Overview. 1  One of the most common uses for peppermint oil is as a flavoring for various types of candies, including mints, candy canes, peppermint sticks and chocolate confections. Ancient Egyptians used the peppermint plant as a medicinal herb, but an English botanist who found the peppery mint growing in a field first described it in 1696.
The smooth earth snake eats primarily earthworms and other soft-bodied arthropods. Behavior Given their lack of sufficient defense mechanisms against larger animals, earth snakes are generally not aggressive towards humans and are harmless if encountered.
For example, sand boas of Middle Eastern deserts primarily eat rodents, while desert-dwelling pythons, such as blackhead pythons, prefer lizards. Other snakes of the desert concentrate on smaller prey. Black-headed snakes primarily consume arthropods, such as insects, centipedes and scorpions.