LSM1303 Animal Behaviour Student Blog

Pythons are one of the biggest snakes in the world, better known as constrictors. As suggested by their name, they kill their prey by first grabbing the prey by their teeth, then coiling themselves around the prey and suffocating them to death. After Read More...

I remember getting an e-mail a few years back regarding a man-eating python ! Besides that, there have been so many other stories about and photos showing snakes swallowing their unfortunate human victims, whole — THIS IS NOT FOR THE FAINT-HEARTED ! There Read More...

Ophidiophobia. Sound like anything you know? Perhaps it's something you might have . The fear of snakes is something that many people can relate to, and even if you don't necessarily faint at the sight of one, you might be guilty of the occasional shudder Read More...