Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Snakes come in an astonishing range of sizes, from tiny thread snakes to massive constrictors capable of overpowering large prey.

If you grew up on nature documentaries, you probably have “snake = scary predator” wired into your brain. But out in the real world, snakes are very much on the menu. Birds stomp them. Mammals chew ...