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.
The largest snake in the world, the green anaconda, which kills by constricting, can eat animals as large as a human being or a pig. Many snakes also eat eggs. But eggs, too, are animals, although at an early stage of development. Birds, especially young birds in the nest, are also a target. Non-constricting, non-venomous snakes generally eat smaller prey such as insects and small rodents that they can easily seize in their mouths and swallow. There are also snakes that eat other snakes. Well-known examples are the king cobra and the various king snakes (such as the scarlet king snake, which eats rattlesnakes) â king refers to the fact that these snakes dominate and eat other snakes.