Why Snakes are awesome animals

Hate them or love them snakes are amazing animals and should be thought of as very nice and interesting creatures. Their found usually under rocks, because they like cold moist areas to form a habitat, and eat anything from bugs to mouses. Their jaw can open up wide because it has two separate joints for it to expand and dislocate the bone and relocate it when closing, but don't try this because you can seriously hurt or injure yourself! Snakes are very unique animals for having this feature and this is usually what makes them so scary. In reality they really are not scary or harmful, only have 2% of the worlds snakes are actually poisonous and your more likely to die in a car accident then by a snake bite. Besides most snakes will only strike when threatened by a presence, unfortunately snakes can think of other animals as a threat when really their just passing by. Which is usually how innocent people get attacked, and struck. To me having this animal as a pet is just amazing although it can get expensive! See picture below to see this animal stretching/dislocating it's jaw.

Well here is the best part of this blog dedicated to animals! The interesting facts on the animal and why the animal is awesome.

1) Snake’s scales are made up of something called Keratin, which is the same thing that our fingernails are made from.


2) The largest (width) snake breed is called an Anaconda and movies have been made due to it's size making it very scary to view.


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


4) It is believed that cobras are the smartest breed of snakes, and can tell the difference between their trainer and a stranger.


5) There are over 3000 kinds of snakes in the world!


6) Some snakes live in the seas and oceans off the coasts of islands!


7) Unlike other animals snakes to do not have eye lids thus meaning snakes do not blink!


8) Snakes rely on the heat of the sun to maintain their body temperature, which is why a majority of them are found in hot deserts.


9) Snakes are cold blooded creatures!


10) The venom of the king cobra, the world's largest poisonous snake, is strong enough to kill an elephant.

I hope after you have finished reading this post from my animal blog, you realize how awesome snakes are and why they are such a cool animal! Please check my blog for more post's on animals and why each animal is awesome in it's own way!