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Snakes evolved from lizards and in the process of evolving to outclass their prey or their competitors, evolved to loose their limbs, and with this, their ability to chase their prey down on legs. But not just this they also lost their claws so it was much harder to kill their prey as well and because of this snake ended up having to develop new hunting strategies. Like killing by constricting, or injecting venom. It is very difficult to think of the advantage of loosing limbs and it seems that snakes have had to work hard to develop new survival strategies to get around this. So why did a group of entirely carnivorous animals evolve to loose their legs? To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/MothLightMedia To donate to my PayPal (thank you): https://www.paypal.me/mothlightmedia To buy merchandise: teespring.com/en-GB/stores/moth-light... Email: mothlightmedia@outlook.com If I have used artwork that belongs to you but have neglected to credit it this will just be because I was unable to find one. If this has happened please contact me and I will add a credit. Some Art work has been altered for the purposes of bettering them for video format; these alterations were done independent from the artists who created the original work, so they are not responsible for any inaccuracies that could have occurred with the changes being made. Sources: https://researchportal.bath.ac.uk/en/publications/a-transitional-snake-from-the-late-cretaceous-period-of-north-ame https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14772019.2021.1983044?journalCode=tjsp20 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rstb.1998.0308 https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aax5833 https://researchportal.bath.ac.uk/en/publications/a-new-basal-snake-from-the-mid-cretaceous-of-morocco https://mcz.harvard.edu/news/new-light-evolution-snake-body-plan https://www.researchgate.net/publication/24441587_Evolution_and_diversification_of_the_Toxicofera_reptile_venom_system https://phys.org/news/2015-04-reptilian-family-tree.html