Derek wrote about the viper snake. Some key points are: - Vipers shouldn't be kept as pets as they can be dangerous if they bite, causing significant blood loss. - They are found mostly in Europe and eat small animals like rodents, frogs and insects. - Baby vipers are very small, around 10-15cm, when they are born and stay with their mother for a while. - Vipers come in different colors and the mother holds the eggs in her mouth until they hatch.

1. By: Derek

2. Some of the things I
like are playing
online.
I’m writing about
the viper because
it’s cool.

3. The viper snake
shouldn’t be kept as
a pet.
It can be many
different colors.
They have a lot of
babies.

4. The egg stays in the
mother’s mouth
until its ready to
hatch.
It stays with its
mother for a while.
They can be 10-
15cm long at birth.

5. They mostly live in
Europe.

6. They eat
amphibians,
rodents, eggs, and
insects.

7. Most vipers move in
an S shape. You can
find these mostly
where it lives.

8. You’d lose a lot of
blood if it bit you.

9. You can find them
in Europe.

10. The thing that makes our finger nails
makes up their scales.

11.  http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/01/photogalleries/snakes/im
ages/primary/snake_5n.jpg picture slide 4
 http://www.kostich.com/gaboon viper snake.JPG picture slide 3
 http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/NPLPOD/1084936~Two-
Striped-Forest-Pit-Viper-Snake-with-Young-Fangs-Open-Amazon-Rainforest-
Ecuador-Posters.jpg picture slide 1 ’n’ slide 8
 http://www.survivaliq.com/survival/PIC/fige-26.gif picture slide 5
 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Praying_mantis_india.jpg
/300px-Praying_mantis_india.jpg picture slide 6
 http://snaketracks.com/images/europemap.gif on slide 9