They have a little spiky thingy near their foot that is venomous, I think that's where the snake part comes in but I could be wrong.
Wtf is up with people who talk on those blue tooth things while looking at the person standing next to them. My boss does that, and then when I can't see the thing and am like, "what are you saying?!" he's like "EMILY YOU CANNOT TALK TO ME WHILE I'M ON THE PHONE." What. The. Fuck.