Snake Facts

Check out our range of fun snake facts for kids. Snakes are fascinating creatures.  Have a look at snake facts and you will come to know how dangerous they are.

• There are about 3,200 species of snakes. Only about 20% are venomous.

• Snakes do not have eye lids. They also do not have ears. They are totally deaf.

• Snakes have two long lungs, a long liver, kidneys and intestines.
  

  A spitting cobra can spit venom at a perceived target about 5-7 feet away.

• Snakes have more than 200 teeth, which they do not use to chew.

• Snakes shed their entire skin, or molt, nearly three times a year.

• Snakes move by relaxing and contracting muscles lengthwise along the body.

• Some snakes are capable of flying. Actually, it is gliding from one tree branch to another.

• The biggest snake is the Reticulated Python.  It can grow up to 10.05 meters or 33 feet long!

• The Hognose, Grass snake and the Spitting Cobra will fake death when feeling threatened.

• The venom of a King Cobra is strong enough to kill an elephant.

• After a heavy meal, snakes tend to sleep for days or even weeks. In winters, they even fall into deep sleep for months.

• Some snakes are oviparous and lay eggs. Some snakes are viviparous and give birth to live young ones.