Gary Larson

As a kid I used to raise snakes. Obviously, my social life was a bit down at the time. But it took me a while to realise that with an interest like that people are going to think there's something wrong with you.

American Cartoonist

Ginuwine

I didn't have my mom or my dad or cousins or anybody to guide me. I was around a whole bunch of wolves... I was just like, 'Lord, just guide me and weed these snakes out of my life.

American Actor

Claire Coffee

Real-life things, like spiders and snakes, that doesn't scare me, but if it's a monster or a ghost or an alien, that will always scare me.

American Actress

Steven Wright

When I was 16... I worked in a pet store. And they fired me because... they had three snakes in there, and one day I braided them.

American Comedian

Tana French

Everybody has ways in which they've been lucky in life, and everybody also has ways in which they've definitely rolled snake eyes.

Irish Novelist

Britt Ekland

I'm not scared of snakes, spiders or heights. I have three children; as a mum, you can't be afraid of things like that.

Swedish Actress

Michael Zaslow

Roger became a part of me, and when he went off the deep end and became a mad snake, I felt sorry for him.

Edward Albee

He that has been bitten by a snake is afraid of a rope.

American Dramatist

Robin Williams

I don't do well with snakes and I can't dance.

Harriet Tubman

American Activist

Snakes are associated with wild environments, often provoking fear or intrigue.

Natural Habitat

Snakes have significant cultural symbolism, representing both good and evil.

Cultural Symbol

When used as a verb, it implies a smooth, stealthy or indirect movement or progression.

Figurative Use

To 'snake' through something can suggest dishonesty or avoidance.

Negative Connotation

Calling someone a snake conveys strong feelings of betrayal and distrust.

Emotional Impact

Referring to someone as a snake is informal and can be seen as rude.

Informal Insult

Used in plumbing, it means a specialized tool, not to be confused with the animal.

Specific Context

It's a practical term indicating action to resolve a common problem at home.

Practical Usage

 It's a difficult place to work in. You have to deal with sandstorms and snakes and scorpions, and it's very difficult to find good fossils there. But our hard work paid off. We discovered many incredible specimens. There's the largest dinosaur bone that had ever been found in this part of the Sahara.

Nizar Ibrahim: How we...

 maybe it's their incredible adaptation so this deadliest bird in the world could also be a very caring parent and that's how he survives um that ancient foreign the forest naturally has lots of lizards and snakes and bugs but introduced species are a massive problem in australia that

Filming The World's...

 to mean freedom to pray to a tree or a snake or a monkey why not your car no driver really will drive the car without performing the ceremony first well soon thereafter truck driver unlicensed truck driver backed into my car instantly there is a crowd around you

Re-adapting to Indian...

 Next came the dragon, who could have flown directly across, but stopped to help some creatures she had encountered on the way. After her came the horse, galloping across the river. But just as she got across, the snake slithered by.

The myth behind the...

 But first, that spirit must pass through the duat, or underworld. This is a realm of vast caverns, lakes of fire, and magical gates, all guarded by fearsome beasts - snakes, crocodiles, and half-human monstrosities

The Egyptian Book of the...

 she react as she would to the real thing bravely protecting the colony with no thought for herself our aim is to harass the snake into leaving but the spy snake

5 Amazing Animal...

 snakes in the world it's bite is loaded with hemo toxic venom and this can cause considerable pain and tissue damage in any creature it sinks its fangs in to

Red-Tailed Hawk vs....

 It takes some nerve to wade in with no protective clothing. Sea snake venom can be ten times more powerful than a rattlesnake's.

Old Woman Is Master Sea...

 Even the baby is determined to help. But his mother has spotted something. This yellow rat snake isn't after monkeys.

Snake Kills Rodent Which...

 of reptiles in the world our fear of snakes is really a fear of vipers yet it's mixed with fascination too