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World Snake Day 2021 Theme, History, Significance, Facts, and More
Let’s know more about World Snake Day like its 2021 Theme, History, Significance, and More. Every Year, 16 July is celebrated as World Snake Day world…
World Snake Day 2021 Theme, Facts, History, Significance, and More: Every Year, 16 July is celebrated as World Snake Day worldwide. The aim of the day is to create awareness about different species of snakes. In human eyes, snakes have a negative role, and people consider them as some of the biggest enemies in animals. That’s why most people, kill snakes just after seeing them. But, we all should know, that snakes play a great role in balancing our environment. Let’s know more about World Snake Day like its 2021 Theme, History, Significance, Facts, and More.
World Snake Day 2021 Theme
The theme of this year (2021) has not been announced yet.
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History
Snakes are considered to be one of the oldest creatures on the earth planet. Titanoboa species of snakes is considered to be the biggest creature ever existed on the planet. But, it was extinct thousands of years ago. The predator plays an important role in maintaining the balance of nature.
Significance
Cutting of forests, and Climate Change are some of the factors responsible for the decline in habitats of snakes. It’s our responsibility to take efforts to preserve them. This is also the motive behind celebrating this day. As snakes eat various small animals like – rodents, rabbits, birds etc, they help to balance the environment. And if they will not be here, then it will have a big impact indirectly on us.
Facts
- More than 300 species of snakes are found in India, out of which only about 50 species are poisonous.
- The lifespan of a snake is between 4 to 25 years.
- The snake island of Brazil has the densest population of snakes.
- King cobra is the longest among venomous snakes.
- After a research it was claimed that there is a species of snake that can produce eggs even without a male snake.