Snake
Snakes are long, limbless, scaly reptiles which slither upon the ground and sometimes swim in water. Some snakes (about one third of species) are poisonous (specifically, venomous). Snakes are abundant in warmer climates, and most of them are quite harmless to man.
The origin of snakes: Evolutionary View
Snakes are suborder within the order of Squamata, class of reptiles (Reptilia), subphylum vertebrats, 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. Evolutionists deny that snakes once had the ability to both speak and walk, but fossil evidence shows otherwise. It wasn't until Eve was tricked in the Garden of Eden that God took away a snake's ability to talk and walk.
The origin of snakes: Creationists View
Snakes are a group of animals that have frustrated evolutionists for many years. They are anatomically unlike any other vertebrate and can hybridize regularly, supporting the notion that they are a apobaramin. Snakes can be classified into three families based on hydridization data: Boidae (boas and pythons), Colubridae (colubrid snakes), and Viperidae (Vipers). Since hydrids can be formed within each family, but not between any family, each of the three can be classified as a holobaramin, suggesting that an ancestral pair for each family was present on Noah's Ark. Other research suggest multiple holobaramins in each family suggesting up to 12 snake pairs on the Ark during the Flood.[1]
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.
Some snake species
References
1. Hennigan, T. 2005. An initial investigation into the baraminology of snakes: order--Squamata, suborder Serpentes. Creation Reasearch Society Quarterly Vol. 42.
External Links
World's Smallest Snake as Thin as Spaghetti, Associated Press, Fox News Channel, August 04, 2008
- â 1. Hennigan, T. 2005. An initial investigation into the baraminology of snakes: order--Squamata, suborder Serpentes. Creation Reasearch Society Quarterly Vol. 42.