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No snakes. "Xu Shen's Shuo Wen Jie Zi in the Eastern Han Dynasty once described:" The ancient grass lived with it, so I asked if there was a snake "(I greeted you when I met you." Didn't you see a snake? " 」)。 Since ancient times, although people are afraid of snakes, they are forced to learn to live with them. Many creations, myths, legends and folk taboos related to snakes are born, but they also have many wrong views on snakes, ignoring the life and existence laws of all things in nature. Nowadays, the population and natural habitat of snakes are rapidly disappearing, and the future of snakes depends on the active reflection and action of human beings. & lt& lt full text >>● Overview of snake culture/Jianqi Confucianism The snake culture has a long history and has been continuous since ancient times, showing rich and diverse beliefs and folk literature colors. Starting from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, thinkers of the Five Elements simplified and integrated totem beliefs from prehistoric times to Shang and Zhou Dynasties into twelve kinds of animals, which became a symbol of dating with the twelve earthly branches. Since then, the snake has become one of the 12 zodiac signs, and the concept of snakes in China is mostly accompanied by awe. The snake worship psychology of early ancestors can be seen from several aspects: for example, the number of snake patterns depicted in ancient articles, the "realistic and varied snake patterns" in Shang and Zhou bronzes, woodcuts, painted pottery patterns and "snake body patterns". It can show the attitude of the ancients in the pre-Qin dynasty to worship snakes, and the carving of snake patterns in sacred religious ceremonies shows the noble status of snakes in ancient times.

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The longest snake in the world is a reticulated python.

Length exceeds 10 meter.

They can prey on large mammals.

Wrap your body around your prey first.

Strangle it with powerful muscles and enjoy it slowly.

The smallest snakes in the world are blind snakes and line snakes. These small snakes are usually no more than 40 cm in size.

They have hard heads and are easy to dig holes in the ground.

The body is slender and cylindrical.

Covered scales are smooth and flat.

Make it easy to crawl and slide in the soil. Kurugsaiwu Zoo in Java, Indonesia, is showing a python that is said to be the longest and heaviest in the world. The zoo staff said that this male python is 14.85 meters long and weighs 447 kilograms, and its thickest abdomen is 85 centimeters in diameter. It is the longest and heaviest snake ever captured by human beings, which is 5. 1 meter longer than the longest snake recognized by Guinness World Records! Python is nontoxic, but it still poses a threat to human beings. Because it is long and powerful, it usually knocks its prey out with its body before swallowing it. In India and Indonesia, it is occasionally reported that people have been eaten by pythons. Netpython is the longest snake in the world, which can usually grow to six or seven meters long. They inhabit forests and swamps in Southeast Asia such as Indonesia and the Philippines. They can eat animals as big as sheep in one bite, attack humans and swallow their victims whole. Pythons like to prey on all kinds of small wild animals, such as rabbits, pheasants, squirrels, eggs, lizards, livestock and poultry. They can swallow food 1.5 times their body weight at a time, but they can't eat for several days after they are full. Generally speaking, several bones of a snake's jaw are separated, so the snake's mouth can be opened to an angle of 130 degrees or even 180 degrees. It can swallow animals three to five times larger than its body; Python is one of them.

Can swallow prey the size of a baby elephant. For example, a python once swallowed a lion.

Even a person's situation.

These prey are many times wider than its own head! ! How big an animal can a python eat? Python, also known as viper, is huge. The largest python in China is 7 meters long and weighs 6 0 kilograms. Python is not poisonous. Unlike a poisonous snake, it kills its prey with the venom of its fangs and then eats it. Instead, bite the prey first, then entangle it with a huge body, constantly exerting force until it is strangled and finally swallowed slowly. Like a poisonous snake, its head is connected with the bones on the left and right sides of the jaw. In addition, the muscles of its jaw can open left and right like rubber bands, so its mouth is wide open, which makes it possible to swallow animals several times larger than its head. In the jungles of South America, pythons can even eat fierce cougars. 198 1 A python was seen swallowing a lion in the virgin forest of Congo, Africa. The lion went to the river to drink water, suddenly roared and struggled to sink into the water. After a while, a python with a head as big as a bucket surfaced. After a long time, it slowly climbed ashore. This python looks more than 10 meters long, but its abdomen is very swollen. Smell it, isn't that the "king of the forest" lion in his belly? On May 27th, 2005, a staff member of the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo was unfortunately swallowed by a python while taking a bath in the river a few days ago. People later found his body in the python's stomach. The tragedy happened in Mbandaka, the capital of Equateur Province in the northwest of the country. At that time, due to the hot weather, the staff member bathed in the river like many locals. Suddenly a hungry man-eating python about 5 meters long attacked him. In the face of the sudden behemoth, although the staff struggled desperately, they eventually fell into Shekou and became a "good meal". After swallowing a person, the python was too heavy to climb and had to stay still at the scene. pupk/ news2/news？ T_id= 1006 Why can a python swallow an animal bigger than itself? It turns out that the python's head has bones related to opening and closing, which is different from other animals: (1) First of all, its jaw can be greatly opened downwards, because its head is movable, and several bones are connected with it, unlike other animals' heads, which are not fixed. (2) The main reason is that the bones between their left and right chins are connected by movable tenons, and the left and right are connected by ligaments, which can be opened to both sides. Therefore, the mouths of pythons and snakes can not only be opened up and down, but also can swallow animals larger than their mouths. (3) In addition, before swallowing, they have to squeeze animals into long strips, and when swallowing, they rely on hooked teeth to send food to their throats. (4) Their chests are not connected in series with the sternum of the ribs, so the ribs can move freely, so the food swallowed from the throat can enter the swollen stomach. (5) They can also secrete a lot of sleeping fluid, just like adding a lot of "lubricating oil", so that snakes and pythons can swallow animals that are thicker than their bodies and bigger than their heads. (6) Python swallows animals slowly, step by step. In the process of swallowing, its trachea will protrude outward, so it will not be choked to death. In fact, there are two situations, one is a two-headed snake caused by mutation, and the other is a cave snake widely existing in nature. Scientists believe that the increasing number of two-headed animals is related to environmental pollution, radiation and changes in the ecological environment. In this snake's burrowing life, its long tail not only does not help to drill around in the ground or litter, but is an unnecessary burden. After evolution, the tail not only became shorter, but some even looked exactly the same. When in danger, hide the real head and expose the elephant-like tail. It is difficult for ordinary natural enemies to separate the head from the tail and protect the fragile head. Because this kind of snake is usually hidden underground or in fallen leaves, it is rarely found by ordinary people, so there has been an unlucky legend of seeing a two-headed snake before. In the ancient Spring and Autumn Period, there was a man named Sun Shuai-nan. When he was a child, he saw a two-headed snake. He was afraid that others would see it, so he killed it and buried it in the ground. When he got home, he cried and told his mother that he would die when he saw a two-headed snake. His mother comforted him and said, "You are kind-hearted, and good people are rewarded. 」

The longest snake in the world is a reticulated python.

Length exceeds 10 meter.

They can prey on large mammals.

Wrap your body around your prey first.

Strangle it with powerful muscles and enjoy it slowly.

The smallest snakes in the world are blind snakes and line snakes. These small snakes are usually no more than 40 cm in size.

They have hard heads and are easy to dig holes in the ground.

The body is slender and cylindrical.

Covered scales are smooth and flat.

Make it easy to crawl and slide in the soil. Kurugsaiwu Zoo in Java, Indonesia, is showing a python that is said to be the longest and heaviest in the world. The zoo staff said that this male python is 14.85 meters long and weighs 447 kilograms, and its thickest abdomen is 85 centimeters in diameter. It is the longest and heaviest snake ever captured by human beings, which is 5. 1 meter longer than the longest snake recognized by Guinness World Records! Python is nontoxic, but it still poses a threat to human beings. Because it is long and powerful, it usually knocks its prey out with its body before swallowing it. In India and Indonesia, it is occasionally reported that people have been eaten by pythons. Netpython is the longest snake in the world, which can usually grow to six or seven meters long. They inhabit forests and swamps in Southeast Asia such as Indonesia and the Philippines. They can eat animals as big as sheep in one bite, attack humans and swallow their victims whole. Pythons like to prey on all kinds of small wild animals, such as rabbits, pheasants, squirrels, eggs, lizards, livestock and poultry. They can swallow food 1.5 times their body weight at a time, but they can't eat for several days after they are full. Different kinds of snakes live in different places. Some snakes are arboreal, such as king python, copper tree snake, green python and so on. Usually, arboreal snakes have protective colors, which are convenient for them to hunt and avoid enemies. Some snakes are aquatic, such as sea snakes, yellow snakes and small snakes. There are also cave snakes such as Bungarus multicinctus. King cobra is the only cobra that can build its own nest. There are still many snakes that have no fixed residence, and most of them live under bushes, beside hay or in crevices. Green bamboo snakes usually inhabit grass, bushes or bamboo forests. Most dwelling snakes are used to living alone, and only live together when they hibernate. Sometimes, dozens or even hundreds of snakes of the same or different species hibernate together, and often dozens of bungee snakes hibernate together. In the south of China, it was found that Agkistrodon halys, Chilian snakes, Zaocys dhumnades and white striped brocade snakes were hibernating in caves. Snakes that live and rest are cold-blooded animals. When winter comes and the temperature drops to 7℃ ~ 8℃, snakes begin to hibernate. During hibernation, snakes do not eat or move, and only rely on the fat stored before wintering to maintain the minimum living needs. It was not until April and May of the following year that the snake began to come out of the hole. Among snakes, the snake island viper does not hibernate, but sleeps in summer. It preys heavily in April and May, and goes into dormancy around July. When sleeping in summer, the snake island viper hides under the slate or in the crevices of rocks. After being stung in September and October,1October, it begins to hunt a lot. Red snakes, green bamboo snakes and silver ring snakes are active at night and rest during the day. Red snake likes to bend into a ball and lie under the grass when resting; After eating, bungee snakes often stop on the road to rest until late at night. Cobra, golden snake and snake island viper come out for activities during the day, and bald people like to move in the morning and evening. Green pythons curl up on the trunk when they rest. Agkistrodon acutus always sits still for a long time after eating. Once, an Agkistrodon acutus snake stayed in the same place 19 days and 8 hours without moving. After some snakes are full, Bao Jianxing will climb to a sunny place to bask in the sun. Let your body temperature rise and promote digestion. If the weather is too hot in summer, some snakes will go to a cool place to escape the heat. During the period of Shaoxing in Song Dynasty, Xu Xuan (later renamed as Xu Xian by the people), the head of a pharmacy in Hangzhou, met a beautiful woman named Bai Niangzi and a girl named Qing Qing, who had practiced the legend of white snake for thousands of years, and they took shelter from the rain together on the boat. After disembarking, Xu Xian lent her umbrella to Bai Niangzi. The next day, she went to the White House to get her umbrella as promised. They wanted to meet each other, gradually fell in love with each other, and became husband and wife because of green. After marriage, the white lady acted strangely, which embarrassed Xu Xian. Later, Xu Xian met Fahai, a monk from Jinshan Temple. Fahai gave Xu Xian a bowl and taught him to put it on the white snake's head. After being covered in a alms bowl, White Snake and Qingqing showed their true colors. Fahai put the alms bowls in front of Leifeng Temple one by one, and built a seven-column pagoda with stones, named Leifeng Pagoda. Leave a few words: "The West Lake is dry, the rivers and lakes can't afford it, the Leifeng Tower falls, and the white snake is born. Although the legend of the white snake began to appear in the story of the police, it has been circulating among the people for a long time. From "The Wonders of the Warning World", there was a plot in which the White Lady Emei Mountain ate ganoderma lucidum, the water overflowed Jinshan, and Fahai escaped from the crab's stomach to escape death. The white snake was unknown at first, and later it was called White Snake. " "Stealing Fairy Grass" tells the story that on the Dragon Boat Festival, the white snake changed back to its original shape because it couldn't stand the realgar wine (the snake was afraid of realgar wine). When Xu Xian came home, she bumped into her snake-like wife and was scared out of her wits. In order to save Xu Xian, the White Snake Empress risked her life and stole Ganoderma lucidum from the Antarctic fairy Emei Mountain. "Shui Jin Man Shan" tells the story that Fahai tricked Xu Xian into going to Jinshan Leifeng Temple to stop Xu Xian from reuniting with his wife. In order to save Xu Xian, Bai Niangzi, together with Qingqing, fought bravely with Fahai and did not hesitate to introduce the water from the West Lake into Jinshan Temple. However, because she was pregnant, the enemy could not, and she was crushed by Fahai under the Leifeng Tower. Qingqing was able to escape and practice successfully, and then returned to Jinshan to win Fahai, where there was nowhere to escape, wearing a yellow frock and hiding in the belly of a crab. Later, Xu Xian and his wife finally reunited, but Fahai could only stay in the crab's belly, so now the crab paste in the crab's belly is as yellow as a monk's robe.