Snake

When Life Slithers Back Danielle Evans’s fictional story, “Snakes,” portrays the miserable childhood of the narrator when she visits her maternal grandmother. The narrator became the victim of racial discrimination from her own grandmother which led to a painful childhood experience. Throughout the story, the narrator seems to be quite attached to ancient tradition, like the mythological vision of Burmese python, talismans as an ultimate cure of evil, and other ritual actions performed by the narrator that actually deepened the story. In the story, Tara, a nine-year-old biracial girl is often abused by her white grandmother. Before Tara’s visit to her grandmother, there were…

Nag is a snake in “Rikki-tikki-tavi” and the author is “Rudyard Kipling”. Nag is a big black hooded cobra. He has a circle symbol on his hood. Nag is the enemy of Rikki-tikki. Nag also has a wife “Nagana”. Nag in the story is big, creepy, and greedy. Nag is a very big black cobra. In the story it said “Then inch by inch out of the grass rose up the head and spread hood of Nag, the big black cobra, and he was five feet long from tongue to tail” (8). So in the story it said that he was five…

Purpose: To inform my audience the differences between glass lizards and general snakes by their taxonomic classification, biological anatomy, and their preferable diets. Central Idea: Though the glass lizard resembles snakes, the two differ between each other greatly by the anatomy of their body, genetic makeup, and their preferable diets. Introduction I. Relax and dream for a minute. a. Relaxing with friends and suddenly something creeps up on you. b. Don’t attack but observe. It’s a…

For my endangered species project I chose the coluber constrictor foxii also know as the blue racer snake. I chose this endangered animal because there are very few of them and it is a beautiful species. One of the biggest reasons this animal is endangered is because they are a very docile snake that would rather flee then flight. There are many organizations trying to save this species and others like it. https://www.pinterest.ca/pin/556687203910425502/?lp=true The…

“Hunting Snake” written by Judith Wright and “Pike” written by Ted Hughes are two poems about nature and animals. Hunting Snake has four stanzas and Pike has eleven stanzas. The animals in the Hunting Snake and Pike seem to be similar animals as they hunt in similar ways by being slow, quiet and pouncing to surprise the animal. Both of the poets write about their encounters with hunting animals, a hunting snake and a pike fish. Judith writes about a “big black snake” in nature hunting like in…

1 Six guardian and beneficent snakes at Edfu temple Ahmed KhalafAllah Safina∗ The scope of this paper is limited to the discussion of some lesser known aspects of six snakes at Edfu temple1. I aim with this paper to develop the understanding of these elusive beings through the examination of their nature, roles, names, and epithets. These snakes originally belonged to subordinate deities2 that had a beneficial and protective role with regard to Horus of Behdety…

Snakes bite several people and when they arrive at the hospital to receive an anti-venom injection, they fail to describe what kind of snake did the biting. Failure of identification may lead to other complications such as coma, paralysis or death. Identification is significant as it helps in knowing how to treat the bite. The venomous snakes around the world are a third unless you live in Australia, where the percentage is bigger, closer to 65%. In this article we will look at several venomous…

The californian red-sided garter snake is a extraordinary snake that people don’t know about. The snake is found on the west coast of North America. The red-sided garter snake is, “ dark green or black colored. Three, well-defined yellow stripes stretch along the backs and lateral sides of the body. Space between the stripes is filled with red or orange vertical bars” (soft schools- interesting red-sided garter snake facts”. The snake is not found much because natural disaster kill them easily. …

lt is not a negative symbol I just do not like snakes although they do have smooth skin it is just not something I like to come in contact with. snakes are slimy and can be dangerous if they think they have be most are very posionious and can kill you in a short amount of time. Snakes slither on the ground they do not have legs so they can not get up and move around they do move fast though they can hide very well and are very quite until you walk up on them. Although the snake is used in many…

Snakes of Different Cultures Most, if not all, cultures see specific creatures as important to their society or even their creation story. Some creatures cross over into many cultures, but each people group views the creature differently. Snakes are common creatures that are referenced in many cultural and mythological stories throughout history. Snakes are viewed as evil in Christian culture, full of life in Geek Mythology, and a sources of empower in Asian culture. The way a people group…