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DID YOU KNOW?
”Sense”ational Snakes and eyes set
Water snakes have nostrils

high on the
head, enabling
tOngueS tHAt SMeLL! them to see
and breathe
The long, forked tongues of snakes when the head Animesh Nayak, VII,
are used not only to detect and surfaces. Summer Fields School,
taste food, but also to smell! They Kailash Colony, Delhi
dart their tongues out to detect
enemies, mates or food. The PAired OrgAnS
molecules from the air are carried In their narrow bodies, the paired organs
to two small openings at the roof of (such as kidneys) appear one in front of the
their mouth by the tongue, where the other, instead of side by side.
smell is interpreted. Illustration by: Abhinav K., M. lathish, Vi a, riverside Public school, Kotagiri;
T. Akshreeya, VIII B, Angappa Educational Trust VI C, SG International Public laiba Khan, Viii a, Pine hall school, Dehradun; Divya
Senior Secondary School, Coimbatore School, Bangalore Dharshini,Viiia, little scholars Matric hr. sec. school,
Thanjavur

nO eArS!
HeAt ViSiOn!
Snakes do not have ears and are deaf
Snakes have a vision better to most sounds! Instead, they sense the
suited for the night. Some vibrations on the ground with their belly
snakes like pythons have scales and lower jaw. A popular myth
pit holes in front of their suggests that snakes dance to the tune
eyes to help them sense of the snake charmer’s flute but snakes
the heat given off by cannot hear! The snakes sway to the
warm-blooded prey. Illustration by: Bushra Banu, VII, Swami movement of the flute!
Vivekanand Rajkiya Mandal School, Bhilwara
D. sreeja, Vii, Kakinada Public school, Kakinada
SuPer ScALeS

Snakes are covered with scales made of keratin from the
epidermis. A layer containing pigments lies under the scaly Illustration by: Aakanksha
layer and is responsible for the snake’s unique colour patterns. Kumar, XI A2, St. Paul’s
School, Rampur
Brille is a transparent tough disc-shaped scale protecting the
eyes as snakes have no eyelids. The scales carry colours which
help them camouflage or act as warning signs.
shashwat gupta, Vii elites, swami Vivekanand Public school, Jagadhri;
ananya a. P, Viii a, Chinmaya Vidyalaya Cbse, Coimbatore

FOOd HABitS

Many species of snakes have skulls with several more joints that
their lizard ancestors had, enabling them to swallow prey much
larger than their heads with their jaws. And while they are eating
with their mouth full, they can still breathe as they have a little
tube at the bottom of their mouth that helps them get air.

Tharani N, riverside Public school, Kotagiri; s. sri Mahalakshmi, Viii, Cauvery Public
school, Karaikal; V. anuvarna, Viii b, angappa educational Trust senior secondary
school, Coimbatore

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