Show snakes do not milk cows it would be a physical impossibility for milk snakes to milk cows dr doris M cochran assistant curator of the division of reptiles and amphibians united states national museum points out that the milk snake has no sucking muscles in its throat and that the sharp teeth in the mouth of the snake would certainly cause the cow to rebel if the reptile attempted to milk her doctor cochran says that the milk snake is a very helpful reptile which destroys more than its share of rats and mice around barns and does man absolutely no harm |