Snake charming charmers may also use Russell's vipers. Indian and Burmese pythons, and even mangrove snakes are also encountered, though they are not as popular. In North Africa, the Egyptian cobra, puff adder, carpet viper and horned desert viper are commonly featured in performances. Except for the pythons and mangrove snakes, all of these species are highly venomous. At home, snake charmers keep their animals in containers such as baskets, boxes, pots, or sacks. For safety, some North African snake charmers stitch closed the mouth of their performing snakes, leaving just enough opening for the animal to be able to move its
Banded bellowsfish Banded bellowsfish The banded bellowsfish (Centriscops humerosus), banded yellowfish, banded snipefish, or bluebanded bellowsfish, is a species of fish of the family Macroramphosidae, found in southern oceans at depths of . Its length is up to . The banded bellowsfish has a very deep, nearly round, highly compressed body which has a depth which is equivalent to 38–62% of its standard length with upper and lower body profiles which are asymmetrical as the nape of small specimens has an angular hump which become smore angular and obvious as the fish grows into an adult. It has a long, tube-like snout,