Today is apparently Serpent Day, which is funny considering what tomorrow is. I decided to find the *insert -est word’ snake for a bunch of categories. I also went for videos of two of my favorite snakes in general. Not that I want to meet them.
Barbados Threadsnake- Smallest at 3.9 inches
Death Adder- Fastest Strike at 0.04-0.06 seconds (Means strike, injection, and return.)
Gaboon Viper- Widest Head at 5-6 inches
Green Anaconda- Heaviest at over 550 pounds
Inland Taipan- Most Venomous with one bite having enough venom to kill 100 people.
Reticulated Python- Longest at 10-20 feet. (One specimen was 33 feet.)
Saint Lucia Racer- Rarest with less than 20 individuals in the wild
Sidewinder Rattler- Fastest at 18 mph
Legends of Windemere 
I really do like snakes – my son had a ball python that was a pet. They are really remarkable animals, but I also have a healthy respect for any I happen to meet. We have six venomous snakes in this state: cottonmouth, copperhead, timber rattlesnake, diamondback rattlesnake, pygmy rattlesnake, and Eastern coral snake. I’ve only seen two of these – copperhead (we had babies in our pool every year) and a cottonmouth in a creek near where we lived.
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That’s a lot of deadly snakes. I’d be giving anything serpentine a wide berth.
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These are awesome, Charles. (Scary but awesome)
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Thanks.
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I have no real fear of snakes, but if I didn’t know if one was venomous I’d give it a wide berth.
The membranes on the flying lizard are beautiful.
We have only one venomous snake in the UK: the adder. It’s venomous isn’t enough to kill a person, but I suspect it’s painful and would make one feel rather ill, though.
And there are supposedly no snakes in Ireland. Legend has it that St Patrick drove them out.
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Avoiding manages if you aren’t sure about them is good advice. Heard it many times. Also, weren’t snakes used as a metaphor for pagan beliefs in Ireland? There’s no fossil evidence of snakes ever being present, which makes sense since it’s an island in the chilly north.
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But so is England, Wales and Scotland, but we have snakes.
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Those areas were connected to the mainland after the last ice age. So snakes were able to travel over the land bridge before it was swallowed. Ireland became separated from the mainland too quickly for the snakes to reach it.
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Bet you caused a few shivers for some viewers. I think they’re all pretty cool.
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Wouldn’t surprise me.
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Very cool, Charles. I love snakes.
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Thanks.
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You’re welcome.
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