`` Snakes are ugly and bad, and it might have bitten somebody, and they would have died ''.

Over the years, Lee's keyboards have featured synthesizers from Oberheim ( Eight-voice, OB-1, OB-X, OB-Xa ), PPG ( Wave 2. 2 and 2. 3 ), Roland ( Jupiter 8, D-50, XV-5080, and a Fantom X7 starting on the Snakes & Arrows Tour ), Moog ( Minimoog, Taurus bass pedals, Moog Little Phatty ), and Yamaha ( DX7, Yamaha KX76 ).

Snakes are thought to have evolved from either burrowing or aquatic lizards during the mid-Cretaceous period, and the earliest known fossils date to around 112 Ma ago.

All games have morals ; and the game of Snakes and Ladders captures, as no other activity can hope to do, the eternal truth that for every ladder you hope to climb, a snake is waiting just around the corner, and for every snake a ladder will compensate.

Among the many films that have copied this formula are Under Siege ( terrorists take over a ship ), Snakes on a Plane ( poisonous snakes take over a passenger plane ), Speed, Under Siege 2: Dark Territory and Derailed ( hostages are trapped on a train ), Sudden Death ( terrorists take over an Ice Hockey stadium ), Passenger 57, Executive Decision and Air Force One ( hostages are trapped on a plane ), Con Air ( criminals take over a transport plane ), and Half Past Dead and The Rock ( criminals or terrorists take over a prison ).

Snakes have been associated with some of the oldest rituals known to humankind and represent dual expression of good and evil.

The lyrics to " Snakes of Christ " tell of Glenn Danzig's view that the teachings of Christ have been perverted by religious groups.

Snakes, some lizards, and most amphisbaenians have evolved the complete loss of their limbs.

Snakes do not have an extensive fossil record, but the oldest known snake fossil is from between early and late Cretaceous period.

Snakes currently have about 3070 extant species that are grouped into the scolecophidians and the alethinophidians.

Snakes are also highly revered, and are often thought to have been the progenitors of the ancient Baiyue peoples, which included the Dong ( Geary 2003: 149 ).

Snakes of up to in diameter have been observed to be cut in half, then the pieces are swallowed whole.

" Badgers On A Plane " consists of a scene from a Snakes On a Plane trailer that includes badgers and a mushroom, which have been digitally edited into the scene, tumbling from their seats while a bit of the song plays in the background.

Snakes which envenomate a prey animal may have to track the prey as it flees.

Snakes are most likely to bite when they feel threatened, are startled, are provoked, or have no means of escape when cornered.

Snakes, which have evolved unique forms of locomotion, and are probably derived from lizards.

Sea Snakes and Royal City have since disbanded, while Oneida continues to work with Jagjaguwar.

Morgoth, Prakanda Bimba, The Time, White, Night, Divine Influence, Wings of Spasm, Rage Hybrid, Horny Monks, Garudh, Hatebook, Psychic Tower, Vomiting Snakes, have contributed in their own way to the scene.

Since The Soviettes ' hiatus, Annie and Danny have continued playing music together as the punk rock duo The Awesome Snakes.

Snakes have long been popular subjects of Hindu art.

Snakes and their tissue portions have long been considered by followers of Traditional Chinese medicine to be invaluable for the promotion of vitality and health.

He switched back to Fender Jazz Basses for the recording of Counterparts in 1993, and has been using them virtually exclusively since, heard on albums Test For Echo, Vapor Trails, Feedback and Snakes & Arrows.

A long-running gag has been adverts for sheds, or rather surreal types of sheds (" TV Sheds ", " Shed Bikes ", " Shed Snakes ", etc .).

In Canada the game has been traditionally sold as Snakes and Ladders, and produced by the Canada Games Company.

He has been featured in Who's Who in Music and appeared on a compilation album by Paul Shaffer of the David Letterman band, and also on rock group The Black Crowes ' 1996 album Three Snakes and One Charm.

As of 2010, Morris has been performing and touring with his latest project Off !, which he founded with Dimitri Coats from Burning Brides, Steven Shane McDonald from Redd Kross, and Mario Rubalcaba from Earthless / Rocket From The Crypt / Hot Snakes.

Snakes were believed to be more closely related to monitor lizards than any other type of extant reptile, however, it has been more recently proposed that snakes are the sister group of the clade of iguanians and anguimorphs.

This version has been used in several commercials, films and television programs including Finding Forrester, Meet Joe Black, 50 First Dates, Snakes on a Plane, Charmed, South Pacific, Cold Case, ER, Life on Mars, Horizon, and Scrubs.

Although they share sonic similarities with bands its members had previously been involved with, Hot Snakes ' sound is much more primal than that of Pitchfork, Drive Like Jehu or even Rocket from the Crypt.

Reis and Froberg were also heavily influenced by bands such as The Wipers, Suicide, and Michael Yonkers Band, and these influences gave Hot Snakes a distinctive sound that has been described by one critic as " hardcore garage punk.

In 1999, Murray started working again with Bernie Marsden and Micky Moody, who had been working with Norwegian Whitesnake tribute band The Snakes.

It was launched at the Poetry Café in London in November 2005 and has since been performed at a number of venues, including The British Library with BBC Radio London, BAC with Apples and Snakes, The Aran Islands ( Ireland ) and India with the British Council for Mumbai Poetry Live.

Southern Pacific Rattlesnakes and Gopher Snakes are perhaps the most commonly observed snakes, but a lucky hiker might also encounter other species including the Striped Racer, California Kingsnake, and Ring-Necked Snake.

The Kentucky based band Bride initially played speed metal, particularly on Live to Die, and reached wider audience on when they released Snakes in the Playground ( 1992 ).

Snakes yawn, both to realign their jaws after a meal and for respiratory reasons, as their trachea can be seen to expand when they do this.

* Snakes use this organ to sense prey, sticking their tongue out to gather scents and touching it to the opening of the organ when the tongue is retracted.

Snakes are likely to approach residential areas when attracted by prey, such as rodents.

Snakes may also be unusually active during especially warm nights when ambient temperatures exceed.

Snakes of any species may sometimes fail to inject venom when they bite, so after a few hours without any noticeable effects, victims of boomslang bites may believe ( wrongly ) their injury is not serious.

Hot Snakes originated when Reis recorded a batch of songs with The Delta 72 drummer Jason Kourkounis, then contacted former bandmate Froberg to contribute vocals to the tracks.

He was once attached to direct Snakes on a Plane and he was aboard the project when Samuel L. Jackson, whom he directed in The 51st State, signed on.

Snakes caused the extirpation of most of the native forest vertebrate species ; thousands of power outages affecting private, commercial, and military activities ; widespread loss of domestic birds and pets ; and considerable emotional trauma to residents and visitors alike when snakes invaded human habitats with the potential for envenomation of small children.

The band also gained popularity when McCoy was featured in the Cobra Starship song Snakes on a Plane ( Bring It ), which was featured on the soundtrack to the film.

Lisa worries that the town will now become infested by lizards rather than the pigeons, but Skinner assures her that they will send in Chinese Needle Snakes, then snake-eating gorillas, and then " when wintertime rolls around, the gorillas simply freeze to death.

She also occasionally gives him forensic advice, such as in the Season 5 episodes No Humans Involved, when Greg was unsure how to recover a fingerprint, and Snakes, when Greg is sent to assist her in a shooting.

Hare's book Snakes in Suits: When Psychopaths Go to Work ( 2006 ), co-authored with Paul Babiak, is a study of the disruption caused when psychopaths enter the workplace.

Texas Blind Snakes spend the vast majority of their time buried in loose soil, only emerging to feed or when it rains and their habitat floods with water.