The Bull Snake

by

Justin

 

 
The Bull Snake is 5 to 8 feet long.  It is cream colored  with black and brown markings.  The lifespan is unknown.

 

The Bull Snake's habitat is the sandy areas of North America.

 

The Bull Snake's diet is mice, rabbits, gophers and the ground squirrel.  The Bull Snake is a carnivore.   It suffocates its prey.

 

The Bull Snake starts off in an egg.  Then the egg hatches and a baby Bull Snake is born.  The baby Bull Snake then turns into an adult Bull Snake.

 

There is 2,700 species of snakes.  There is 600 venomous species.  They can have 100 to 400 vertebrae.  Their jaws open very wide.  The predators of the Bull Snake are the eagle and the hawk.  They have powerful muscles and powerful jaws.  They have a small head.    It is sometimes mistaken for the rattlesnake.