It's been quite a while since I posted my last video.. So I decided I'll start with sharing a really cool feeding video with you, an underwater feeding of dice snakes. :) I hope you'll enjoy it!
The food items in this video are frozen smelts, powdered with supplements containing vitamin b. Normally the snakes are fed "on land" so the powder won't get rinsed off.
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General Information on Dice Snakes:
"The dice snake (Natrix tessellata) is a Eurasian nonvenomous snake belonging to the family Colubridae, subfamily Natricinae. It is also called water snake.
Females are bigger than males. Their typical size is 1.0–1.3 m (39–51 in) long. Their color may vary from greyish green to brownish or almost black, with dark spots on the back. The belly is sometimes vividly coloured in yellow or orange, with black spots, very similar to dice, hence the name.
Living mainly near rivers, streams and lakes, it frequently feeds on fish. Sometimes, it feeds also on amphibians such as frogs, toads, and tadpoles.
Classified as nonvenomous, N. tessellata produces a potent antihemorrhagin in its serum[4] and has been said to produce a neurotoxin through a gland in its mouth.[5] As a defence, it spreads a very bad-smelling secretion from its cloaca. Another defence mechanism is thanatosis, playing dead.
During the mating season (March–May), they congregate in large groups. Egg-laying is usually in July, and one clutch consists of 10–30 eggs. The young snakes hatch in early September.
Dice snakes hibernate from October to April in dry holes near the water."
Wikipedia contributors. (2022, February 21). Dice snake. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 09:34, September 19, 2022, from [ Ссылка ]
Filmed with an Olympus TG-2 Tough Edition
Song: Inspired (Instrumental) by NEFFEX
