Surprising facts about snakes

 Snakes, these reptiles are the most high-tech creatures on planet. 

These facts proves that they are the superheroes of animal kingdom !!!

1.  Snakes have thermal vision 

                       Snake can detect the body heat of a mouse several feet away even in total darkness.

2.  The fork in the tongue is a GPS  !!!!

                     The fork in the tongue picks up smells as it is a 3-D smelling system.

3.  Some snakes can glide.

4. Snakes can clone themselves.

5.  Snakes can go a year without food.

6. Snakes' bones are like rubber 

7.  Zombie reflex 

                      This is the most unsettling fact about snakes.

Snake is capable of biting even after it has died !!!

They are cold blooded and don't need much oxygen for brain.

Their reflexes stay active for a long time.

The head of the snake that is separated from the body can still sense heat and strike for upto an hour   !!!

This is the zombie reflex.

That's why one should never touch a dead snake.

Why do some people have dimples ??

 Dimples are the side effect of how face muscles have formed  !!!

They are not there for anything useful.

About 20 - 30% of people worldwide have dimples.

Why do we get them  ??

When our face was forming in womb, one cheek muscle got bit shorter or split.

So when we smile, this shortened muscle pulls the skin IN a little. This makes the dimple.

So, in simple words

     SHORT MUSCLE  +    SMILE   =   DIMPLE  !!!

Dimples tend to run in families.  It is because of genes.

If parents have dimples, their children are more likely to have them.

Dimples don't have any specific useful work to do  !!!

They are harmless and people often find them  " CUTE  ".

Can a snake bite through jeans and boots ??

  Snake can not bite through boots.

But sometimes through jeans, it can   !!!!

Standard hiking boots made of thick leather or rubber.  It is too dense for snake fangs to penetrate.

A snake can bite the boot but fangs won't reach the boots  !!!

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Denim slows fangs down but its not snake proof  !!!

Jeans will not let the fangs of small baby snakes to penetrate inside.

But fangs of larger snakes can go through a single layer of denim, especially if the fabric is tightly pressed against leg  !!!

Denim scrapes  venom off the fangs.  Even snake bite get through the denim, amount of injected venom would be less   !!!

Astronauts of different of countries

 This information was shared on Koun Banega Karodpati program.

Different countries call their space travellers by different names.  But they all do the same job.

USA      ----   Astronaut 

Russia       -----   Cosmonaut 

China    ----   Taikonaut

France     ----  Spationaut 

UAE      ----   Najmanaut 

Japan   ----   Uchu Hikoushi

INDIA     ---     GAGAN YATRI

Why do match sticks have red top ??? ??

 Red top of matchstick is not just for colour  !!!

It is the striking head ..... 

No.... No.....

It is not made of red phosphorus  !!!

The red colour is from   -----

1.  Potassium chlorate , This provides oxygen to burn

2.  Antimony Sulphide ,  Act  as fuel

3.  Iron Oxide ,  Acts as red dye  

What we use today as match sticks,

                 The red head DOESN'T CONTAIN phosphorus  !!!!

The phosphorus is on brown strip .....

The red head only ignites when  rubbed against this brown strip.