As it turns out, gopher snakes don’t have the corner on swimming. With nearly 4,000 snake species worldwide, it’s impossible to know how many of them swim. Some are rare or endangered. And in some ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There are three snake species native to the UK - adder, grass and smooth snake, but only one can swim. (Image: Getty ...

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