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- Constriction abstract "Constriction is a method used by various snake species to kill their prey. Although some species of venomous and mildly venomous snakes do use constriction to subdue their prey, most snakes which use constriction lack venom. The snake initially strikes at its prey and holds on, pulling the prey into its coils or, in the case of very large prey, pulling itself onto the prey. The snake will then wrap one or two coils around the prey.Contrary to myth, the snake does not crush the prey, or even break its bones. Traditionally, it has been thought that snakes hold tightly enough to prevent the prey from drawing air into its lungs, resulting in death from asphyxia. However, some prey items seem to die faster than would be possible through asphyxia, so it has also been suggested that the pressure of constriction causes a rise in the pressure in the prey's body cavity greater than the heart can counter, resulting in immediate cardiac arrest. This new hypothesis has yet to be confirmed, but data indicates that snakes can exert enough pressure for this mechanism to be plausible.Certain groups of snakes have characteristic patterns of constriction, including the number of coils they use and the orientation of the coils.Venomous snakes that also use constriction include the mussuranas (ophiophagous South American mildly venomous rear-fanged colubrids which uses constriction to subdue snakes including pit vipers), the western terrestrial garter snake (North American colubrid which is an inefficient constrictor and, like most Thamnophis garter snakes, mildly venomous), some species of Boiga snakes (Asian and Australian rear-fanged colubrids) including the brown tree snake (Boiga irregularis), and some species of Australian elapids, including some of the venomous Pseudonaja brown snakes and one Australian coral snake Simoselaps, and a few Australian colubrids.".
- Constriction thumbnail EpicratesCenchriaCenchria4.jpg?width=300.
- Constriction wikiPageID "853117".
- Constriction wikiPageRevisionID "598396997".
- Constriction hasPhotoCollection Constriction.
- Constriction subject Category:Snakes.
- Constriction comment "Constriction is a method used by various snake species to kill their prey. Although some species of venomous and mildly venomous snakes do use constriction to subdue their prey, most snakes which use constriction lack venom. The snake initially strikes at its prey and holds on, pulling the prey into its coils or, in the case of very large prey, pulling itself onto the prey.".
- Constriction label "Constricción".
- Constriction label "Constriction".
- Constriction label "Constrição".
- Constriction label "Konstriktion".
- Constriction sameAs Konstriktion.
- Constriction sameAs Constricción.
- Constriction sameAs Constrição.
- Constriction sameAs m.03hb3g.
- Constriction sameAs Q495626.
- Constriction sameAs Q495626.
- Constriction wasDerivedFrom Constriction?oldid=598396997.
- Constriction depiction EpicratesCenchriaCenchria4.jpg.
- Constriction isPrimaryTopicOf Constriction.
