Snakes - 20 Facts

Below are some interesting facts that you may or may not have known about snakes:

Geographic location forced snakes to evolve and change on their own It is thought that snakes evolved from lizards Snakes live in oceans, trees and on the land Snakes are both predators and prey � of all snakes have venomous fang

70% of all snakes hatch from eggs Snakes vary greatly in size and weight, although they have the same basic body structure Snakes have no limbs The King Cobra is the largest of all venomous snakes, and actually eats other snakes Snakes taste odours in the air with their tongues

When snakes strike they have a near 100% success rate Snakes can expand the capacity of their jaws due to an elastic jaw ligament Snakes have poor eyesight, and so have heat censors that can pick up vibrations Snakes can tell the difference between temperature changes and body heat from prey using these censors Night snakes contract their iris to a slit during light, due to light sensitivity The eye of the snake goes milky just before they shed their skin Once the skin is shed the snakes' skin doesn't actually have a colour There are seven families of snake throughout Australia The most common snake family in Australia is the Elapidae The most deadly snakes found in Australia include Brown Snakes, Copperheads, Death Adders, Red-Bellied Black Snakes, Taipan Snakes and Tiger Snakes