What is Stiletto Snake?
Stiletto snake sounds dangerous and it can be. But people who travel to Africa are unlikely to see, and if they do it, they probably don't bite them. The name comes from a special way in which it gives its poison rather than its fury or power to kill. Another common name is to deepen the ASP for the Snake Digs tunnels and especially likes to start under the rocks. It travels on the ground to hunting and is therefore rare observation. The prey of the snake is a creature that also spends time underground, such as small mammals in their nest or other creepy reptiles. It is possible that this limitation of space has led to the development of an unusual method of attacking this snake. Most poisonous snakes are entered a little back and open the mouth wide to bite on the prey, a wide gesture that would not get this animal anywhere in a narrow tunnel. The circumstances require a quick and tight action, such as a knife of a killer behind his victim. This is what Stiletto Snake brings through its unusual retracting fangs that, which in its similarity to the sharp and slimGreen blades called Stilettos, giving the snake one of their names.
Stiletto snakes have fewer teeth than other snakes, because the mechanism of pulling their fang occupies most of their jaws. At rest lies the fang horizontally in the mouth of the snake. When the snake attacks, his head lies directly above his prey. The muscles rotate only one of the fangs out to turn over as a switch and pass through the mouth. The snake then stabs the prey by moving the head to the side and backwards. He uses a fang as a pinion to hold prey in place, so far he will manifest.
with its ability to stab backwards, the snake represents a challenge for herpetologists, those who study snakes, because grasping behind the head does not offer any protection from fangs or fangs. For most people, however, the animal is a small danger. Negotiated does not leave their tunnels underground, except when he is looking for a friend and sometime after the rain at night.
When snakes meet people, snakes do not necessarily strike and in fact not tend to, even if it is very close. If a person bites man, the effects are extremely painful and unpleasant, but most often are not fatal. Severe swelling of the affected area, disorientation and nausea are some of the most common symptoms of poison.
South Africa is home to this snake, although some are also found in the Middle East. This is the easiest to be recognized if it is above the ground, its characteristic outline, which is almost perfectly cylindrical with a narrow tape head. This shape reflects its habit of digging. The size and color depends on the species, of which 15 in the family atractaspis , part of the atractaspididae family.