[[File:GarterSnake.jpg|300px|thumb|The [[garter snake]], a common, non-poisonous species]]
[[File:GarterSnake.jpg|300px|thumb|The [[garter snake]], a common, non-poisonous species]]
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'''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) are [[poison]]ous (specifically, [[venom]]ous). Snakes are abundant in warmer climates, and most of them are quite harmless to man.
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'''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) are [[poison]]ous (specifically, [[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: Evolutionary View==
==The origin of snakes: Evolutionary View==
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==References==
==References==
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1. Hennigan, T. 2005. An initial investigation into the baraminology of snakes: order--Squamata, suborder Serpentes. Creation Reasearch Society Quarterly Vol. 42.