Anacondas

Before I tell you about Anacondas I am going to answer some questions. Someone asked what type snake lives by the water and is black and yellow? The answer is a Garter snake and they do not bite or sting they are harmless. They also grow to be 5 feet. I live in the city but I visit my uncle and aunt and while I'm there I look for snakes and lizards. In the summer my uncle takes me and my brother snake hunting and on snake drives.

Now I will tell you about Anacondas.
The Anaconda is one of the largest snakes on earth. This Snake can grow up to be 20 feet long and wider than a mans arm. The anaconda is the one of the heaviest snakes in the world. This huge snake can weigh 500 lbs. Anacondas belong to a family snakes called Boas. Boas kill by constricting. They squeeze the animal until it quits breathing. Anacondas are the most amazing animals on earth.
~Shayden~

An Anaconda

Answers

Today I am going to answer some questions.

1. I have seen 5 rattle snakes.

2. The black and white snake in my king snake post is a king snake. There are Mountain king snakes, California king snakes, Mole king snakes, Scarlet king snakes, Florida king snakes, Western and Eastern king snakes and many other types. If you go to Wikipedia you can see many different types. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingsnake


3. All snakes can swim. They use the top of the water to help them swim by lifting about 1/2 of their body out of the water. Some snakes, such as Northern water snakes, redbelly watersnakes, brown water snakes, banded water snakes, and cottonmouth snakes are more likely to be seen in the water.


Shayden

Sonora Whipsnake

I had a question to answer so I am going to answer it real quick. Someone asked me if garter snakes can be together? Yes they can.

Sonora Whip snakes are slender and fast like a whip. That's where it got its name from. An observer only gets a moment before the snake runs off. Because the snake is a good climber they often spend most of their time in trees or in a steam bed. They have large eyes and grayish faded olive bodies with lighter stripes on each side that fade toward the tail.

Coach whip

Coach whips go in trees too.

You can print out a snake bookmark

Prayer

Could you pray for our sister, Shyloh? She is sick. She's laying on the couch, barely able to move. She is staying at our house until she's better.
Thank you
Shaylah, Shayden, and Shannen

King snakes

A Mountain King snake is a snake from the mountains. They bite a lot, but their bite does not hurt. They do good in captivity. Once you've had them for a week they wont try getting out. If you wanted to get one you would have to hold it a lot so it won't bite anymore. Their bite feels like a pinch. The "king" in their name (as with the king cobra) is because of their taste for other snakes.

Some species of king snake, such as the Scarlet King snake, have colors and patterns which can cause them to be confused with the venomous coral snakes. There are rhymes to help people distinguish between the coral snake and its non-venomous look-alike, including "Red and yellow kills a fellow. Red and black is safe for Jack." My uncle Micah taught us that.

Kingsnakes are commonly kept as pets in the United States. You can feed them rats and mice depending on how big your snake is. If you were to mix snakes you need to be careful because my uncle had a kingsnake eat his gopher snake!

This is a King snake


Here is a King snake color page
(click and print)

You can do your own report on snakes!
(click and print)

Learning how to ride a bike.

I am late posting on this, but I still want to. Poppet learned how to ride her bike in March. Daddy, Shayden, Shaylah, and I took turns helping her ride her bike. It was a lot of fun. At first she was really scared, but after she got the hang of it, well that's a different story:) She is really good at riding her bike now, and can even go to the bike trail with us. Every spare moment she has she rides her bike. Every time we are in the front, she rides her bike. All she does these days is ride her bike. She loves her bike!

~Shannen

How To Store and Organize Cats

I recently got this email and I thought it was really cute, so here's for all you cat lovers (including me:).

~Shaylah

How in the world did they get these pictures???

Cats won't sit still!!!

To those who have cats living with them.

Even if you don't, you can still enjoy these pictures too:)

HOW TO STORE AND ORGANIZE CATS: