting itself. When the snake becomes angry at something, it coils up into an “s” shape. It can strike the full length of the “s” but can not strike farther. In all, I believe that learning about snakes during “Snake Week” brought my knowledge up about snakes a whole lot. My favorite story was, “A Running Brook of Horror” by Daniel Mannix. I thought the story was a lot more realistic than real life. It was a very good story and I felt like I was in Daniel’s shoes. I enjoyed learning about snakes especially about the cobra and the
One fact is that cobras are gigantic. They will grow up to five feet long. “When a cobra rears up, it stands taller than a kneeling man.” The cobra only bites a person once because a cobra bite will kill you. Cobras have enough venom to kill fifty men, they also kill 25,000 people in India a year, alone. A weakness is the cobra can only strike one foot. The rattlesnake is very different from the cobra. The rattlesnake is a pit viper. A pit viper is a venomous snake of a group distinguished by visible sensory pits on the head that can detect heat emitted by their prey. They are found in both America and Asia. A rattlesnake is called what it is because it rattles its tail. When the rattler is in captivity, it tends to become very sluggish. The rattlesnake has two coils for resting itself. When the snake becomes angry at something, it coils up into an “s” shape. It can strike the full length of the “s” but can not strike farther. In all, I believe that learning about snakes during “Snake Week” brought my knowledge up about snakes a whole lot. My favorite story was, “A Running Brook of Horror” by Daniel Mannix. I thought the story was a lot more realistic than real life. It was a very good story and I felt like I was in Daniel’s shoes. I enjoyed learning about snakes especially about the cobra and the