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DESCRIPTION: A small
orange-brown snake with a slightly darker brown head.
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Fun Facts about Snakes
Shedding Snakes’ scales are made of keratin which is the same thing human fingernails are made of. As snakes grow, they shed their skin (old scales) to make way for a new layer of scales. You will know that it is going to shed its skin when you see its eyes get cloudy.
Right before a snake sheds, it becomes temporarily blind due to the fact that it has no eyelids to protect its eyes from the shedding process. When the skin is ready to be shed, all the snake has to do is rub up against something rough and slide out of its old skin.
Mating Snakes usually mate in the spring and their young are born in the summer. They mate with many other snakes in what is called a mating ball. Some snakes lay eggs while others give birth to live young.
Medicine Everyone has seen the snaked wrapped around a staff as the symbol for doctors. What people do not know is that the symbol came directly from ancient Greece. Sick Grecians would bring offerings to the temple of Asclepius, the ancient god of medicine and healing.
They would then wait for Asclepius to appear in their dreams or send his servants, sacred snakes, which were said to heal with one touch of their tongue. Those snakes, along with the staff the god carried, were integrated into the symbol we know today.
Strange Physiology The skull of a snake is flexible. As it unhinges its jaw to swallow its prey, the various small bones in the skull shift in order to give the snake room to eat.
Anacondas are the heaviest snake, giant pythons are the longest, and the smallest seems to be the Martinique thread snake at only 4.5 inches in length.
Running a wildlife removal business in the state of Florida gives me the chance to see all kinds of interesting snakes! Florida has about 45 species of snake, and I've seen 29 of them so far. I've always got my eye out for new species, and
I love spotting rare snakes in Florida. I also have a thing for venomous snakes - they're not too common in FL, so I always enjoy the chance to see a poisonous serpent. I really like snakes, and I've never hurt or killed one. They're an
important part of the ecosystem, and often persecuted. Still, if you don't want snakes in your house or on your property, and judging from the number of phone calls I receive regarding snake problems, you don't, then give me or a local snake
expert in your area a call, and we can remove the snakes from your property for you. I use many snake control methods - from snake traps, to snake repellents, to habitat modification, but most of all, good old-fashioned capture and removal.
If you want to learn more, please read my How To Get Rid of Snakes page.
AAAnimal Control is a privately owned wildlife removal and pest control business, located in Orlando Florida. I deal strictly with wild animals including snakes inside houses. I am not an extermination company, but a critter removal
and control specialist. The above photos are some of the many that I've taken in the field over my years of work. Please email me if
you have any questions about the above photographs, or any questions about
wildlife problems or Florida snake removal issues.
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