The highest point of the Kilimanjaro at the crater Kibo is called Uhuru Peak. At 19,340 ft (5,895 m) above sea level, it is Africaâs highest elevation point. Mawenzi (east of Kibo) rises to 16,896 ft (5,149 m), and Shira (west of Kibo) to 13,000 ft (3,962 m).
Two atria and one ventricle make up the three-chambered heart of a snake. The right and left atria receive blood from the lungs and body, respectively, and pass it to the ventricle to be circulated again. Encased in a sac, called the pericardium, the heart is located at the branching of the bronchi.
Who says snakes canât be beautiful? This gaudy reptile lives in cloud forests and along mountain slopes in Peru and likely in Ecuador. South American Bushmaster (Lachesis muta). Bushmasters are the longest venomous snakes in the Western Hemisphere and they possess a largely undeserved reputation for malice. South American Bushmaster flicks its tongue. Snakes use their tongues as important sense organs that provide them with information about their surroundings. Kids, donât try this at home!