Snake influencer bitten after boasting: ‘Antidote is for cowards’
For Taylor Swift, karma is a cat purring on her lap. But for one South Carolina man, karma takes a different form—a poisonous snake that bites his hand. Jeffrey Leibowitz,…
Most lakes are infested with snakes, snake charmers bitten
Watch: Video shows snake on the back of an alligator in Florida A Florida man captured a video of a snake riding on the back of an alligator. A South…
Snake owner realizes that his 4-meter-long tiger python has become too big
This pet is his-torical. A four-meter-long Burmese python was brought to a New York zoo after its owner admitted it had grown too big for his care. The three-and-a-half-year-old snake,…
A 13-foot-long (and growing) python was seized from a New York home and taken to a zoo
NEW HARTFORD, NY — A 13-foot-long (4-meter-long) tiger python was confiscated from a man in upstate New York who kept the still-growing snake in a small aquarium, authorities said. The…
Conservation authorities in New Jersey warn about poisonous snakes: “Never touch them!”
Officials with the Somerset County, New Jersey, Department of Conservation have issued a warning to be on the lookout for northern copperheads after one of the species was spotted last…
The Wildlife Center of Virginia does not recommend the use of glue traps
WAYNESBORO, Va. (WHSV) – The Wildlife Center of Virginia regularly sees patients caught in glue traps. Olivia Schiermeyer, a veterinary researcher at the Wildlife Center of Virginia, said they have…
How do Colombian water snakes use strange “sensors” to hunt prey?
Diagram showing the location of the so-called mechanoreceptors (sensilla), which detect … (+) vibrations and can be useful in exploring their surroundings. Isabella Velasquez Canyon. Researchers in Colombia have studied…
