Results tagged “african rock python” on Earth Touch Blog
The week’s most viewed stories Jan 29 2008
The most popular stories on Earth-Touch in the past week (from Friday 11 January to Thursday 17 January 2008) were:
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These predators patrol the waters constantly, looming powerfully into view with a steely sheen.
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african rock python, blyde canyon, fig tree, plant, python, reptile, snake, south africa
Python remains close to kill Dec 17 2007
There is lots of activity at a waterhole at Meno A Kwena camp in the Kalahari Desert of Botswana. Large animals like kudu and zebra can be seen, but also smaller creatures like the African rock python (Python natalensis), in the Earth-Touch clip, Python regurgitates bird.
This snake must have felt threatened in some way and had regurgitated its meal, a young African red-eyed bulbul (Pycnonotus nigricans). The snake had not yet begun to digest the bird, so the meal must have been recent.
Did you know? Pythons as incubators Oct 10 2007
Although snakes are cold-blooded creatures, the female southern African python (Python natalensis) is able to raise her body temperature and regulate it to within a few degrees of the required 30ºC (86ºF) throughout the incubation period of her eggs (65 to 80 days). During this time she seldom leaves the nest.
Did you know? Snakes Oct 5 2007
In our recent clip, Python regurgitates bird, we see an African rock python which has just regurgitated an African red-eyed bulbul. One reason snakes sometimes regurgitate food is to get away from a threatening situation quickly.
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