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	Podcast:		Moment of Um
	Episode:		Why did snakes lose their legs?
	Category:		Kids & family
	Duration:		00:04:14
	Publish Date:		2025-05-30 08:00:00
	Description:		Happy Snake Week! Every episode this week explores a different question about our slithery friends. Here’s a mind blower for you: did you know the ancestors of snakes used to have legs? Somewhere along the zigzag path of evolution, they traded in their lizardy legs for a more streamlined look. But why did snakes go legless? We asked biologist and snake researcher Emily Taylor to help us find the answer. Got a question that’s snaking around your brain? Send it to us at BrainsOn.org/contact, and we’ll find a fangtastic answer! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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