Snakes: Home Snake Home
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Don’t like snakes? Here is where you can live to avoid them.
Where do snakes live? Almost everywhere. Find out some of snakes’ favorite places to set up a home.
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Snakes: Home Snake Home
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Where do snakes live? Almost everywhere. Find out some of snakes’ favorite places to set up a home.
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Science Trek is a place where parents, kids, and educators can watch short, educational videos on a variety of science topics. Every Monday Science Trek releases a new video that introduces children to math, science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) career potentials in a fun, informative way.[MUSIC] JOAN CARTAN-HANSEN, HOST: Snakes live where they can find food.
That means snakes live all over the world.
Some snakes live in the desert.
They like to sleep under rocks or in caves.
Some snakes live in the forests or woodlands.
There's lots of places in which to hide and places to stretch out in the sun.
Some snakes like to live in water.
They can be found in wetlands or freshwater ponds, rivers and streams.
These snakes can easily swim and catch fish.
Some snakes are truly aquatic; that is, they live in the ocean.
Sea snakes have special flat tails to help them move through the water.
And some snakes live high in the mountains or deep in the rainforest, or some snakes live where humans hang out.
Snakes have adapted to lots of different habitats, but there are a few places snakes don't live.
Snakes cannot survive in very cold places like the Arctic Circle or in Antarctica.
And there are three places where no snakes live at all: Greenland, Ireland and New Zealand.
For more information about snakes, check out the Science Trek website.
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