HARYANA, India – The red sand boa is a non-venomous snake that thrives in dry scrublands and grasslands that offer loose sand the snake can burrow into and hide as it awaits its prey. Being one ...

Many snakes burrow headfirst in sand or soil, some generating high forces to achieve this. All snakes are carnivores. Their diets range from large mammals to birds, fish, insects, earthworms, eggs, ...

There's plenty of air in the tiny spaces between grains of sand; the problem for sand-burrowing animals is how to get that air into their lungs while keeping the sand out ...