King Cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)

The king cobra is the largest venomous snake is the world. Growing up to 16ft the king cobra feeds mainly on birds, rats, and other snakes. Though its venom is not the most potent the king cobra is immune to the venom of all other venomous snakes. The king cobra lives in the forests and marshes of East Asia; it also has the ability to burrow under ground. The king cobra’s main predators are mongooses and hawks.

Desert Horned Viper (cerastes cerastes)

This viper uses its sandy coloring to blend in with its desert environment and to ambush prey. It lives in the deserts of north Africa.The desert viper's diet consists of birds, mice, rats, and lizards. It grows to 50cm in length. Most scientist believe that the horn's purpose is to reduce glare from the sun because other vipers have this characteristic and they live in areas where the sun is intense.

Sea Krait (Laticauda colubrina)

The sea krait is the most venomous sea snake.It grows to 6.6ft. The sea krait makes its home in rocky shores, beaches, and undersea caves of southeast Asia and northern Australia. It spends most of its time in the reefs where it hunts eels and fish. Thanks to its paddle-like tail, the sea krait is an excellent swimmer.

Inland Taipan (O. microlepidotus)

The inland taipan is the world's most venomous snake. In one drop of inland taipan veneom is enough to kill 200,000 mice. That's more than twice the amount of its cousin the coastal taipan and more than seventy-five times that of the dimond back rattle snake. The inland taipan lives in the Australian outback which explains why there are so few recorded deaths of people dying from its deadly veneom. The inland taipan's diet consists of mice, rats, and other small mammals and it grows to 12ft in length. Even as deadly as it sounds very few people have even seen the inland taipan because of where it lives and because of its shy nature.

When you first see it you may think that fencing is an easy sport, while in fact fencing requires the endurance of a track runner, the stamina of a boxer, and the speed of a soccer player. The three most important skills in fencing are footwork, point control, and blade work. To block an opponent’s sword with your sword is called a parry. There are nine different parries. There are also many styles of fencing; a few are foil, epe, and toto. In a bout, both players salute each other before the bout, and after the bout they both shake hands with their non-sword hand.

Metamorphosis

Every animal goes through the stages of child to adult, but not all animals go through metamorphosis. To metamorphosis is to go through many changes until the larva has changed completely into the different adult form,not just growing larger but loosing and replacing body parts. So if you saw the larva it would be difficult to guess what the adult looks like. The tadpole's example of metamorphosis mainly surrounds the loss and gain of body parts. First the tadpole gains legs and arms then loses its tail. The tadpole also loses its gills and obtaines new lungs. Another major part of metamorphosis is change in diet. For example at the tadpole stage the tadpole eats algae but once in the frog stage it preys of dragonflies and other invertebrates which preyed upon it when it was a tadpole. The caterpillars also has its own distinct example of metamorphosis. Instead of being active through the metamorphosis, like the tadpole the caterpillar builds a silk cocoon to protect itself while its changing, only to come out when the transformation is done. Like the tadpole the caterpillar also looses and gains body parts. The caterpillar looses its mandibles for a long proboscis and two wings. Like the tadpole after changing the butterfly's diet is far different instead of using mandibles to cut leaves the butterfly now uses its long proboscis to drink nectar from flowers. So when you think about it metamorphosis if similar in they ways it effects different animals.

Rosy Boa (Charina trivirgata)

The rosy boa is known for its brillant red coloring. This serpent grows to 39in in length and it lives in the rocky deserts of Arizona and California. They are most active at night so they can avoid the scorching sun. They hunt rodents and small birds while exploring tunnels. Like all constrictors the rosy boa kill there prey by squeezing them to death with their muscular coils.

Burmese Python (Python molurus)

This member of the Pyhonidea family has records of growing to 23ft in length. The Burmese python makes its home in the rainforests and fields of south and southeast Asia where it feeds on deer, birds, sheep and other mammals. This snake is also armed with heat pits that help it pin point its prey in total darkness.

Reticulated python (Python riticulatus)

The reticulated python of southeast Asia is the longest snake in the world growing to 16 feet in length with record lengths of 26ft 3in. It's a very aquatic snake and spends half its life in the water. Its diet consists of fish, rodents, deer, dogs, sheep, cats, water birds and on ocassion humans. The reticulated python is also the only snake that has had recorded cases of it tracking down, killing and eating a human. Being a very aggrassive snake the Reticulated python attacks immediately when provoked. The reticulated python is armed with four rows of razorsharp teeth and the gift of night vision. Like all constrictors the reticulated python kills its prey by squeezing its prey to death or drowning it.

Green Anaconda (Eunectes murinus)

Also know as the "Water boa" the green anaconda spends most of its time in the water. Bieng the heaviest snake the green anaconda can whiegh up to 400lbs. It makes its home in the amazon basin spending most of its time on the river bank and submerged in the water. The anaconda's diet consits of monkeys, water birds, rodents, fish, deer, boar, and caimens. The anaconda kills its prey by either drowning it or wraping its muscular coils around the prey and crushes it to death. The anaconda is equipped with four rows of razor sharp teeth that are hooked to keeep the prey in place and two heat pits at the front of the snout wich alow it to sense boudy heat. The green anaconda is one of the few snakes that grow big enough to be described as man eaters.

Amethystine python (Morelia amethistina)

The Amethystine python is a member of the Pythionidae family. Its diet mainly consists of vertabrates such as birds and rodents. This fantastic serpent grows to 28 feet in length and is distributed in New Guinea, Australia and parts of Indonesia.

Tadpole poem

This summer raising tadpoles has been an enjoyable venture. Catching the tadpoles is the funnest step. Once the tadpoles have sprouted legs it is amusing to watch them endeavor to reach the surface of the tank.