Snakes have survived millions of years by using their bodies in increasingly creative ways.
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The way humans make an ‘ssss’ noise is different to the way a snake does it. We put our tongue behind our teeth when we hiss, but for a snake the tongue isn’t involved at all in making sounds.
When 9- to 12-month-olds with presented with two images at once – one snake and one flower – researchers found that the babies turned their heads more quickly to look at snakes than at flowers.
