{"id":21717,"date":"2018-11-02T08:00:37","date_gmt":"2018-11-02T08:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/?p=21717"},"modified":"2018-11-02T14:32:23","modified_gmt":"2018-11-02T14:32:23","slug":"kids-snakes-of-southern-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/uk\/kids-club\/entertainment\/books\/kids-snakes-of-southern-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Kids&#8217; Snakes of Southern Africa!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Are you fascinated by our planet&#8217;s super snakes? Then you\u2019ll love <strong><em>Kids\u2019 Snakes of Southern Africa<\/em><\/strong> by wildlife expert <strong>Johan Marais<\/strong>\u2026<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Kids-Snakes-of-Southern-Africa-Website.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21718\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Kids-Snakes-of-Southern-Africa-Website.jpg\" alt=\"Kids' Snakes of Southern Africa - book cover\" width=\"480\" height=\"572\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Kids-Snakes-of-Southern-Africa-Website.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Kids-Snakes-of-Southern-Africa-Website-252x300.jpg 252w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This exciting guide introduces you to<strong> 36 of southern Africa\u2019s most common and interesting snakes<\/strong>. You\u2019ll get to learn all about the intriguing habits of these misunderstood reptiles \u2013\u2013 where they live, how they hunt, what dangers they face and how they protect themselves. Featuring <strong>250 captivating photographs<\/strong>\u00a0and bursting with <strong>fascinating facts<\/strong>, this brilliant book is a must-have for any budding young wildlife warriors!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">For more info, and for more terrific titles, head to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.co.za\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">penguinrandomhouse.co.za<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you fascinated by our planet&#8217;s super snakes? Then you\u2019ll love Kids\u2019 Snakes of Southern Africa by wildlife expert Johan Marais\u2026 &nbsp; &nbsp; This exciting guide introduces you to 36 of southern Africa\u2019s most common and interesting snakes. You\u2019ll get to learn all about the intriguing habits of these misunderstood reptiles \u2013\u2013 where they live, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/uk\/kids-club\/entertainment\/books\/kids-snakes-of-southern-africa\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Kids&#8217; Snakes of Southern Africa!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":534,"featured_media":21719,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[1119,117,834,245,2365,1040,641],"christmas-category":[],"class_list":["post-21717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-books","tag-books","tag-childrens-books","tag-conservation","tag-entertainment","tag-snakes","tag-south-africa","tag-wildlife","countries-south-africa"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Kids&#039; Snakes of Southern Africa! 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