Snakes:The Silebt Assassins

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Snakes are a very dominant species in our world. They are silent assassins that can kill even a creature as great as a human. They can be less than twelve inches long or over twenty-five feet long. They eat a wide variety of foods, although none are herbivorous. Snakes are classified into families and then into various species. There are two thousand, one hundred, twenty-five different species of snakes. Most are not harmful to humans in any way.
The timber rattlesnake can vary in color from yellow with V-shaped bands, to almost solid black. They can be found on rocky slopes in hardwood forests. They usually eat small rodents or red squirrels. Timber rattlesnakes grow between forty-eight and sixty-two feet long (Brothner, 93).
The Asian pit viper grows between two to five feet long. The reactions to a bite and mortality rate vary, but bites mostly cause tissue damage. The mortality rate is usually low (Park, 1).
The king cobra is the longest snake th...