How does the snake prepare for the winter?

The snake is a cold-blooded animal, so it needs to hibernate in winter, so how do snakes prepare for the winter? Let's have a look!

I. the living habits of snakes

Snakes are reptiles, distributed all over the world, with slender bodies, no limbs and absolutely no forelimb bands.

Sagittarius snake is a kind of temperature-changing animal whose body temperature changes with air temperature. it does not have a perfect body temperature regulation mechanism to produce and maintain a constant body temperature.

For snakes, the most suitable survival temperature is 20-30 ℃. Too high or too low temperature will affect the growth and development of snakes.

Snakes usually mate in early spring and early summer, lay eggs and hatch in summer, otherwise young snakes don't have enough time to accumulate enough fat to hibernate. The mortality rate of baby snakes born after September is as high as 50%.

How do snakes prepare for the winter?

Snakes store enough nutrients in their bodies in autumn and start hibernating without eating or drinking in early winter, usually for about three months, until the temperature rises to a certain extent.

Wild snakes have to find underground caves to hibernate when the temperature drops below 13 ℃ at the end of autumn, because the underground temperature change is relatively small, so it is suitable for snakes to hibernate.

For artificially farmed snakes, it is best to prepare a constant temperature breeding place where snakes hibernate, so that snakes can survive the winter smoothly.

There are also many kinds of snakes, some are highly poisonous, some are non-toxic, we must pay attention to safety in the wild, do not go too deep in the grass, so as not to step on the snake to be bitten, if unfortunately bitten, you must see a doctor in time.