Snakes aren’t simple tubes. Their bodies have five regions – including a short neck

Snakes are seemingly simple in structure: a head attached to a long, unremarkable noodle. They do have some pretty cool features at the front end, with venomous fangs and the ability to stretch their mouths and swallow large prey whole, but their bodies are not just the simple…

An eastern brown snake (_Pseudonaja textilis_). Ammresh, CC BY-NC Snakes are seemingly simple in structure, a head attached to a long unremarkable noodle. They do have some pretty cool features at the front end, with venomous fangs and the capability to stretch their mouths and…