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[[File:Black mamba snake.jpg|225px|thumb|The Black Mamba snake]]

[[File:Black mamba snake.jpg|225px|thumb|The Black Mamba snake]]

'''Snakes''' are long, [[limb]]less, [[scale|scaly]] [[reptile]]s which slither upon the ground and sometimes swim in [[water]]. Some snakes (about one third of species) [[venom|venomous]]. Snakes are abundant in warmer climates, and most of them are quite harmless to man.  The fastest moving land snake is the [[Black Mamba]], which can move up to 7 miles per hour.

'''Snakes''' are long, [[limb]]less, [[scale|scaly]] [[reptile]]s which slither upon the ground and sometimes swim in [[water]]. Some snakes (about one third of species) [[venom]]ous. Snakes are abundant in warmer climates, and most of them are quite harmless to man.  The fastest moving land snake is the [[Black Mamba]], which can move up to 7 miles per hour.

==The origin of snakes: Creationist View==

==The origin of snakes: Creationist View==

In the [[Bible]], it was a snake (serpent) that persuaded [[Eve]] to defy the law set down by [[God]], and eat the fruit of the [[Tree of Knowledge]], this causing the exile of [[Adam and Eve]] from [[Eden]]. Snakes have since then been associated with [[evil]] and [[deceit]].

In the [[Bible]], it was a snake (serpent) that persuaded [[Eve]] to defy the law set down by [[God]], and eat the fruit of the [[Tree of Knowledge]], this causing the exile of [[Adam and Eve]] from [[Eden]]. Snakes have since then been associated with [[evil]] and [[deceit]].

==The origin of snakes: [[Evolution|Evolutionist]] View==

==The origin of snakes: [[Evolution]]ist View==

Snakes are suborder within the order of ''Squamata'', class of reptiles (''Reptilia''), subphylum vertebrates, phylum ''Chordata''. They originate from lizard-like reptiles with legs. Their ancestors probably lived under the ground and lost their legs. The most primitive snakes (''Boidae'' and ''Pythonidae'') still have rudimentary back limbs.

Snakes are suborder within the order of ''Squamata'', class of reptiles (''Reptilia''), subphylum vertebrates, phylum ''Chordata''. They originate from lizard-like reptiles with legs. Their ancestors probably lived under the ground and lost their legs. The most primitive snakes (''Boidae'' and ''Pythonidae'') still have rudimentary back limbs.

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==External Links==

==External links==

*[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,396632,00.html World's Smallest Snake as Thin as Spaghetti], Associated Press, ''Fox News Channel'', August 04, 2008

*[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,396632,00.html World's Smallest Snake as Thin as Spaghetti], Associated Press, ''Fox News Channel'', August 4, 2008

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