Posted on July 16, 2022
This is an update of my post published on July 16, 2011:
Today’s the day to honor snakes!
You might already know that snakes live on every continent except Antarctica – and that some of them are among the deadliest animals on Earth. From a 32-foot-long python to a Barbados thread snake as thin as spaghetti, snakes come in all sizes — but one limbless shape!
In other words, zero legs, zero arms, zero wings, zero flippers or fins or flukes!
How do they move with no limbs?
Check out a snake eating an egg here, and a sidewinder snake eating a lizard here, and many more snakes here (scroll down to see some photos!).
In the mood for some snake crafts? DLTK provides several ideas here.
Also on this date:
Fiesta Virgen del Carmen in Peru
NAACP founder Ida B. Wells’s birthday
La Paz Local Holiday
Global Hug Your Kids Day
Unaine (Elderly Woman Day) on Kiribati
Singer / actor Rain Pryor’s birthday
Tennis player Anna Smashnova’s birthday
Opening of Chicago’s Millennium Park
Anniversary of the countdown to Moon Day 50
National Guinea Pig Day
Epidemiologist Joseph Goldberger’s birthday
Plan ahead:
Check out my Pinterest boards for:
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July holidays
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July birthdays
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Historical anniversaries in July
And here are my Pinterest boards for:
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August holidays
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August birthdays
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Historical anniversaries in August