5 Fun Facts About Snakes
1. According to Wikipedia, snakes are elongated, legless, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes. And, like all squamates, snakes are ectothermic amniote vertebrates. Now, that's a lot of big words which are difficult to understand unless you've swallowed a dictionary. They could have just said snakes are long, drunken, meat-eating serpents covered in scales. 2. There are over 3000 different species of snake. The smallest is the Thread Snake at around 10cm long, and resembles a worm. But, as we know, size isn't everything. However, if you're going for a big one, the largest snake is the Reticulated Python, which can grow up to 28ft in length. Although if you want even bigger, then the largest snake to ever have lived, around 60 million years ago, was the Titanoboa, measuring a whopping 50ft in length. Bet he wasn't embarrassed undressing in the shower. 3. Snakes smell through their tongues? Yep, that's why they are sticking the...