One morning, I instinctively jumped, rather than step on a "baby" snake.
Manop chases after the baby snakes, killing each one, but slips on a rock and is killed.
A surviving baby snake transforms into a human infant, who is then found by a wandering monk.
Evidence suggests the mother snake has had multiple virgin births, producing 22 baby snakes that have no father.
I looked deeper into the Beetle's wound and saw tiny snakes moving there, a rainbow of worms, baby snakes.
Often mistaken for baby snakes, slow-worms are an increasingly rare sight in Britain.
The baby snakes are able to swim and move about and they must fend for themselves independently directly after birth.
A nest consists of three to 11, five on average, baby snakes.
A baby snake's egg tooth tears a hole directly through the shell, and falls off the first time the snake sheds its skin.
They give birth to live young; 20 to 40 baby snakes are born at one time.