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Snakes range in size from the tiny, 10 cm-long thread snake, to the reticulated python of up to 6.95 meters (22.8 ft) in length.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE -
Snakes kill 100,000 people every year.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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There's an Island in Brazil where civilians are forbidden to go: it has up to 5 snakes per square meter.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Snakes can have two heads and fight each other for food.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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The top ten deadliest snakes can be found in Australia.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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More people are killed each year by bees than snakes.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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The boomslang snake's venom causes you to bleed from all holes of your body.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Snakes can open their mouth up to 150 degrees.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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There are no terrestrial (land) snakes in New Zealand.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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The mortality rate of a Black Mamba snake bite is almost 100%.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Powerful acids in snakes' stomachs mean they will explode if given Alka-Seltzer.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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The Titanoboa lived 60 million years ago and is the largest, longest, and heaviest snake ever discovered.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Snakes used in snake charming performances respond to movement, not sound.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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One drop of the Beaked Sea Snake venom can kill 3 adult men.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Snakes have flexible jaws which allow them to eat prey bigger than their head.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Snakes don't have eyelids.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Snakes use their tongues to smell.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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51% of Americans fear snakes, most than any other thing in the world.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Snakes are unable to close their eyes. They can't blink and they must sleep with their eyes open.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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There has never been snakes in Ireland because being cold-blooded, snake couldn't survive the frozen ground during the ice age in the past.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Some snakes, komodo dragons, sharks and turkeys are capable of "virgin births", meaning, asexual reproduction.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Military commandos in Lebanon eat live snakes, a tradition to display their strength and daring.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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More than 20 snake families are currently recognized, comprising about 500 genera and about 3,400 species.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Living snakes are found on every continent except Antarctica.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Snakes can sense other animals approaching by detecting faint vibrations in the air and on the ground.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Some snakes survive for up to two years without a meal.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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The vertebral column of snakes consists of anywhere between 200 to 400 vertebrae.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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All snakes are strictly carnivorous.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Snakes are immune to their own venom of the venom of close relatives, but not to the venom of other species of snakes.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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In India, Snakes are worshipped as gods even today. Many women pour milk on snakes, despite snakes' aversion for it.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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A 30-year-old woman from India, who claimed to have fallen in love with a snake, got married to the reptile in 2006.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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The grasshopper mouse eats scorpions, centipedes, snakes and even other mice.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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There is no such thing as a vegetarian snake. Snakes eat nothing except other animals.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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In many parts of Africa, the snake is looked upon as the incarnation of deceased relatives.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Snake wine is an alcoholic beverage produced by infusing whole snakes in rice wine or grain alcohol, which is considered an important curative according to Traditional Chinese medicine.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Ophidiophobia is the abnormal fear of snakes.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Female adders can go 18 months without eating.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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"King" in a snake's name signifies that it preys on other snakes.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
