Sneaky Snakes by Readworks

What is 23 feet long and as thick as a telephone pole?

• Burmese Python

• Rattle Snake

• Corn Snake

• Turtle

Where are Burmese python’s originally from?

• South America

• South Africa

• Asia

• Italy

How is it that America has recently had an increase in Burmese pythons?

• People releasing them into wild had as pets before.

• A crate of burmese pythons got loose.

• They fell from the sky.

How many pythons are there currently in Florida ?

• one hundred million snakes.

• tens of thousands snakes

• one million snakes

• ten snakes

How far can a python travel in a couple of weeks ?

• 100 miles

• 1 000 miles

• 3 000 miles

• 30 miles

What is one of the ways that the US government is coming up with to stop snakes coming into the United States ?

• They will kill all the snakes

• They will send all the snakes back to where they belong.

• They will lock all the snakes away.

• They will be banning new snakes from coming into America.

How do burmese pythons kill their prey

• They bite their prey

• They kiss their prey

• They tickle their prey.

• They constrict (strangle) their prey

How many eggs can a female python lay at a time ?

• 10 Eggs

• 1 000 eggs

• 100 eggs

• 200 eggs