Are serpents real?

Although tales of sea serpents have continued to exist throughout the centuries, no animal has been captured so far that has not proved to belong to a previously well-known group.
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Is a serpent a real animal?

Tales of sea serpents may be among the oldest stories of humankind, told in many parts of the world. Sea snakes are real animals, found in the Indian Ocean and southern Pacific.
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Are sea serpents good?

They tend to have either a snakelike head or dragon head, a long neck, and sharp scales. In nearly all accounts, the Sea Serpent is a malevolent, terrible creature, feared by sailors and fishermen, causing death and destruction on the high seas.
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Are sea serpents evil?

Sea Serpents are one of the world's most recurring legends, and have appeared in almost every culture imaginable. They can vary from being relatively harmless wonders of the ocean, guardians of hidden treasure, or malevolent demons that send men to their watery graves.
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What are sea serpents based off of?

Oarfish are the world's longest bony fish, capable of reaching well over 30 feet in length, and also the inspiration for many fantastic tales of sea serpents.
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Do sea monsters exist?

Mythic Kraken

Hundreds of years ago, European sailors told of a sea monster called the kraken that could toss ships into the air with its many long arms. Today we know sea monsters aren't real--but a living sea animal, the giant squid, has 10 arms and can grow longer than a school bus.
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Are sea serpents still alive?

Although tales of sea serpents have continued to exist throughout the centuries, no animal has been captured so far that has not proved to belong to a previously well-known group.
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What does God say about snakes?

Jesus exhorted them, "Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves" (Matthew 10:16).
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What does the Bible say about ocean monsters?

The Leviathan in the Psalms

says, “You divided the sea by your might and broke the heads of the sea monsters on the waters. You crushed the heads of Leviathan...” (vv. 13-14).
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What color is sea serpent?

Sherwin-Williams Sea Serpent is a dark navy blue with green undertones. You could almost call it a dark blue green, but not quite. The color most like it is BM Hale Navy. It is most often used as an exterior paint color, but would look fantastic as an interior accent color or a wall color in a well lit room.
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Is a dragon a serpent?

The English word dragon comes from the Greek word drakōn, which was used originally for any large serpent, and the dragon of mythology, whatever shape it later assumed, remained essentially a snake.
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What is a serpent weakness?

Frostner is one of the best weapons for dealing with Serpents because Serpents are weak to frost damage, but otherwise any Bronze or Iron weapon will do.
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Are serpents and snakes the same?

snake, (suborder Serpentes), also called serpent, any of more than 3,400 species of reptiles distinguished by their limbless condition and greatly elongated body and tail.
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Can sea serpents breathe fire?

The sea serpent is a dragon, perfectly adapted to water. It attacks ships on sea with its fire breath and magic abilities.
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What is a serpent person?

a sly, deceitful, or unscrupulous person.
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Do sea serpents have legs?

Middle-earth Role Playing : The Sea Serpents, or Lingwilóki, are a breed of dragon adapted for aquatic life. They are long and serpentine, with clawed fins instead of legs, deep blue or green scales, and a sonar organ in their foreheads.
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Does Bible mention dinosaurs?

According to the Bible, dinosaurs must have been created by God on the sixth day of creation. Genesis 1:24 says, “And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.”
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Are there sharks in the Bible?

There are many sharks in the Bible -- double dealers, ruthless greedy people and more. I'm sure you can think of many. Perhaps one of the worst was King Herod, who killed all the Jewish boys under the age of 2 because he was trying to prevent the Messiah Jesus from being born.
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Are jellyfish mentioned in the Bible?

Moses was never stung by one?” They proceeded to have a short conversation about the appearance (or lack thereof) of jellyfish in the Bible, and somehow concluded that, in fact, in the book of Judges, Solomon does get stung by a jellyfish.
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What sins does God not forgive?

In the Book of Matthew (12: 31-32), we read, "Therefore I say to you, any sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven men, but blasphemy against the Spirit shall not be forgiven.
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Who made snakes?

Nokia phones

Snake – The first published by Nokia, for monochrome phones. It was programmed in 1997 by Taneli Armanto of Nokia and introduced on the Nokia 6110.
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Are snakes bad?

As we can see, snakes bring both good and bad to the world we share with them. But mostly, these reptiles have been cast in the role of evil. It's easy to see why, if we just take a glance at the scariest of the lot—the venomous snakes.
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How tall is a sea serpent?

The size of the animal was given as 200 ft. in length, 20 ft. in width, and it was described with long hair on its neck, but also "black scales and flaming red eyes".
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Where is the sea monster located?

9,000 feet up in the ALPS. Remains of a giant sea monster, that lived 205 million years ago, have been found 9,000 feet above sea level in the Swiss Alps by a team of archaeologists.
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What's the biggest sea serpent?

1) Oarfish

Still, the largest of them, the King of Herrings, may reach somewhere between 40 and 50 feet in length, and could easily set the imagination racing as it breaks the surface of the water crest-first, its big eyes glistening.
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