?Snakes Metabolism Eating, or ingesting food, is one of the main characteristics of the animal kingdom. Most of these animals metabolize their food at a rapid passe. But the metabolism of a snake is much slower then many other animals. This is due to one major factor. That is the temperature in which their bodies are. The metabolism works the same as other animals. It is just slower in a snake. The metabolism needs to …showed first 75 words of 1439 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1439 total…has to go through some sort of eating and producing waste product cycle. Humans have a high metabolic rate. This means that they eat more and have fast metabolisms. Snakes are different. They have a slow metabolism. This enables them to eat less and stay healthy. They needed this characteristic because of the way they live. Behavior, evolution, temperature, and the life style of the snake are four reasons why their metabolic rate is slower.