Snakes are elongated, legless, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes. Some Snakes have a venomous bite, which they use to kill their prey before eating it. Other Snakes kill their prey by constriction. Still, others swallow their prey whole and alive.
In the jungles of "JUMANJI", Snakes of different sizes appear as lethal predators using different methods of trapping and consuming prey. A Serpent is also represented on the legal tender of "JUMANJI", in the form of the Central Bank's "$2" note.
Characteristics
A Serpent on Jumanji's legal tender.
All serpents are strictly carnivorous, eating small animals including lizards, frogs, other snakes, small mammals, birds, eggs, fish, snails or insects. Because Snakes cannot bite or tear their food to pieces, they must swallow prey whole. The body size of a snake has a major influence on its eating habits. Smaller snakes eat smaller prey. Juvenile pythons might start out feeding on lizards or mice and graduate to small deer or antelope as an adult, for example.
Skills
- Venom: Some species of Snakes such as Black Mambas, possess venom with enough potential to cause painful injury or death to humans. To do this they will often inject their venom via biting. Snakes can be prevented from injecting venom into prey by breaking off their fangs, a process known by zoologists as "de-fanging".
- Coils: Some species of Snakes like the Anaconda are nonvenomous and primarily use their powerful muscles to catch and subdue prey by constriction.
Appearances
1981
In the original picture book, Peter rolls the dice and lands on a space reading: "Python sneaks into camp, go back one space". This triggered the appearance of an eight-foot Python, urged around the clock on the mantlepiece, which scares the Guide and the Monkeys onto a couch. The Python starts to approach the players while the volcano erupts before disappearing when Judy wins the game.
Film Novel
While no Snakes appear in the 1995 film, there are passing references to them, via comparisons made on what to expect from playing the game of "JUMANJI", such as Snakes as long as a school bus.
Board Game
- Secret symbol: Saber
- Number: 3
In the Milton Bradley board game, a Snake has it's own danger card. Rolling a Saber on the rescue die within 3 seconds will defeat the Snake threat.
Mobile Game
In the Mobile Game, a Cobra appears as a legendary class animal card.
Rhino Run
On the official site of Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, the game Rhino Run has red/yellow/brown Snakes as dangerous hazards. They appear randomly on the fixed routes and can only be avoided but can also be passed through when the characters ride an Elephant when picking up a powerup. As playable characters pass through levels, the game speed increases and makes Snakes and other hazards even harder to avoid.
Fluxx
In the "JUMANJI" of the Fluxx card game, Snakes have their own danger card.
Stickers
Although no Snakes directly appeared in the 1995 film, the African Adventure Stickers featured a Snake as one of the collectable stickers, specifically the Cobra.
- “This snake is found across Africa and Asia.Up to 2 metres long, its bite is usually fatal unless help is at hand. Sensing danger, the Cobra raises its neck and upper bod and expands the skin to form a protective hood around its head. The Cape Cobra, from the southern tip of Africa, likes to eat other snakes!”
- —No.8: The Cobra
A Jumanji Python.
In the animated series, Snakes appear as common predators, even appearing in the opening titles. While several of the wildlife around the jungles of "JUMANJI" like Snakes are natural, some happen to be creations of Professor J.S. Heinrich Ibsen.
- In Who Am I?; the players encountered a Giraffe that initially appeared to be affectionate by licking with its long tongue, however; it turned out to be a Python on the inside and attempted to constrict the players unaware of it's swapped body.
- In Mud Boy; The two land in the "JUMANJI" Bayou and encounter Alan who is running from a giant leech monster. The three split up and the giant leech goes after Peter. He nearly gets sucked up by it, but Alan and Judy distract the leech and save him. The leech turns its attention to them, but Alan defeats it by tossing a snake he accidentally grabbed at it and the snake holds its mouth shut.
- In Law of Jumanji, during class Peter delusioned Rock as what appeared to be a Cobra while seeing Rock’s friends as the Monkey Trio.
- In Brantford: The Game, Alan managed to get constricted by an Anaconda in the Brantford Game dimension's library, after it was released from one of the books under the "A" section.
2017 Film
Start-up title screen.
When Jumanji transformed it's board game form into a new video game design, a Snake was represented on the start-up title screen.
Ruby (Martha) avoids the Snake conglomeration.
In the 2017 film, Snakes are present threats, especially when congregating in large swarms. In the Bazaar, the players were alerted by a rhyming boy that they needed to retrieve a vital clue inside a basket that was guarded by a lethal black mamba, which was bad notes for Ruby Roundhouse (Martha) because her statistics included a weakness to venom which she exploited later as part of a plan to retrieve the Jaguar's Eye from Professor Van Pelt. However, Franklin "Mouse" Finbar was a zoologist and knew that if they could de-fang the Snake it would be rendered harmless, which he managed to do so and Mouse (Fridge) gained some self-pride.
The Snakes illustrations.
In the closing credits, a grouping of Snakes appears next to Karen Gillan's credits, referencing Ruby Roundhouse's weakness to Snake venom.
2019 Film
In "The Next Level", when the game started at From The Deep, Ruby Roundhouse (Martha) and Shelly Oberon (Fridge) tried to explain the situation to Smolder Bravestone (Eddie) and Mouse Finbar (Milo), they were approached by a Hippo like last time, narrowly avoiding history repeating itself by sending the Hippo back into the water. As Shelly (Fridge) gave warnings about being mindful of their surroundings, he was unexpectedly ambushed by an Anaconda, and quickly pulled upwards to his first death and subsequent respawn.External links
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| Books | Novel • Film novel • Zathura | |
| Media | 1995 film • TV Series • Zathura: A Space Adventure • Welcome to the Jungle • The Next Level | |
| Games | Board Game • Jigsaw • Trading Cards • LCD Game • PC Game • PS2 Game • Mobile Game • 2019 Game • Fluxx • Stickers • The Curse Returns | |
| Jumanji Picture Book | ||
| Characters | Judy • Peter • Mother • Father • Mr. Budwing • Mrs. Budwing • Danny Budwing • Walter Budwing • Guide | |
| Animals | Rhinoceros • Monkey • Lion • Tetse Fly • Python | |
| Weather | Thunderstorm • Monsoon • Earthquake | |
| Objects | Board Game | |
| Locations | Jumanji Realm • Brantford | |