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Article: SNAKE
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Many people are afraid of snakes. They think that snakes are slimy
and dangerous. In fact, most snakes are dry to the touch and harmless.
Even the poisonous kinds kill only for food. A snake is a reptile-
-a cold-blooded, air-breathing animal with a backbone and a scaly
skin. A snake's body is long and narrow and almost always legless.
Pythons and boas have tiny leg remnants like spurs, but these are
no longer used for locomotion. Unlike other reptiles, snakes do not
have ear openings or eardrums and cannot hear sounds in the air. They
have ears inside their skulls and can hear only when the skull bones
pick up vibrations from the ground. A snake's eyes are always open. ...