Snake and Centipede Interactions

In Africa, a female centipede dines on a grasshopper while keeping her young safe. She encounters a snake predator, which primarily feeds on centipedes. Despite her defense, the snake's venom overcomes her. The snake then faces the challenge of consuming the large centipede, eventually swallowing it whole. Fortunately, the centipede's young are not involved in this encounter.

What does the female centipede do with her young when she goes out to eat?

• She hides them in a burrow.

• She carries them with her.

• She leaves them at home.

• She hires a babysitter.

What is the primary diet of the small black-headed snake?

• Frogs

• Birds

• Centipedes

• Grasshoppers

How does the centipede react when attacked by the snake?

• It runs away.

• It fights back.

• It plays dead.

• It hides under a rock.

What challenge does the snake face after catching the centipede?

• Keeping the centipede alive

• Swallowing the centipede

• Avoiding other predators

• Finding a place to eat it

How does the snake manage to consume the centipede?

• It swallows it whole starting from the tail.

• It swallows it whole starting from the head.

• It waits for it to decompose.

• It chews it into pieces.

What is the outcome for the centipede's young in this encounter?

• They are left behind.

• They are taken by another predator.

• They escape unharmed.

• They are eaten by the snake.