No, there are no snakes in the whole country, only two known sea snakes in the New Zealand waters, very rare, it is not easy to meet them in the sea. So, if there are no wild snakes, can New Zealand import snakes for pets? There are many people all over the world who like to keep cold-blooded animals, and snakes are beautiful pets in the eyes of a few people. In addition, New Zealand can also buy a small number of color changers and so on in pet stores, even if they escape to the wild is not invasive amphibians.
However, snakes are also not allowed to be kept as pets in New Zealand.
Even new Zealand zoos are snake-like.
Many Chinese believe that snakes hate sulfur and like warmth, while New Zealand is a volcanic and sulfur-rich ,and cold place; In fact, this statement is not true, "White Snake Biography" to see more will feel sulfur thrown into the wine can make the white snake appear.
According to scientific research, 100 million years ago, New Zealand and Australia, Africa, South America were all converged, and later plate drift movements moved New Zealand away from other continents, forming islands in the oceans. When did you start drifting? 85 million years ago.
And the closest "continent" to New Zealand, the Australian mainland, the earliest fossils of snakes, about 55 million years ago, which means that New Zealand is 30 million years (85 million to 55 million) away from the Australian mainland, Australia only appeared the first "snake", then before, there may not be such a creature on Earth, in New Zealand's limited land can not naturally evolve this species, The remote Tasman Sea has also prevented Australia's highly toxic reptiles from reaching New Zealand soil.
That's why New Zealand doesn't have "origin" snakes, and New Zealand's Department of Customs and Forgance is on guard against allowing a snake to "smuggle" 100 percent of New Zealand's pure land through modern means of transport.
Two little knowledges of multi-TIP:
First: There are currently only four or five places in the world (including islands and continents, which refer to large, human-inhabited islands) without snakes, including New Zealand, Antarctica, Greenland, Iceland, etc.
Second: How many snakes are there in Australia? More than 140 species of land snakes, as well as 32 species of sea snakes, have been found. About 100 of them are toxic, and 12 kinds of venom can cause death.
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However, snakes are also not allowed to be kept as pets in New Zealand.
Even new Zealand zoos are snake-like.
Many Chinese believe that snakes hate sulfur and like warmth, while New Zealand is a volcanic and sulfur-rich ,and cold place; In fact, this statement is not true, "White Snake Biography" to see more will feel sulfur thrown into the wine can make the white snake appear.
According to scientific research, 100 million years ago, New Zealand and Australia, Africa, South America were all converged, and later plate drift movements moved New Zealand away from other continents, forming islands in the oceans. When did you start drifting? 85 million years ago.
And the closest "continent" to New Zealand, the Australian mainland, the earliest fossils of snakes, about 55 million years ago, which means that New Zealand is 30 million years (85 million to 55 million) away from the Australian mainland, Australia only appeared the first "snake", then before, there may not be such a creature on Earth, in New Zealand's limited land can not naturally evolve this species, The remote Tasman Sea has also prevented Australia's highly toxic reptiles from reaching New Zealand soil.
That's why New Zealand doesn't have "origin" snakes, and New Zealand's Department of Customs and Forgance is on guard against allowing a snake to "smuggle" 100 percent of New Zealand's pure land through modern means of transport.
Two little knowledges of multi-TIP:
First: There are currently only four or five places in the world (including islands and continents, which refer to large, human-inhabited islands) without snakes, including New Zealand, Antarctica, Greenland, Iceland, etc.
Second: How many snakes are there in Australia? More than 140 species of land snakes, as well as 32 species of sea snakes, have been found. About 100 of them are toxic, and 12 kinds of venom can cause death.