Snakes are Known for making great escapes and giving surprises all the time
The Reptile Role:-
The Reptile Role:-
We Human Need Reptiles for Our Own Survival Why?
Eco System Services:-
The earth is Comprised of interconnected ecosystem.An ecosystem consists of web of organisms.. a collection of living links. each of which is essential to whole system.Think of It as bicycle wheel,with may spokes connecting the outside to the center.If Just one spoke is broken,the wheel is weakened and If more than one is lost,the entire structure buckles.
EcoSystem" Make the world go round" providing humans with food,water,oxygen and medicines by maintaining a balance flow of energy.Energy is produced by the Sun,Captured by plants and converted into form which is usable by other animals.These animals eat the plants ,other animals eat those animals, and so the cycle continous.
Whilst everyone is busy eating the next organism along the line,ecosystem services are provided.Plants are pollinated,oxygen is carted, water is filtered,Soil is enriched,prospective pests( Like Locusts ) are eaten meanwhile,somewhere in nearest big city someone is enjoying a nice loaf of bread from crop grown thanks to efforts of these busy little critters out bush.
However ,if one species is lost from this,the entire " Chain of command " changes If the species lost is predator,its usual prey will explode in number and eat too much food resources,causing further problem.
On the other hand,If the species lost is prey animals ,its predator will have less to eat and start eating too much of the other things,which in turns ,will soon be too few and far between to do their job.
In short,the loss of one species trigger a domino effect with potentially catastrophic results.
Now is many habitats ,snakes and other reptiles are both predators and prey.Hence,if they are lost from local ecosystem,or even simply reduces in number,two things will happen.
:- First,their usual food-lets mice-will increase,causing havoc amongest nearby crops.
:-Second,their usual presators-lets say,the local pair of swamp harriers will resort to eating more lizards,meaning the insects the normally eat increases and will that crop isn't looking too good anymore,so people might have to start going without those nice loaves of bread and thats just simplified version.
Medicine
Research into snake venom is uncovereing more and more potential for new and more effective medicines.Acoastaillready,several drugs concoated from snake venom are being used in the treatment of high blood pressure and other cardio-vasculaer disorder,whilst the blood clotting capabilities of taipan venom are currently being devloped for use in stopping excessive bleeding during vacular surgery and major taruma.
Even more exciting are studies are being conducted in south austrelia,whereby scientists are using snake venoms to devlope a new treatment for cencer tumours,thoughts to be equally or more effective tan chemotherapy without any of the harmful side effect.Meanwhile,other are dicovering new ,venomderived treatment for arthritis,epilepsy and more.May be those old joke about "snake oil" weren't far wrong.
Snake play a significant role in any ecosystem.Their presence or removal from an area directly impact the health of an ecosystem.Snakes are predators and feed on vairty of creatures.Snakes tend to control rodent population in particular.Snakes also represent important prey species for other predators.Ongoing developed currently threatens the survival o snakes i many ecosystem.
Carnivores
All snakes are predators.Snakes are carnivores and hunt a large variety of prey species.This prey includes other snakes,variety of small mammals,birds,fish and reptiles such as lizards.Snakes also feed on the eggs of select bird species and eat insectes and snails.Snakes keep the population of their various prey species under control.Snakes are termed" top-of-the-food-chain".They aer attracted to ecosystems where herbivorous species are well established and where the plant life is abdunt and healthy.The removal of snakes from such area affects the entire ecosystem in a negative way.
NAture Pest Control
ROdent and insectes make up a large proportion of their diet of many species.The feeding habitats of snakes act as a natural form of pest control.The presence of snakes negates the need for pesticides and related poisons,which have far-raching negative effect on an ecosystem.Biologists are releasing snakes in and around villages in vietam as means of protecting grains from the growing rodent population.A reduction in the rodent populaiton in these villages also reduce the spread of diseases the rodents transmit
Snakes as Prey
A Number of animals hunt and eat snakes.These predators depend on snakes to make up all or part of their natral diet.The removal of nsakes from ecosystems that include predators of snakes have a negative impact.The black-creasted snake eagle,together with a number of other raptors or birds of prey feed on snakes,as do mongoose and weasels.
Death in the EcoSystem
The many species of snakes are found in different types of ecosystems,but their presence in each is crucial to overall health of that system.Even the death of snake benifits the ecosystem.After death,the carcass of snake is decomposed by bacteria,worms and fungi,.Through this process,nutrients leach back into the soil and are used by grass and other plants life.Each living elements within an ecosystem reamins dependent on every other elements and even in death ,snakes contribute to the survival of the entire complex sysytem.
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