They are mildly venomous snakes, but their tiny, fixed rear fangs make them harmless to humans. Their diets are variable depending on their range, but they are known to eat rodents, lizards, frogs, birds, and bats. The smallest species reach about 2 feet in length and the largest grow to 4 feet. Knowledge of their behavior in the wild is limited, but they are thought to be highly arboreal, rarely descending from the canopy. There are five recognized species of flying snake, found from western India to the Indonesian archipelago. Since the movies release, rumors have stated it started life as Escape From Mars, which would have featured Kurt Russells Snake Plissken in place of Cubes Desolation Williams. Scientists don’t know how often or exactly why flying snakes fly, but it’s likely they use their aerobatics to escape predators, to move from tree to tree without having to descend to the forest floor, and possibly even to hunt prey. Ghosts Of Mars is definitely a film with its charms, however, including being Jason Stathams action debut and a rocking music score. Flying snakes are technically better gliders than their more popular mammalian equivalents, the flying squirrels. By undulating back and forth, the snake can actually make turns. It propels itself from the branch with the lower half of its body, forms quickly into an S, and flattens to about twice its normal width, giving its normally round body a concave C shape, which can trap air. To prepare for take-off, a flying snake will slither to the end of a branch, and dangle in a J shape. Once thought to be more parachuters than gliders, recent scientific studies have revealed intricate details about how these limbless, tube-shaped creatures turn plummeting into piloting. They’re gliders, using the speed of free fall and contortions of their bodies to catch the air and generate lift. In the Airįlying snake is a misnomer, since, barring a strong updraft, these animals can’t actually gain altitude. I really hope that children who pick it up enjoy the adventures of our little Italian underdog (cat).The image of airborne snakes may seem like the stuff of nightmares (or a certain Hollywood movie), but in the jungles of South and Southeast Asia it is reality. So before I knew it, I was writing about Toto and her brother Silver's nocturnal adventures around London. Like a lot of cat owners (or cat servants), we like to imagine our pets having secret lives when we're out or asleep. One of them, Toto, has been blind from birth, but we quickly realised she had ninja-like reactions. Can they find the giant snake before it's too late? Dermot says, 'The idea for Toto first came to me when my wife and I rescued two stray cats from an olive grove in Italy. By day Toto and Silver seem to be ordinary cats, but by night they love to have adventures! One evening, news reaches Toto that a king cobra has escaped from London Zoo! Together with help from a very posh rat and two hungry tigers, Toto and Silver must investigate. Toto is almost totally blind and learned to trust her senses from a ninja cat-master who taught her back in Italy, where they were born. Toto the cat and her brother, Silver, live footloose and fancy-free in a townhouse in London. For fans of The Aristocats, The Secret Life of Pets, 101 Dalmatians and Atticus Claw Breaks the Law. Meet Toto: she's no ordinary cat, and she can't wait to have an adventure with you! Join Toto for a funny animal escapade written by one of the UK's best-loved broadcasters.
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