A healthy respect for snakes is good — after all, an estimated 5.4 million people globally are bitten by snakes each year!

Discover interesting facts about snakes, from how they hunt and eat, to why they don't have legs.

Carnivores have shearing, cutting molars - brachydont, secodont dentition. Heterodont teeth require thecodont attachment. Snake fang attached by a ligament, formed by two fused teeth to create fang.