That's it! Give the snakes banjos and EVERYONE and EVERYTHING will beat them to death. Snakes play the banjo with their tails, and do whatever fretwork is possible with their head and teeth. A poisonous snake can make a banjo swell up so much you'd swear the snake was playing a double bass, except the sound's a lot worse than either a dbouble bass OR a banjo. If you ever see a banjo with the neck all full of little punctures you know it's been played by a snake.