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snakes are valuable and interesting creatures

snakes that can easily kill humans are not well liked

in fact, chimps hate snakes too - biologists have conducted experiments where they put fake snakes along chimp trails - really causes a lot of angst in chimp society
- we probably have a genetic basis for aversion to snakes - they are about the only creature that can go up a nice safe tree (where our monkey ancestors used to hang out all the time) and kill...


Australia has the world's highest diversity of poisonous reptiles - enjoy your visit