Found in the deserts of Northern Africa and the Middle East, horned snakes are little, more often than not under 50 cms in length. They frequently have a couple of horns over the eyes, yet there are likewise a few people that need them totally, and, in this way, can be effectively confused for different snakes. They are venomous, however their chomp is normally non deadly to people. At the point when debilitated they rub their loops together to deliver a notice sound before they strike. The horned snake was formally named "cerastes" in 1768, by Austrian naturalist Nicolaus Laurenti. Cerastes was a legendary Greek beast, a serpent that stowed away under the sand in the desert and trapped any passing animal, utilizing its horns as a bait. Humorously, the horned snake itself may have been the genuine motivation for the legendary Cerastes! Undoubtedly, the horned snake chases by covering up under the sand (leaving just its horns, eyes and nose uncovered) and striking at any little creature (for the most part rodents and reptiles) that approaches. Antiquated spectators may have misrepresented the snake's size and hazardousness, offering starting point to the Cerastes myth, which Laurenti recalled when naming the horned snake hundreds of years after the fact. The horned snake's horns, be that as it may, are not utilized as a bait; to date, nobody truly recognizes what the horns are utilized for, or why some horned snakes have them and some don't.
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