Zoologically they are not snakes, but snakes are only a further advance in the same direction.
"Concerning Animals and Other Matters"
E.H. Aitken, (AKA Edward Hamilton)
The rat is a near relation of the squirrel Zoologically, but personally he is a gutter-snipe, and you may know that by one look at the tail which he drags after him like a dirty rope.
"Concerning Animals and Other Matters"
E.H. Aitken, (AKA Edward Hamilton)