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The details of who they are were explained by a reference to how the God of the bible had punished the snake for his sins by having him crawl on the ground instead of flying in heaven. It was explained as part of their race being given a way to incarnate on the planet surface instead of being spaceborne. I then recalled a thought earlier during the day about how modern science has claimed that birds are lizards. At the time I had the thought in reverse, thinking that this means birds are flying snakes.