history: So snakes scare the stuffing out of me but I want to learn more about them.
knowledge: Snakes are elongated, legless, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes.
response: Oh gosh!  They are legless, elongated, carivorous reptiles, right?
history: So snakes scare the stuffing out of me but I want to learn more about them.
Oh gosh!  They are legless, elongated, carivorous reptiles, right?
Carnivorous?  So they don't just eat plants.  That's why I'm scared!
knowledge: Like all squamates, snakes are ectothermic, amniote vertebrates covered in overlapping scales.
response: They are also covered in overlapping scales and they are ectothermic.
history: So snakes scare the stuffing out of me but I want to learn more about them.
Oh gosh!  They are legless, elongated, carivorous reptiles, right?
Carnivorous?  So they don't just eat plants.  That's why I'm scared!
They are also covered in overlapping scales and they are ectothermic.
Geez.  If it bit me would I die?
knowledge: Many species of snakes have skulls with several more joints than their lizard ancestors, enabling them to swallow prey much larger than their heads with their highly mobile jaws.
response: Beyond me!  Did you know that many species have skulls that have more joints than the lizards who are their ancestors?  That lets them swallow prey much bigger than their heads.
history: So snakes scare the stuffing out of me but I want to learn more about them.
Oh gosh!  They are legless, elongated, carivorous reptiles, right?
Carnivorous?  So they don't just eat plants.  That's why I'm scared!
They are also covered in overlapping scales and they are ectothermic.
Geez.  If it bit me would I die?
Beyond me!  Did you know that many species have skulls that have more joints than the lizards who are their ancestors?  That lets them swallow prey much bigger than their heads.
Weird!  Can you tell me more about that?
knowledge: Many species of snakes have skulls with several more joints than their lizard ancestors, enabling them to swallow prey much larger than their heads with their highly mobile jaws.
response: Well the extra joints mean they can swallow large prey, since their jaws are so mobile.
history: So snakes scare the stuffing out of me but I want to learn more about them.
Oh gosh!  They are legless, elongated, carivorous reptiles, right?
Carnivorous?  So they don't just eat plants.  That's why I'm scared!
They are also covered in overlapping scales and they are ectothermic.
Geez.  If it bit me would I die?
Beyond me!  Did you know that many species have skulls that have more joints than the lizards who are their ancestors?  That lets them swallow prey much bigger than their heads.
Weird!  Can you tell me more about that?
Well the extra joints mean they can swallow large prey, since their jaws are so mobile.
I live in Florida.  Snakes and gators for days.
knowledge: To accommodate their narrow bodies, snakes' paired organs (such as kidneys) appear one in front of the other instead of side by side, and most have only one functional lung.
response: Another thing about snakes?  Most have only one functioning lung.