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