know the mechanisms used by snakes to capture its prey,
Many snakes produce venom, which is essentially very strong saliva, in glands in their heads (which is where you produce your saliva, too). We call these glands venom glands if they are well-developed, complete with an interior cavity, a duct connecting to a hollow fang, and compressor muscles that generate high pressures when the jaws are rapidly closed. , but still relatively effective, modifications to their teeth in order to deliver venom after they have grabbed their prey and are "chewing" on it. The teeth of modern snakes are classically divided into four types, three of which are typically called fangs. The four tooth types have fancy names, all of which involve the Greek word glyph, one of the meanings of which is "groove". They are as follows:
2. Solenoglyphous
Folding of solenoglyphous fangs. Fang is in red, maxilla green, prefrontal orange, pterygoid yellow, ectopterygoid purple.
This most sophisticated fang type evolved once, in the ancestor to all modern vipers, which lived in Asia about 40 million years ago.
3. Proteroglyphous
Proteroglyphous fangs of an Eastern Green Mamba
(Dendroaspis angusticeps). Don't try this. From Bauchot (2006)
This fang type also evolved only once, in the ancestor to all modern elapids, which lived 25-40 mya in Asia or Africa.
Proteroglyphous fangs are in the front of the mouth and are about three times shorter than solenoglyphous fangs.
4. Opisthoglyphous
Opisthoglyphous fang of Eastern Hog-nosed Snake
These are commonly known as "rear-fanged" snakes. Opisthoglyphous fangs are grooved rather than hollow and are found near the back of the maxilla, behind the normal teeth. Typically, snakes with rear fangs must chew on their prey to bring their fangs into a biting position. There is considerable variation in the size, shape, and number of opisthoglyphous fangs from species to species, and sometimes even within a species.
Opisthoglyphous fangs of Boomslang (Dispholidus typus)
Don't do this either.
Most of these snakes are not harmful to humans, with a few notable exceptions. Boomslangs and Twigsnakes are arboreal, diurnal African colubrines that prey on lizards and birds. They have short heads, rear fangs situated comparatively close to the front of the mouth, and partially muscled Duvernoy's glands. They also have potent venoms and their bites have killed several people, including two prominent snake biologists, Karl Schmidt and Robert Mertens. Bites from other rear-fanged snakes are known to cause relatively mild, transient, and local symptoms, but clinical documentation of these bites and their effects is scattered, incomplete, and frequently anecdotal. Many are written by the victim themselves! The above notwithstanding, bites from opisthoglyphs are generally less medically important than those from proteroglyphs and solenoglyphs. As a result, snake venom research has not focused on them, so there is still much that we do not know about this group of snakes, some of which are becoming increasingly common in the pet trade. Based on what little we do know, the composition of opisthoglyph venom/Duvernoy's secretion is fairly similar to that of viperids, elapids and atractaspidines, which makes sense given that each of these groups is more closely related to certain opisthoglyphs than they are to one another.
nonvenomous aglyphs, a discovery that has led to the misleading generalization that all snakes are venomous and much subsequent misunderstanding among the non-scientific community. Toxic saliva does not a venomous animal make, as evidenced by the fact that even human saliva injected subcutaneously will produce pain and swelling.
be careful even human being you can be a nice prey for snakes.