They both released their grip, and separated. The snake started to cross the road, but the Robin kept attacking and pecking it, then flew off with the limp snake in its beak. A large Garter snake attacks a frog. The long forked tongue collects particles from the air and carries them back to a special smelling organ on the roof of the mouth. It's part of the senses, not a stinger.
Snakes have no eyelids, but they can see well at short distances.
They have no ear holes, but they can feel vibrations in the ground. Snakes swallow their food whole. Their jaws are made of separate sections joined only by stretchy ligaments, so they can open wide to swallow large food animals. Snakes eat a number of garden pests, such as slugs. When a snake is growing, it sheds its skin as often as every 4 or 5 weeks.