Livestream Offers a Close-Up View of Thousands of Rattlesnakes in a ‘Mega Den’

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Travel nightmare: Man caught smuggling over 100 live snakes in his pants

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Corn snake looks forward
The man smuggled several snake species, including a corn snake (not pictured).

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50-Foot-Long Fossil Snake May Be the Largest That Ever Lived

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A newly described fossil snake in India may be the largest that ever lived, according to a team that studied 27 vertebrae recovered from a lignite mine in India. The new species is dubbed Vasuki indicus—named for India and the mythical serpent that wraps itself around the neck of the Hindu god Shiva. Extrapolating the…

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Passengers found a live snake in an overhead bin like a real-life 'Snakes on a Plane'

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Screenshots of a TikTok video purportedly showing an AirAsia cabin crew member trying to catch a snake on a flight from Bangkok to Phuket.
Screenshots of a TikTok video purportedly showing an AirAsia cabin crew member trying to catch a snake on a flight from Bangkok to Phuket.

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Photos show the process of collecting snake venom to produce life-saving anti-venom

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A snake bites into cellophane covering the top of a shot glass and releases its venom into the glass.
A snakebites into cellophane covering the top of a shot glass and releases its venom into the glass.

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Burmese pythons are being spotted farther and farther north in Florida and could reach other states, experts warn. 'It really does feel like an alien invasion,' one scientist said.

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A Burmese python with light green, white, and black coloring loops over itself while sitting on a patch of grass.
A Burmese python sits in the grass at Everglades Holiday Park in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

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