--- tags: wordplay --- # Shifty Snakes are Seldom Silent Shifty snakes are seldom silent, and -- statistically speaking -- silent snakes are seen as the superior survivors. Slithering specimens, specifically, seem to speak in snaps and snarls, and as such are spotted, snatched, and scarfed. Some smarter snakes seem to sense such situations and steadily stay still and silent, and so sustain survival for the species.