Are you afraid of snakes? Do you live in a place where you don’t have snakes at all? Then, you are lucky. As for me I live in a place where there aren’t snakes at all, and I consider myself very lucky because I am extremely afraid of snakes. According to reports there are about 94,000 deaths that were caused by snakes in the world.But actually the majority of snakes are generally non-venomous, and they can find all over the world except some places such as Antarctica, Iceland, Ireland and Newfoundland. New Zealand is also known for not having any indigenous snake species. There are species that are regarded to be non-venomous but as a matter of fact they produce some kind of toxins with which they kill their prey, like some rat snakes and garter snakes. Insidermonkey experts made a list of the most common non-poisonous snake species in the world.
And of course snakes have teeth that are mostly used just for biting or grabbing their pray. In connection with humans these snakes are harmless, except for some big constrictor snakes. Some of the harmless snakes are kept at home as pets. Snakes are divided into more than 20 families with around 3,400 recognized species and lots of subspecies. Most worldly widespread and the biggest snake family consisting mostly of non-venomous species is the Colubrid family, and snakes belonging to it are known as colubrids. Anyhow, some of the pet snakes, especially above mentioned large constrictor snakes can sometimes act violently and strangle their owners, so handling snakes is not a naive thing. But to be sure which snakes you should certainly avoid, take a look at 20 Most Venomous Snakes in the World.
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