So snakes scare the stuffing out of me but I want to learn more about them.
A snake can be somewhat terrifying I can understand. They are legless, elongated, carnivorous reptiles.
Carnivorous?  So they don't just eat plants.  That's why I'm scared!
That's right. They are also covered in overlapping scales and they are ectothermic.
Geez.  If it bit me would I die?
Well that would depend on the species of snake. Many species have skulls with more joints than the lizard ancestors. 
Wow.  So there are lots of different species of snakes to watch out for.
Snake
Snakes are elongated, legless, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes. Like all other squamates, snakes are ectothermic, amniote vertebrates covered in overlapping scales. 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. 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. Some species
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