KIDS TRIVIA

Detailed explanation-1: -Over millions of years they gradually lost legs, and they’ve even lost shoulders and hips. Evidence of older species with limbs can be found in the fossil record and in the boas (Boidae), a more primitive family that still has remnants of limbs.”

Detailed explanation-2: -Snakes also slowly evolved, and no longer have legs because they developed other ways to move. Millions of years ago the ancestors of snakes were lizards, part of a group of animals called reptiles. Over time, these lizards began moving differently, depending less on their legs.

Detailed explanation-3: -Snakes are reptiles with no legs. They move by using their muscles to push their scales against the ground or other objects.

Detailed explanation-4: -Snakes used to wander the Earth on legs about 150 million years ago, before they shifted from strut to slither. Now, two scientists have pinpointed the genetic process that caused snakes to lose their legs.