WHAT TYPE WERE THEY?
SINAI DESERT
MALTA ETC
VENOMOUS SNAKES IN THE BIBLE
by badboy 11 Replies latest jw friends
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Priest73
I was going to reply with "One eyed trouser snake" but I decided not too.
What sort of snakes are geographically located it that area today? -
Priest73
Sinai is home to the sand viper, a secretive creature, difficult to find and often misunderstood. Vipers are members of a
well-defined and advanced family of snakes found throughout the world. Their most distinctive characteristic is a pair of
shortened maxillare, each attached to a single long, hinged fang. Venom is forced through a long, enclosed channel in the
fangs. Vipers are typically short and stocky with broad heads. Some of the vipers in different parts of the Sahara have
horns (the horned viper).
The viper is considered to be one of the seven most venomous snakes in the world. The cerastes, or sand viper, can reach
a length of 85 cm and can be indentified by its very broad head. Moving in a sidewinding motion, it follows the form of
an Arabic number 4 over the soft sand which is its favourite habitat. It has long been adapted to the desert with beige
colouring and brown blotches over its back. Many are well-camouflaged snakes that ambush their prey. The crotalinae, a
subgroup of the viper family, are unique among snakes in possessing a pair of large, heat-sensitive pits between the eye
and nostrils.
The viper lays twenty eggs and feeds on mammals and lizards. Since lizards are swifter movers than vipers, sand vipers
use the submerging method as a means of ambush. At night when the temperature drops, they return to the cracks.
http://www.subsinai.com/faunaguide/index.html -
JK666
The only Snakes I know can be a real asp at times.
JK
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White Dove
I like snakes and want a boa, someday. If I was to ever have a venomous snake, I would have the fangs removed. I wonder if they would still try to bite, then. If so, I would only have a boa.
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badboy
WHAT KIND OF SNAKE WAS IT THAT BIT ST PAUL?
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worldtraveller
Probably a desert snake such as a sidewinder.
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badboy
SO THEY HAVE SIDEWINDERS ON MALTA!
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The Oracle
Just curious at to why you are asking badboy?
The Oracle
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badboy
BECAUSE THE BIBLE NEVER SAYS.