snakes as pets

Photographs and simple text look at snakes, what they eat, where they live, and how they play.

Sneaker the snake is not only a good pet for Pete, he becomes a good student at Pete's school and a hero at the public swimming pool.

Mr. Cooper's class is getting a pet! Alexia hopes it is something cool, like a snake. But is she ready to take care of the pet, or will it be one weird mess?.

A guide to keeping a snake as a pet, offering tips on choosing a snake, discussing snake habits, and including advice on creating a comfortable snake habitat, feeding a snake, and other aspects of snake care.

Presents a guide to owning and caring for a snake as a pet, featuring profiles of different types of snakes, providing information about pet selection, supplies, feeding, and handling, and including discussion of snake history, life cycle, and behavior.

Alexia is delighted when Mr. Cooper brings in Bob, a hognose snake, as class pet, but when Bob keels over, is Andrea's toy poodle or Alexia's neglect to blame?.

Readers will love learning about the anaconda, the largest snake in the world. This book includes freaky facts about the anaconda’s diet, anatomy, behavior, and habitat. There’s a special focus on the anaconda’s fierce hunting skills and its massive prey. This volume also includes conservation information on the anaconda. Readers will enjoy the engaging yet accessible text and the thrilling color photographs that bring them face to face with this heavy, slithering snake.

Beware the venomous viper. This book will take readers along on the hunt with the viper as it uses its great snake senses and fatal fangs to kill its prey. Lively text keeps readers engaged as color photographs bring readers to the viper’s hunting grounds. Freaky facts about diet, anatomy, behavior, and life cycle will excite readers and keep them reading. The book also includes a description of the viper’s super senses, including its ability to sense heat in its environment to catch its prey. This is one snake hunt readers won’t want to miss.

There are plenty of underwater predators to watch out for, but one of the most venomous is the sea snake. Readers will delight in reading about the anatomy, behavior, conservation status, and life cycle of the sea snake, as well as its unlucky prey. The book focuses on the sea snake’s hunting abilities, including its amazing senses, swimming abilities, and deadly bite. Vivid color photographs will take readers on a dive into the sea snake’s habitat, while fact-filled text gives them a deep understanding of this underwater hunter.