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Packed with fascinating facts such as physical and behavioral characteristics, this guide also includes focused profiles of 60 snakes, from the Rainbow Boa to the Tropical Rattlesnake. Each profile includes a stunning full-page photograph of the snake, supporting images to highlight important features, and a Fact File' sidebar to give at-a-glance information. Plus, a complete directory lists all known species of these fascinating reptiles, including venomous snakes such as cobras.

- If in doubt, check out an online forum! And go for one of the smaller snakes on the list below. Keeping snakes can be incredibly rewarding. Mapping your captive snakes behavior against that of its wild kin is very interesting. Plus, if members of your family suffer from allergies, such as hair or fur, then the reptile route may be for you.

Snakes do not charge or attack people, with the exception of racers that usually enter a state of panic and engage in a behavior called periscoping, in which they lift their head above the grass to look for danger and then duck down. On rare occasions, racers will bluff by advancing toward an intruder, though they retreat rapidly if challenged. Snakes react when cornered with a variety of defensive tactics that vary by species.

Find out about snakes from all over the world in this best-selling visual guide, with information about snake evolution, habitats, reproductive behavior, feeding, defense, and much more.Snake is the essential guide to the world of serpents, ...