He believes that this group of animals should be valued and admired rather than feared. This snake has greatly enlarged anterior teeth. It rests in trees looping its body over a horizontal branch. Under natural conditions snakes feed more or less exclusively on living prey. Coils thrown around the body of the victim prevent it from inhaling.
Pythons are mostly 'ambush hunters' that lunge at passing animals from a hiding place.
The crushed empty shell is regurgitated. Tree boas are nocturnal snakes that use both active and ambush hunting methods to catch their prey. Although mostly a burrowing snake, it is also commonly found in water. Several species of cobra also defend themselves by squirting venom. Their fangs have an orifice on the anterior surface, rather than at the tip, through which venom is forced at high pressure and directed at an enemy in a well-aimed stream.