Why and When Do Snakes Bite? As is commonly known, snakes bite for two main reasons: to hunt and to defend. When snakes are on the offensive, they use their venom to immobilize and kill their prey.

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There are approximately 600 species of venomous snakes on Earth, and to the untrained eye, most of their strikes appear similar -- ...