Interesting Snake Facts
Snakes are not only prolific, but useful.
All snakes have certain obvious traits in common such as scales, limbless bodies, and forked tongues.
But they also posses a wide range of characteristics that are unique to each species.
Some give birth to live young (viviparous), while others lay eggs (oviparous).
Some snakes are the size of a pencil, while others are nearly as long as a school bus.
Some types of snakes eat rodents exclusively, some eat rodents and birds, some eat fish and frogs, some eat other snakes, and some eat a variety of the above … and some even live off of eggs!
Venomous snakes are classified into four families the Elapids, Viperids, Colubrids and Hydrophiidae
Snakes can be found everywhere in the world except for New Zealand, Ireland, and a few other islands.
Certain types of snakes are venomous, while others are not. Out of the approximately 2,700 species of snakes on the planet, less than 600 are poisonous.
