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    Snakes: A misunderstood Villain Sssssssssssssssss…. Doesn’t this sound make you cringe? The twisting and contorting body of the lengthy creature as it stalks its unknowing prey in the tall grass. In a split second the serpent pierces its prey with its venomous fangs, injecting paralyzing venom. Its prey can only sits with this poison coursing through its veins. It is forced to watch as it is devoured still breathing and alive. Is this act so wrong? I contend that it is not. A creature’s…

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    against the Cottonmouth snake. As he attempts to kill the snake with his car, the speaker witnesses it slithering into a ditch. The carrier’s hatred is reciprocated as the snake hisses upon locating the carrier. The violent nature of the carrier is exemplified as he shoots the snake twice despite the fact that the snake most likely died within the first shot. Within the sestet, the speaker carefully observes the snake. Described to be “long and evil” (Line 10), the snake is portrayed in a…

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    the shed for her. Although, the potato shed was not far from the house, I had seen snakes crawling across the path and an addition fear came over me when I remembered the snake, which had been placed in the potato shed. The custom was capturing a King Snake and releasing it in among the potatoes as a rodent control and it mattered not to me that it was a non-poisonous, it was a snake and I was afraid of snakes; all…

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    Book Summary: Tikki-Tavi

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    in other words they are meat eaters, that are prone to hunting one of most deadly animals on the planet, cobra. The mongoose is immune to the venom of scorpions and snakes, with repetitive stings or strikes they could become six or even die. A cobra is a highly venomous snake that eats small mammals, lizards, and even other snakes. In the book and movie “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi” there are many similarities and differences . In the book and the movie the main characters, theme, and plot is very…

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    approached our first intersection, and decided to go left on to the old, white, wooden bridge. As my sister and I walked towards the bridge my sister screamed. There were two black snakes curled up on the path. The snake’s were small with tiny blackheads. the tall uncut grass gave one snake a good hiding place, but the other snake was in the middle of the path.…

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    southwest with lifespans ranging from 20-30 years. Rattlesnakes have 32 different species, and 83 different subspecies split into genera Crotalus and Sistrurus. Habitats that these snakes live in are very versatile, and their diets includes small mammals and reptiles. They have a unique defense mechanism with a rattle on the end of their tails: when threatened these snakes will vibrate their tails causing the buttons to make a rattling sound. Buttons on the rattle are brittle and can fall off if…

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    The Dangers Of Snakebites

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    Snakes are lengthy, carnivorous reptiles without legs, protected with scales, have sharp fangs and venom inside it. There are numerous different types of snakes and these include king cobra, python, rattlesnake, and anaconda. Snakebites can be extremely lethal particularly because of their deadly venom. Every year, you will find around 7, 000 poisonous snake bites scenarios that are being documented in America. Apart from being deadly, snake bites may also result in allergic response and…

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    What makes an animal good? Is it their benefit to the ecosystem, their evolved skills, or how nice they are to look at? In all three categories the victor may be surprising. Snakes. Snakes are amazing, talented, and gorgeous. Their ecologic benefits are rooted in their prey, as I’m sure you know, snakes eat mice and rats. If snakes were less talented they wouldn’t be able to catch the rats, or even the harmful insects they keep at bay. Then the prey would multiply and eat until its food source…

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    This man goes out of his way to tell the reader that he not only does he know “Nature’s People” but that they know him as well. It appears as though the speaker is talking about animals and creatures, specifically the snake. Yet again the speaker personifies not only the snake, but all animals with human traits by saying that they know him as well. When we talk about psychological criticism it seems as though this man may be a little crazy. The man is giving the animals a type of…

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    Vipers Research Paper

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    Out of the 725 venomous snakes discovered, a whopping 280 can kill you in only one bite! When it comes to snakes they differ greatly, and one of the greatest kinds of snakes are viperidae or viper. We will be talking about vipers different type of behavior, how to tell them apart from other snakes, and most what their diet is. The behavior or snakes differs from species to species, but viper snakes tend to act the same. If threatened at times they might coil up into a flat spiral or might hiss…

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