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What are some types of snakes that you can think of?
Would you ever have a pet snake?
Cobra, Rattlesnake, Copperhead, Sidewinder, Garter, Cottonmouth, Viper, Anaconda, Python and Boas.
Living snakes are found on every continent except Antarctica, and on most smaller land masses; exceptions include some large islands, such as Ireland, Iceland, Greenland, and the islands of New Zealand, as well as many small islands of the Atlantic and central Pacific ocean. Additionally, sea snakes are widespread throughout the Indian and Pacific oceans. Around thirty families are currently recognized, comprising about 520 genera and about 3,900 species.
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True or False: Snake scales are made of the same material as human fingernails.
True, they're made of keratin!
Snakes, like other reptiles, are covered in scales. They protect the snake, help it move, and aid in camouflage. You have something similar to scales yourself, your fingernails! Made of keratin, hard but a little flexible, your fingernail protects your nail bed just like a scale protects a snake’s body.
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What is a fear of snakes called?
a. Arachnophobia
b. Triskaidekaphobia
c. Phalacrophobia
d. Ophidiophobia
d. Ophidiophobia
Research shows that approximately half of the population feel “anxious” about snakes, and a whopping three percent of the population meet the diagnostic criteria for snake phobia. Everyone is born with the two innate fears of falling and loud sounds. The rest are learned. Our surroundings – parents, siblings, friends, TV – teach us at a young age to be scared of things, like the dark or monsters, and creepy creatures like spiders or snakes. Experience shapes our fears as we get older.
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What does a snake's diet consist of?
Bonus: What does a snake use to smell?
All snakes are carnivorous (meat-eaters) and eat a wide variety of small mammals, birds, reptiles, fish, amphibians, insects and eggs.
In addition, many snakes are opportunistic, tackling anything they can overpower. Some consequently predate unusual animals, such as those that are protected by scales, shells or spines.
Bonus: It's tongue!
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What are some of the traits for people born in the year of the Snake in the Chinese Zodiac?
Wise, Humorous, Brilliant, Decent, Sophisticated, Eloquent, Suspicious, Stingy and Lazy
Snake is usually regarded as a dark, insidious, sly and ruthless being. Both in western countries and China, there are many legend stories about the animal. And most of the time, it is labeled with a dark image. Actually, the animal is also the symbol of wisdom. People born in the Year of the Snake according to Chinese zodiac are usually well-educated, decent, smart and humorous. They can be brilliant artists, political leaders, as well as great thinkers, such as Gandhi, Goethe, Kennedy, and Picasso.