The activity law of snakes

What is the activity rule of ⒈ non-venomous snake?

The activity of snakes has certain rules, and the distribution of snake species is different, and the activity rules of snakes are obviously different. In Shandong Province, for example, the activity of non-venomous snakes is roughly as follows: every year around the middle of April (solar calendar), when the outside temperature slowly rises to 15: 18 ℃, all kinds of snakes wake up from hibernation and crawl from their hibernating nests to the mouth of the cave or to the sunny place to bask in the sun. After May, when the temperature basically stabilized, snakes moved out of their nests, drank water, and mated. But not very interested in the food fed, only a small number of snakes eat. In June, the weather in the north is already very hot, the feeding ability of snakes has increased significantly, and most of them have entered the peak period of molting. July to August is the summer and plum rain season, and it is also the spawning period for snakes. This season, they often move around the water, and even soak their entire bodies in the water, only showing snakeheads to surface, while others rest in the shade all day, mostly in the early morning or at night. From September to November, the temperature is moderate, which is more suitable for the living habits of snakes, so the amount of activity and food consumption increase significantly. The weather gradually turned cooler in November, and snakes were seen eating or basking in the sun when the weather was warm in the first ten days; once in the last ten days, the temperature became obviously lower, and the snakes entered the early stage of hibernation. From December to the first ten days of April of the following year is the hibernating period of snakes, which lasts more than 5 months.

What is the activity pattern of ⒉ vipers?

The activity law of venomous snakes is the same as that of non-poisonous snakes, and there are obvious differences due to different regions and species. Some like foraging activities during the day, such as cobra, king-eyed snake, etc., which are called diurnal snakes by snake scientists; some like to go out at day and night, such as golden ring snake, silver ring snake, red chain snake, tortoise shell snake and so on. They are afraid of bright light during the day and like to come out at night and hunt for food, which are called nocturnal snakes. Some like to move in low light and often come out in the early morning, evening and rainy days to find food, such as Agkistrodon halys, five-step snake, bamboo leaf green, iron head and so on, which are called morning faint snakes.

The specific activity time of the venomous snake is also related to the activity time of the prey, which is not immutable. For example, Agkistrodon halys preys more than frogs and rodents around dusk, but "Snake Island" Agkistrodon halys wait for birds on sunny branches during the day. * Western Agkistrodon halys also often prey on birds during the day.

The activity law of venomous snakes varies with the seasons. In mid-March every year (from sting to Qingming Festival), venomous snakes slowly wake up from hibernation, but their response is slow and slow, so it is a good season for hunting snakes in the wild. From April to May (from Qingming Festival to Lesser Fullness of Grain), venomous snakes gradually increased their mobility and began to look for food everywhere, but the crawling speed was still relatively slow, and it was also a good season for snakes to molt and mate. In June (before Lesser Fullness of Grain reached the height of summer), venomous snakes often went out to look for food, drink water and play in the water, entering a prosperous period of activities. July 8 (before Lesser Heat to the End of Heat) is the month with the highest temperature of the year. Most snakes completely leave their hibernating places and move to live by the water with good concealed conditions, and often go out and look for food in the morning and evening or at night. From September to October (before White Dew to Frosts Descent), venomous snakes entered the active season for the second time, and the amount of foraging increased greatly. "the autumn wind rises, the three snakes are fat," which refers to this season, which increases the storage of nutrients in the body through a large number of predation, laying the foundation for overwintering and keeping out the cold in winter. After November (Frosts Descent), when the temperature dropped below 13 ℃, venomous snakes gradually entered their nests (caves) to hibernate and did not wake up until the coming spring season.

What is the activity pattern of venomous snakes in the posterior sulcus tooth of ⒊?

The back groove tooth venomous snake belongs to the family Viperidae, which is an intermediate species between venomous snake and non-venomous snake. most of these snakes belong to small and medium-sized snakes, so they are mainly raised by larger red-chain snakes and tiger spot snakes.

Through breeding, it is found that the life law of these two kinds of snakes is also between poisonous snakes and non-poisonous snakes. For example, tiger-spotted snakes come out after more rainstorms or showers, and then hunt a large number of prey; some impatient prey, whether it is the head or not, blindly swallow into the mouth. Red chain snakes belong to nocturnal snakes, which mostly come out of their nests and hunt for food after 8 p.m., and return to the original cave until the early morning of the next morning when the east turns white. If it is found that most of the snakes that are active outside the nest during the day are sick snakes, attention should be paid; but those who soak their bodies in the water and only show their heads to breathe are healthy snakes.

Chinese water snakes are mostly used as artificial feed snakes. This snake likes to soak its body in water in summer, similar to the red chain snake, except that several or dozens of water snakes are often intertwined. A considerable number of water snakes are very good at climbing on tree trunks, branches or shrubs to enjoy the cool. This snake has strong cold resistance and hunger resistance, so it is suitable for feeding Wang Jin snake and large red chain snake. Eye snake and silver ring snake also like to devour it.

Will ⒋ feeding change the activity pattern of snakes?

Although snakes are ugly and ferocious, they give people a sense of fear, but in fact they are very timid and afraid of people. Therefore, when entering the food field, try to move quickly, do not make any noise, and minimize the stay time in the snake farm as far as possible, so as not to cause abnormal activities due to the large number of people entering the field or staying for a long time, resulting in unnecessary "surplus" of the food fed, and then increase the amount of labor tomorrow morning, resulting in direct damage to manpower and material resources.

Will the activity of snakes be changed when the pool is cleared and the water is changed in the ⒌ field?

Because the peak of snake activity is in summer and autumn, the water consumption is obviously more than that in spring, and the frequent change of water in the pool will affect the activity law of snakes. In addition, when changing water, the snakes in the water are usually fished out or blown away, and the normal habitat of snakes is forcibly destroyed, and some snakes refuse to eat because they are scared. It is recommended that you do not put in food for 2-3 days after changing water, so as to avoid wasting food.

Will ⒍ change the snake's behavior when it encounters bad weather?

"knowing cold and warm, distinguishing sunny yin" is not only the instinctive reaction of snakes themselves, but also a relatively primitive adaptability of snakes to resist the harsh climate of nature. From the regular abnormal reactions of snakes, people can understand the weather changes through the accumulation of experience, and the reasonable arrangement of farming and travel can explain a lot.

Most snakes not only know the cold and fear the heat, but also hate the wind and rain. When there is no wind or a breeze, they often come out of the hole; when there is a wind of three to four, they rarely come out of the hole; and when there is a wind of five to six, snakes rarely come out of the hole. According to aquaculture observation, snakes that are active, foraging and molting immediately return to their nests or habitats in the event of weather changes or sudden rain, with the exception of aquatic snakes, which return to their normal activities after bad weather.

Do ⒎ snakes change their activity patterns during the peak mating season?

Most will not change, only a few unhealthy snakes, because of serious physical exhaustion, and will prolong the mating time, naturally there is no previous pattern of activity. This is also a good way to distinguish between good and bad snakes. The activity pattern of snakes can be easily observed during the concentrated mating period in spring, because the grass and vegetation in the snake farm have not yet grown well, and the snake farm appears relatively open, which is much easier to observe than in other seasons.

⒏ snakes encounter a sudden enemy, what are the best ways to escape?

Usually people only know that snakes are timid and run when they are in danger, but snakes have some interesting tricks that are little known.

⑴ thickening: encounter unbearable enemies, some snakes can suddenly thicken and enlarge their bodies in a short time, become much more beautiful in appearance, and turn their heads into obvious triangles, making people mistake them for poisonous snakes. In fact, this snake is called the neck snake, also known as the "pseudo-pit viper", is a typical non-venomous snake.

⑵ discoloration: when necessary, the color of the body color into the surrounding environment is roughly similar, such as grass, branches, rocks, to form a protective color, so that people (animals) are not easy to detect, easy to raid each other. Such snakes are "Snake Island" Agkistrodon halys, Zhuyeqing, Cuiqing snake and so on.

⑶ spray poison: the most venomous snakes that can spray poison are the king cobra, the cobra, and the five-step snake. Its spray range can reach more than 2 meters, if sprayed into each other's eyes, there is a risk of poisoning or blindness. This kind of venomous snake is used to achieve the purpose of subduing hostile animals.

⑷ smelly: a large and ferocious king snake among non-venomous snakes, although it has the unique ability to swallow its own kind and cobra alive, it sometimes uses stinking tricks to stun or fumigate its natural enemies.

⑸ screams: this is a common trick used by Cobra and Cobra to fight back the enemy. When they encounter enemies, they can quickly expand their necks and erect more than 1 stroke of their body. at the same time, they make a threatening sound of "whooping" in their mouths, and the patterns on their heads and necks are as if they are wearing "glasses". Most of the natural enemies are prohibitive.

⑹ playing dead: playing dead is a common skill of cowardly snakes to escape from enemies. It can lie (curled up) on the ground and play dead to paralyze each other, allowing them to arch, scratch and kick with their mouths. The snakes that can pretend to be dead are Agkistrodon halys and spotted brocade snakes, which will be "resurrected" after the enemy leaves.

⑺ launching: as the saying goes, "Snakes avoid disaster, come into the water". Most snakes can swim and dive, while the natural enemies of "dry ducks" who do not know how to swim can only watch the snakes escape from the water, such as Wang Jinshe.

⑻ cold gun: Golden ring snake, silver ring snake, red chain snake have the habit of hiding their heads under their curled bodies, often giving each other a sense of honesty and shyness. Can take advantage of the other side does not pay attention, will suddenly pop up to hit the cold gun, a severe bite, its hit rate is quite high, so that the enemy is difficult to prevent, such as the golden ring snake.

⑼ slips away: the black snake, nicknamed "a sliver of black", never takes the initiative to attack people and animals. Once you feel that there is a slight vibration on the ground, whether it is an enemy or a friend, you will slip away and run away.

It is precisely because of the above tricks that snakes can still survive tenaciously under the tragic situation of "ten people seeing snakes and nine people fighting".