 Eric Heintz, Northwest News Radio. And today's a day to honor something that most of us are actually afraid of. Brie Tennis has the creepy details on World Snake Day. On a plane, in a field, anywhere they are, we should honor them because snakes are good. National Geographic says there's nearly 4,000 species of snakes in the world. A Gallup poll shows 51% of us say we're afraid, but we shouldn't be.