This book examines many different snakes around the world, and their habitats, diets, and characteristics that make them so unique.This book has captivating photographs to engage young scientists in to learning about these silent, scaly, scary predators. Although in captivity, each snake is pictured in its natural habitat, some enlarged up to five times their actual size in order to show the wonderful colors of their scaly skins and the graceful coils of their bodies. They are photographed face-to-face, at their level, so the reader feels as if he/she is inside their world. Captions are utilized to describe what is happening in the photograph and provide astonishing facts about that particular species as well. In this fascinating non-fiction book written by Nic Bishop, you’ll experience life as a snake, being four times longer than your current height, only a few inches thick, having poor vision, no arms and legs, hundreds of ribs, and thousands of muscles. Your sixth sense, hearing vibrations, will allow you to eat all kinds of insects, rodents, and other snakes, too. In fact, as unbelievable as it sounds, zebras and elephants may also be part of your diet! Bishop also makes some wonderful comparisons between snakes and humans that helps complete a visual picture for the reader. By describing its scales as functioning "like the tread on your shoes" is one example. Kids of all ages loved reading about snake books. Nic Bishop books were always some of the first books to fly off the library shelves!
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