Where is snakes found

Contact a licensed snake removal service, they will be able to catch the snake and remove it. If possible, watch where the snake goes so the snake catcher can find it. Snake catchers are licensed under the National Parks and Wildlife Act If a snake catcher captures a snake that is not an eastern brown snake, it must be either relocated back into a suitable habitat within two kilometres of where it was captured, or humanely destroyed.

Snake catchers can also locate, capture and relocate common reptiles that are causing anxiety to a person, such as bluetongue lizards and bearded dragons, within their normal range. Disclaimer: The department accepts no responsibility for any accidents which may occur through the actions of the snake catcher or any other person in the capture, holding, consignment or release of any venomous snake. The Department for Environment and Water acknowledges Aboriginal people as the First Peoples and Nations of the lands and waters we live and work upon and we pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging.

We acknowledge and respect the deep spiritual connection and the relationship that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have to Country.

The Department works in partnership with the First Peoples of South Australia and supports their Nations to take a leading role in caring for their Country.

In South Australia, the majority of venomous snakes found in residential areas are the: eastern brown snake Pseudonaja textilis red-bellied black snake Pseudechis porphyriacus copperhead snake Austrelaps superbus western brown snake Pseudonaja nuchalis tiger snake Notechis scutatus. Cobras, vipers and other related species are the only snakes that use venom to hunt.

Most snakes simply swallow their prey whole. Large snakes, such as the python, will strangle their prey to death and then swallow it whole. Snakes can eat other animals 75 to percent bigger than their own size, according to National Geographic. They have been known to eat animals such as crocodiles and cows. To fit the large prey into their mouth, the snake's jaw will unhinge. Once the animal is inside, the snake's body releases enzymes to break the food down into useable energy.

Snakes don't need to eat as often as other animals because they have a very slow metabolism rate. King cobras, for example, can live for months without food. Sometimes, though, eating a live animal can result in disaster. Snakes have been known to explode after eating a living animal , though it is not known why. Snakes live in almost every corner of the world. They are found in forests, deserts, swamps and grasslands.

Many call underground burrows or the spaces under rocks home. Some snakes, like the cottonmouth water moccasin of North America live in water part of the time. Though they are found all over the world, snakes do not, however, like the cold. This is because they are cold blooded or ectothermic. This means that they don't have the means to regulate their body temperature like warm blooded creatures.

If it is cold outside, then the snake will be cold, too, since their bodies do not use energy to create heat to warm them. When it is cold, many snakes hibernate in tunnels underground. Others seek warmer areas, such as inside humans' homes. When staff and a vet collected it and took it to the hospital in Grays "it was hissing and spitting", she said. It was a "very agitated and aggressive" creature.

Although not the world's most poisonous snake, the saw-scaled viper is quick to bite when it feels threatened. They possess a highly toxic venom that contains enzymes known as metalloproteinases, which can lead to haemorrhaging, causing victims to bleed to death. The viper was put in a locked box, in a room which was then sealed up, and warning signs posted on the door to alert other staff to the newest, and potentially lethal, resident. Ms Schwar said they had arranged to have the snake collected and looked after by "a responsible owner" who fully understood the species.

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