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Snake Emoji Meaning
A snake, a slithering reptile without limbs. Generally depicted as a yellowish-green snake facing left, with a long, coiled body and flicking a red, forked tongue.
Often used metaphorically to describe sneaky or manipulative behaviour, or to accuse someone of being untrustworthy. Notably, in 2016, snake emojis were posted en masse in Taylor Swift's Instagram comments following a high-profile dispute with Kim Kardashian.
One of the 12 animals of the Chinese zodiac. May also be used in association with ⛎ Ophiuchus, the Serpent-Bearer, sometimes considered a 13th sign of the Western zodiac.
May also be used in reference to the Python programming language.
Samsung’s snake was previously facing forward.
Snake was approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010 and added to Emoji 1.0 in 2015.