11 MOST AWESOME HYBRID ANIMALS

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1. Tigon        The tigon's genome includes genetic components of both parents, thus, they can exhibit visible characteristics from both parents: they can have both spots from the mother (lions carry genes for spots - lion cubs are spotted and some adults retain faint markings) and stripes from the father. Any mane that a male tigon may have will appear shorter and less noticeable than a lion's mane and is closer in type to the ruff of a male tiger. It is a common misconception that tigons are smaller than lions or tigers. They do not exceed the size of their parent species because they inherit growth-inhibitory genes from both parents, but they do not exhibit any kind of dwarfism or miniaturization; they often weigh around 180 kilograms (400 lb)   2. Zebroid      A zebroid is the offspring of any cross between a zebra and any other equine to create a hybrid. In most cases, the sire is a zebra stallion. Offspring of a donke...
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THE FLYING SNAKE

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Chrysopelea, more commonly known as the flying snake or the gliding snake, is a genus that belongs to the family Colubridae. Flying snakes are mildly venomous, though the venom is dangerous only to their small prey. Their range is in Southeast Asia, southernmost China, India, and in Sri Lanka.



COMMON NAME: Flying Snakes

SCIENTIFIC NAME: Chrysopelea

TYPE: Reptiles

DIET: Carnivore

SIZE: Up to 4 feet

They creep, They hiss, They.... fly?

Don’t let their wingless bodies fool you snakes in the lowland tropical forests of Southeast and South Asia can glide as far as 100 feet through the air. They push off from tree branches while rotating their ribs to flatten their abdomen, making side to side movements as they glide. 

 

Flying snake is a misnomer, since, barring a strong updraft, these animals can’t actually gain altitude. They’re gliders, using the speed of free fall and contortions of their bodies to catch the air and generate lift. Scientists don’t know how often or exactly why flying snakes fly, but it is likely they use their aerobatics to escape predators or to move from tree to tree without having to descend to the forest floor, and possibly even to hunt prey.

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The flying snake Diet

Chrysopelea are diurnal, which means they hunt during the day. Their diets are variable depending on their range, but they are known to eat rodents, lizards, frogs, birds, and bats. They are mildly venomous snakes, but their tiny fixed rear fangs makes them harmless to humans.

Its Population
There are five species of flying snake, which all belong to the genus Chrysopelea found from western India to the Indonesian archipelago. Understanding of their behavior in the wild is still very limited, but they are thought to be highly arboreal, rarely descending from the trees. The smallest of their species reach about 2 feet in length and the largest grows up to 4 feet.

The flying snake Venom
The species is considered mildly venomous, with a few confirmed cases of medically significant envenomation. Chrysopelea species are not included in lists of snakes considered venomous to man.

 It's Reproduction
  Very little is actually known about the flying snake reproduction. What is known is that they are oviparous [egg layers] and the males of the species, like all other species of snakes and lizards, reproduce using a bi-lobed reproductive structure known as the hemipenes. The hemipenes reside in the cloacal vent, or the posterior opening for the intestines, urinary tract and genitals, of the male snake and are stored in the snakes tail. During copulation, the males hemipenes are inserted into the cloacal vent of the female where the male then deposits his sperm to fertilize the females eggs. This particular species can lay anywhere from 5-11 eggs in a single clutch of eggs. The gestation period of the species is not known. Like the offspring's parents the young that emerge are very brightly colored and can range from 15-20 cm in length.
 
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