Video: "Sneaky" Snake Tricks Thwart Predators

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August 10, 2006—Despite their fearsome reputation, snakes have their share of enemies too. So some species have taken to outsmarting—not outfighting—predators.

Join a rhinoceros snake as it flaunts its deadly poison cargo, a vine snake as it tricks foes into thinking it's venomous, and a two-headed snake that hunters can't make heads or tails of.

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