Snakes-can they really drink any liquid.It's a confusing question to me.
2006-06-16 19:25:40 · 19 answers · asked by smile 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
In many places the people offer milk to the snakes.If it's a poison they have to die ??
Will they drink water with their bifid tongue.
2006-06-16 19:40:36 · update #1
No, just a myth, they can drink water, but milk is not something they can find in nature as a liquid, so no way
2006-06-16 19:28:15 · answer #1 · answered by pogonoforo 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Since milk is produced by mammals and snakes are reptiles, milk certainly isn't their natural beverage of choice. However, milk doesn't contain anything that would be toxic or harmful to any biological system, so I doubt it would kill or harm the snake; (The other issue to consider is whether snakes possess the enzyme lactase, which is responsible for the breakdown of lactose, a primary sugar found in milk. If they do not have this enzyme, they might be "lactose intolerant" and thus the milk might not be properly digested.) In the wild, however, snakes do eat just about any type of prey - so it's logical to assume that they have a very tolerant digestive system and thus probably can drink and eat various things.
2006-06-30 07:03:37 · answer #2 · answered by Girl Biologist 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, snakes do not drink milk. They are forced to drink it. In India most os the people do not feed the snake before Nag Panchmi so that the snake drinks milk on that particular day to quench his/her thirst. The truth is that is the milk does not digest in the snakes body, it might even die.
2016-05-19 22:18:34 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Snakes are not designed to drink milk.
2006-06-26 08:01:49 · answer #4 · answered by Funchy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only the milk snake LOL , kidding
By nature, only mammals have the desire to nurse milk from their mothers
2006-06-27 18:41:30 · answer #5 · answered by browning.338 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes they can drink milk but it is not their actual food. it is hard to snakes to digest the milk
2006-06-16 19:37:29 · answer #6 · answered by grunt 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, snakes don't drink milk.
2006-06-30 02:55:15 · answer #7 · answered by aei_me 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I think that the only fluid they ingest is the fluid found to be within the poor defenseless creature that they are devouring such as the blood and urine...gross I can honestly say
2006-06-28 04:08:23 · answer #8 · answered by annonymous 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ya.they drink milk.......but i think the main reason to offer milk is coz wen snakes drink it , their poision also comes out in the milk.......but em not sooo sure
2006-06-16 22:52:31 · answer #9 · answered by nora 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They must do drink something .. every living thing that eats also drinks water
2006-06-16 19:50:52 · answer #10 · answered by Azul 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋