Snake Facts & Trivia
Snake Facts
- More than 3,000 species of snake exist today.
- Some snakes can fly.
- Snakes smell with their tongues.
- Snakes do not have eyelids.
- Snakes shed their skins several times a year.
- Snakes have no ‘ear’ but are not exactly deaf. Snakes are extremely sensitive to vibrations both on the ground and in the air.
Snake Movies
- Hiss, (2010)
- Snakes on a Plane, (2006)
- Snake Island, (2002)
- Venom, (1981)
- Anaconda, (1997)
- Snakes, (1974)
- Sssssss, (1973)
Snake Songs
- Union of the Snake, by Duran Duran
- Sneaky Snake, by Tom T. Hall
- I Don’t Like Spiders and Snakes, by Jim Stafford (performed with Dolly Parton in Branson)
- Snake Man, by The Doobie Brothers
- The Snakes Crawl At Night, by Charlie Pride
- The Snake by Al Wilson
Famous Snakes
- Kaa from “The Jungle Book”
- Sir Hiss from the animated “Robin Hood” movie
- Viper from “Kung Fu Panda”
- Heston from “Ella Enchanted”
- Nagaina and Nag, (husband and wife cobras) from “Rikki Tikki Tavi”
- Jafar from “Aladdin” (he morphs into a cobra during final battle)
- Ekans, Arbok, Seviper from “Pokemon”
- Nagini from “Harry Potter”