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Coastal Taipan By Christopher B. Mrs. Zoanetti

Coastal Taipan By Christopher B. Mrs. Zoanetti. Appearance. Forked tongue Scales Size up to 9.5 feet (2.9m) long. Habitat. Farms, Woodlands Australia New Guinea. What does its habitat look like?. Coastal areas , including grassy ,beach dunes , dry and wet forests

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Coastal Taipan By Christopher B. Mrs. Zoanetti

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  1. Coastal TaipanBy Christopher B.Mrs. Zoanetti

  2. Appearance • Forked tongue • Scales • Size up to 9.5 feet (2.9m) long

  3. Habitat • Farms, • Woodlands • Australia • New Guinea

  4. What does its habitat look like? • Coastal areas , including grassy ,beach dunes , dry and wet forests • Farmed areas such as cane fields

  5. How does it prey on other animals? • Uses tongue to sense prey • Very quickly bites its prey and backs off

  6. What does it eat? • Small rats , mice , bandicoots , birds

  7. Who are its enemies? • Feral cats , dogs • humans

  8. How are its babies born? • 7 to 20 eggs , 10 to 14 weeks to hatch

  9. Interesting Facts • It has a enough venom to kill 12,000 guinea pigs

  10. Resources • Taipans ,Doug Wechshler, 2001. • http://a-z-animals.com/animals/

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