The Complete Teacher's Almanack . We can't know for certain, but snakes in zoos have long lives. They can be very tiny or very large, depending on the kind. The ground snake is about 5 inches long while a python can grow to be 30 feet in length and weigh 200 pounds.
Snakes eat only when they are hungry.
No, some snakes give birth to tiny living snakes that crawl off and take care of themselves right from the start. No snake mothers her babies the way humans do, but the python mother makes a nest and coils up on her eggs to keep them safe until they hatch. There are about 2,600 different kinds of snakes. Of these, about 400 are poisonous. There are 126 different kinds of snakes in the United States.