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Snakes January 31, 2008

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1. The shortest snake is only 10cm long, but the largest snake is over 10m

longs!

2. Also, out of 2900 species of snakes, about 25% have poison.

3. Most majority of the venomous which means poisonous snakes are only mildly

poisonous, but some species can kill an adult human in minutes.

4. The world’s largest venomous snake is King Cobra. The largest King Cobra are

five meters or more long. It is said in local language “They can knock down

an elephant”.

5. The snake have degenerated limbs. This means they used to have varms and

legs but they have disappeared.

Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snake