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Can snakes swim underwater?

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Some live most of their lives in the water, including some “sea snakes”: As far as I know, all snakes can swim. I learned mine can when my friends dad (who owns a pet store) threw him in a fish tank. It is a ball python, snakes that don't swim in the wild, but it can still swim. read more

Water snakes may float or swim at the surface of the water, and at times cottonmouths will swim underwater to capture fish. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the cottonmouths’ cousins, the copperheads, often swim in a similar manner. read more

Then there are land snakes that can swim underwater, having kept several species that I have let swim in the bathtub and paddling pool on hot days. The species I've kept have shown the ability to swim submerged while moving for brief periods. read more

July 18, 2014 by Karen Hill | Filed Under: Science Rattlesnakes are good swimmers, though they are not in a class with species that spend all or most of their lives in water or even with the familiar garter snake. read more