Ophidiophobia Traditional Cache

Ophidiophobia or ophiophobia is a particular type of specific phobia, the abnormal fear of snakes. Fear of snakes is sometimes called by a more general term, herpetophobia, fear of reptilesand/or amphibians. The word comes from the Greek words "ophis" (ὄφις) which refers to snakes and "phobia" (φοβία) meaning fear.

Learning about snakes can help you to understand them and reduce the stereotypical thoughts surrounding them. Since there are many myth about them the facts is what you need to really become educated about them.

Many species of snakes are endangered at this point in time.

There are more then 3,000 species of snakes in the world.

Only about 375 species of snakes are venomous.

Snakes are known to live in a variety of different habitats. This includes in trees, on land, underground, and in the water.

All snakes are categorized as reptiles. They don’t have any limbs but they rely on their body to move quickly and quietly. They have a body that is very strong.

Some snakes can consume prey that is several times larger than they are. They will open the hinged jaws and swallow it whole.

Snakes will shed their skin during a process called molting.

They only have one lung and they have kidneys that are one in front of the other instead of side by side.

Antarctica is the only place on Earth where you won’t find snakes living. They don’t live in Ireland, Iceland, or New Zealand either.

The smallest is 10 centimeters long and the longest is more than 25 feet.

The largest fossil of a snake is 49 feet long.

The venom of some snakes can be powerful enough to make a human very ill. With some species it can be strong enough to kill them.

The tail is usually about 20% the length of the entire body of a snake.

There can be up to 400 vertebrae found in some species of snakes.

The Anaconda is the largest and heaviest snake in the world.

All snakes are cold blooded so they can’t regulate their body temperature on their own.

They have to sleep with their eyes open which is why they usually will coil up when they are trying to rest.

Snakes often move their tongues around so that they can both smell and taste what is going on around them at the same time. They are actually sampling their environment as they move along.

Snakes are very sensitive to movement and they pick up on even very faint vibrations that are around them.

There are species of snakes that see very well such as those that live in trees. Others that live on the ground though don’t see very well.

There are species with an infrared sensory so they can see the heat that warm blooded creatures give off.

Snake charmers are very popular in India. They play music to try to relax the snakes so that they will be able to be calm and sway to the sounds.

In some areas of the world people do enjoy consuming snake meat.

Snakes are considered to be a very good pet by some people. This is because they are quiet, they don’t need to be fed daily, and they are exotic so people really take notice of a person that has something like this as a pet.

Under the right living conditions some species of snakes can live to be up to 40 years old.

Snakes have more than 200 teeth that they use to defend themselves with. They never use them to chew.

Most species of snakes that live in colder places will hibernate until it warms up again.

Most young are born from eggs but a few species of snakes give birth to live young.

It can take up to 3 months for some large meals to digest for a huge snake. As a result it will only need to feed about 4 times per year.

Snake Pictures

Western Diamondback Rattlesnake Coiled To Strike	Emerald Tree Boa Coiled In Tree	Snake Swallowing A Rat	A Sidewinder Rattlesnake In The Desert
Shining Green Mamba Snake	Granite Burmese Python	Albino Ball Python Spider In Black Background	Garter Snake Resting In Foliage
Red Tailed Green Ratsnake - Gonyosoma Oxycephalum	Garter Snake Crawling On Gravel	Yellow Anaconda Entering a Swamp	Snake On Paved Field
Garter Snake Preparing For Jump	Reticulated Python - Python Reticulatus	Dangerous Green Mamba Close-Up	Poisonous Water Moccasin Snake Coiled On The Ground
Ball Python - Python Regius	Non Venomous Ball Python	Python Isolated Over White Background	Curled Reticulated Python
Black Mamba Sliding Down A Branch	Dangerous Black Mamba	Monocled Cobra -Naja kaouthia - In Bangladesh	Ball Python Hatchling
Patternless Western Diamondback Rattlesnake - Crotalus Atrox	Venomous Southern Copperhead Snake - Agkistrodon Contortrix	Ball Python Close-Up	Beautiful Coral Snake
Dangerous Coral Snake	Snake Charmer And Two Cobras In India	Coiled Rat Snake - Bogertophis Subocularis	Corn Snake or Red Rat Snake - Pantherophis Guttatus
Pet Cornsnake - Pantherophis Guttatus	Corn Snake or Red Rat Snake Sliding	Black Rat Snake	Pet Snake Eating a Mouse
Black Snake On Alert	Deadly Black Mamba	Corn Snake In Front Of A White Background	Corn Snake And His Body Rolled
Emerald Boa Or Green Tree Boa	Brown Twine Of Boa Constrictor	Rattlesnake Alert and Showing Its Rattle	Snake Sliding On The Branches
Exotic Malaysian Blue Coral Snake	Young Cottonmouth Snake On Sand Field	Boa Constrictor Snake	Cottonmouth On Rocks
Venomous Copperhead Snake	Snake Hanging