The Snake Attack

which venomous snake is best known? Yep, you guessed it, the King Cobra (or as scientists call it Ophiophagus Hannah or snake-eater!!). Did you know that King Cobra are the only snake to lay eggs that they guard with all their life . They can also raise ⅓ of there body off the ground. They raise their body of the ground to make themselves look bigger to scare off enemies. The also hold a world record for longest tongue and they are not the most venomous snake in the world? They just eject the most venom into their prey.

I didn't stop screaming until whatever was climbing me hovered in front of my face. Again, a silvery-blue creature in the shape of a snake was poised in a striking position inches from my nose. Light began to pour through the shape like a disco ball. The snake thing drew back and I squeezed my eyes shut, waiting for a strike in the face.

Hook: Snakes are just very instinctive to me, i've been playing with snakes since before I could walk. It doesn't matter where or what it is from the biggest to the most venomous. Hi I'm Steve Irwin I was born on February 22nd 1962 to Lyn and Bob Irwin in Melbourne,Australia. I moved with my parents as a child to Queensland in 1970 and attended two state schools. I grew up with two parents that were involved with animals so on my sixth birthday I got a scrub Python. I also began helping my father once I got more experience and I even wrestled my first Crocodile at the age of 9.

Imagine taking a walk in the Florida Everglades. Now imagine that during that walk you come across a giant snake. In that snakes grip is a full-sized White-tailed deer. The two are battling it out, but the snake is clearly winning, it does not stand a chance against a full sized python. What could possibly be even worse than that would be a Burmese python battling an alligator and winning? It has happened even though the snake did not make it away from the fight. It looks like something out of a horror film and it is happening more than people might think. This giant snake

Commentary #2: snake knows its power but holds back; doesn't want to fight but signals that it will defend itself if necessary.

The Burmese python is a very powerful and extraordinary animal. This huge reptile is among the largest snakes in the world. This gigantic snake is capable of growing to twenty-three feet and a weight of two hundred pounds. These exotic animals are carnivores and usually, survive eating smaller mammals. This is no ordinary snake, it has no venom but has other deadly features. They have back-curving teeth that help clench their prey and the more the animal struggles, the tighter it gets. The Burmese python wraps itself around its food and squeezes until it is dead. This snake swallows its dinner whole. Somehow, people have thought this was a better pet than the family dog and went out to find one. Soon after that, they must have learned otherwise.

Fatal snake attacks in Australia have risen from 2 to 5 deaths in 2013. The controversy with this is however is that these

The Snake war was arguably one of the most devastating Native American wars in the west, moreover Native Americans were trespassing into settlers land and settlers trespassing into Native American land caused this conflict. And in it multiple states were involved, multiple tribes and a multitude of people!

The Burmese python is a very large and dangerous snake. Owners go into the store and buy a snake, they like, not realizing how big it's going to get. According to source one, “… Capable of growing to an astonishing length of  23 feet and weigh up to about 200 pounds.” This example provides proof the pythons grow to big to be kept in the house. This article also states, “When animal tries to pull away, it only sinks further into the python grip then the python coils its large and powerful body around the animal… And swallows

Throughout the man’s dilemma, the rattler is always calm and relaxed. When first spotted by the man, the snake’s head was “merely turned … To watch what [the man] would do.” Many snakes would feel threatened just seeing a human; this rattler is only wary, and reacts with dignity. He does nothing to the man, not even rattle, until he is physically threatened. The rattler “[sees] the hoe” in the man’s hand, and yet, still does not feel the need to attack, which helps the reader to sympathize with the snake because he does nothing wrong. Eventually, after the rattler is killed, the snake’s “jaws gape and snap once more,” signifying his defeat and last-ditch effort to fight. The rattler’s final snap reminds the readers that he is a wild animal; he was not born with the self restraint shown in his interactions with the man. To expect the rattler to bite the man in the beginning would not be farfetched, as wild animals are unpredictable. Readers sympathize with the snake’s final moments because he was solely respectful to the man. His respect is much more than could be expected of him, but his life is still taken. How the snake acts throughout the story makes readers feel sorry for him, as well as his

An Uktena is a dragon-like and horned serpent, it has been said that the first Uktena transformed from a human man in a failed attempt of assassinating the sun. Most of the tales that the Cherokee have that involve the Uktena involve a great battle with a hero slaying this monster. The Uktena are malicious and very deadly monsters that put up a very big fight when encountered with them. "Those who know say that the Uktena is a great snake, as large around as a tree trunk, with horns on its head, and a bright, blazing crest like a diamond upon its forehead, and scales glittering like sparks of fire. It has rings or spots of color along its whole length, and can not be wounded except by shooting in the seventh spot from the head, because under this spot are its heart and its life. The blazing diamond is called Ulunsuti, Transparent, and he who can win it may become the greatest wonder worker of the tribe, but it is worth a mans life to attempt it, for whoever is seen by the Uktena is so dazed by the bright light that he runs toward the snake instead of trying to escape." (James

“The Rattler” Analytical Essay Authors often use literary devices to display to the reader a greater sense of depth within a piece of literature. The literary devices in “The Rattler” are used to create a fuller meaning within its story. Patric uses these devices to describe and explain the suspenseful encounter between a man and a snake. As a result, the story becomes much more intriguing to the reader’s eyes. In Patric’s “The Rattler,” the reader imagines the story’s events through the use of diction, detail, and point of view.

Since majority of these animals remain well camouflaged with the surroundings and attack their prey at an ambush. I’m still horrified every time I think or hear about snakes regardless of how harmless it is, it gave me goose bumps and makes my body shiver. I noticed a pattern to this horrible nightmare of mine it usually happens after a long difficult day. When I’m exhausted, I always stretch to relax my muscles and set room the temperature where it remains not too hot or too cold just somewhere at a low 60 degrees. Once I become all comfortable I will fall asleep quickly and my subconscious starts to wander into my innermost fears.

When looking at their physical appearance, they are slim and scaly and sometimes rough. In addition to being the second most venomous snake, rattlesnakes are infamous for being quick, silent killers that only make noise to intimidate. “…the rattlesnake which known as the 'rattler is a symbol of potency and fertility…the rattle is a symbol of death and transformation since its venom can turn one nearing death to life” (Hallberg). Although they are patient and typically coiled into tight loops, the consequences of pushing these reptiles too far to the edge can be quick and fatal. When analyzing Delia Jones' character, many of the traits depicted in snakes are evident in her as

“I made up my mind I wouldn’t ever take aholt of a snake-skin again with my hands, now that I see what had come of it. Jim said he reckoned I would believe him next time. And he said that handling a snake-skin was such awful bad luck that maybe we hadn’t go to the end of it yet” (Twain 64).