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For Scientific American Science Quickly, I'm Rachel Feltman.
People are funny about snakes.
I remember being taught the rhyme, red touches black, you're okay, Jack.
Red touches yellow, you're a dead fellow in elementary school.
Never mind the fact that we absolutely did not have coral snakes in New Jersey.
My guest today has spent a lot of time exploring our cultural aversion to and fascination with snakes.
Stephen S. Hall is a science writer and the author of seven books.