Q 01/05

Long thought to suffocate its prey, a python's squeeze is now known to kill mainly by causing what?

A) Internal bleeding

B) Cardiac arrest

C) Broken ribs

D) A broken neck

Answer · why

B) Cardiac arrest

Cardiac arrest comes quickly because the tightening coils stop blood reaching the heart and other vital organs, so even the giant species do not crush...

Q 02/05

The reticulated python of Southeast Asia holds which record among all the world's living snakes?

A) Heaviest

B) Fastest

C) Longest

D) Rarest

Answer · why

C) Longest

Longest is its title, with wild adults occasionally stretching past 6 metres, yet two bulkier species of snake still outweigh it.

Q 03/05

The ball python, a hugely popular pet snake, earned its name by doing what when frightened?

A) Curling up tightly

B) Puffing its body up

C) Playing dead

D) Burying itself

Answer · why

A) Curling up tightly

Curling up tightly with its head tucked in the middle is its defence instead of biting, which is one reason the species is so easy for people to handl...

Q 04/05

Which giant Asian pet-trade snake has overrun the Everglades and devastated its mammals?

A) Reticulated python

B) Blood python

C) Burmese python

D) Indian python

Answer · why

C) Burmese python

Burmese pythons were officially recognised as a breeding population in South Florida in 2000, and the United States banned further imports in 2012.

Q 05/05

Which pop star danced with a live albino python on her shoulders at the 2001 MTV Video Music Awards?

A) Christina Aguilera

B) Britney Spears

C) Jennifer Lopez

D) Janet Jackson

Answer · why

B) Britney Spears

Britney Spears also shared the stage with a white tiger that night, performing I'm a Slave 4 U at New York's Metropolitan Opera House.