903 reactions · 43 shares | So it’s the year of the snake, which really brings up the question, how are snakes doing in China? | The China Current | Facebook

The snake, a highly-respected totem for thousands of years, ranks sixth in the 12 Chinese zodiac signs. The earliest snake fossils discovered in China indicate that at least 18 million years ago, the basic form of the snake was not much different from that of today. The question is: How did snakes end up losing their limbs? | Learn Chinese