Baby snakes ensure python's survival Park owners have decided to release 20 African rock pythons, an endangered species, into the wild. They will be electronically tagged and their progress will be monitored.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Copperhead snakes spotted in Salford A Salford Township resident thinks more should be done to let people know there are copperhead snakes in some parts of the township.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Fossil suggests snakes evolved on land New York, Apr 29: A new fossil discovery has revealed the most primitive snake known, a crawling creature with two legs, and it provides new evidence that snakes evolved on land rather than in the sea.	Edit?
'A really big snake' At approximately 24 feet, Fluffy, a reticulated python, is the longest snake in captivity, Hanna and Clark say. And for the next seven months, she will be at the Columbus Zoo.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
'Carry a stick and hit the bushes' The snake immediately struck, embedding one fang in the thumb on Armstrong's right hand. He received a total of 14 vials of anti-venom over the next two days. More proof as to what a worthless product CroFab is !	Edit?	Not yet rated.
'Harmless' snake proves deadly Friends of a reptile enthusiast who died after being bitten by a snake have expressed their shock that a man who knew snakes so well had been killed by a species generally regarded as harmless. Ron Siggins, 37, of Pascoe Vale, died yesterday afternoon after being bitten by a whip snake at Harcourt North, 120km north west of Melbourne. Victoria's community of herpetologists could not believe what had happened to Mr Siggins, who had been around snakes for 30 years. "He's got bitten by something that would normally just make you feel a bit sick and give you a bit of a headache but he's had a reaction to it.''	Edit?	Not yet rated.
'House of Snakes' Worries Residents Some Arlington neighbors said they're living in fear of deadly snakes, after a man filled his house with hundreds of the exotic animals. ." Her neighbors found an exotic Mexican rattle snake. Residents of the Madison Manor neighborhood of Arlington believe the animal came from the house filled with snakes. "He comes to the hot tub and finds a container with 20 dead rattlesnakes, so he calls the police." The police couldn't go anything because the county has no prohibition on exotic or poisonous pet snakes. (Interesting timing on this. I wonder who this Virginia Reptile Keeper is ? And I wonder if he has had snakes excape ? )	Edit?	Not yet rated.
'I love snakes' Living in a glass enclosure with 40 poisonous snakes, Martin Smit is scared only that one of them will slither up the leg of his trousers while he is sleeping. And, in June, he'll get into an enclosure for 110 days with 40 snakes, including mambas, boomslangs, cobras and puff adders. He said: "It's good for business and I'm doing it to educate people and to get rid off unnecessary fears and superstitions.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
'Relay' helps young victim of snakebite The child, bitten Tuesday near the eastern Oregon town of Monument, is recovering. If statistics hold, the child will be the among the first of roughly 50 Oregonians bitten by snakes this year, according to Dr. Zane Horowitz, medical director of the Oregon Poison Center	Edit?	Not yet rated.
'Snake venom' anti-wrinkle cream becomes best-seller The cream incorporates a synthetic version of the poison from the Temple Viper, a distant cousin of the rattlesnake and indigenous to Malaysia. Amino acids in the venom block nerve signals telling the muscles to contract, helping to stop wrinkles forming. ( I wonder if folks using this could be sensitized to snake venoms ? )	Edit?	Not yet rated.
'Snakebites, Do it Right Campaign’ One of the world's leading herpetologists, Dr. Ian Simpson, who is also on the Tamil Nadu Snake-bite Task Force Council and snake advisor to the Pakistan Medical Research, was also instrumental in designing the national protocol, which is a step-by-step guide approved by the Government of India to treating snakebites.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
'We' the 2-headed snake's long odd life ends A two-headed snake named “We,” the main attraction at the World Aquarium, has died. Sonnenschein said more than a million people have seen We over the years. The snake had both male and female genitalia, Sonnenschein said. The World Aquarium tried unsuccessfully to breed We with another two-headed snake last year. (1,000,000 folks going to see a trans-gender two-headed snake ! Amazing !)	Edit?	Not yet rated.
1-yr programme to teach quacks how to deal with snake-bite cases Sunderban Development Board has launched a year-long programme to impart training to quacks on how to deal with snake-bite cases. The NGO, World Wildlife Fund (WWF), will be collaborating with the Sunderban Development Board in the programme.	Edit?
10 Foot Python Roams Southside Neighborhood JACKSONVILLE, FL -- They're not the neighbors you'd want near your home -- but one First Coast community found enormous pythons slithering down its streets, and one of animals is still on the loose.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
2 men accused of selling venomous snakes on Net Officers from the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources have arrested two Limestone County men who the officers said were buying and selling highly venomous non-native snakes on the Internet. The men - Bradley Hudson, 48, and Richard Duckworth, 26 - were arrested Friday and are free on bond, according to ADCNR Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries Division Law Enforcement..... If these types of highly poisonous snakes escape and begin to breed, it could pose a serious threat to native wildlife.......	Edit?	Not yet rated.
2 men bitten by copperhead snakes in 2 days Two people in the Charlotte area were bitten by copperhead snakes in the last two days. On Monday, a copperhead bit a man in southwest Charlotte. The next day a telephone repair man was bitten in Matthews.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
2014 Reptile Calendar By Cold Blooded Vixens	Edit?
24-Foot Snake Staying at Columbus Zoo Columbus Zoo Pays Breeder $35,000 to Keep 24-Foot-Long Python Named Fluffy; Huge Draw at Zoo (Not Venomous News, but still interesting)	Edit?	Not yet rated.
3 months and counting since poisonous snake escape More than three months have passed since a venomous cobra escaped in a west-end Toronto rooming house — and there's still no sign of it. Firefighters, police, paramedics and experts from the Toronto Zoo have unsuccessfully tried to track down the fugitive snake.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
3-year-old boy's encounter with a snake at a coastal park is being called 'a rarity' After surviving two rattlesnake bites, two surgeries and 10 doses of antivenin, 3-year-old Caleb Brock just wants to go on an Easter egg hunt."We've been very fortunate that the venom didn't go elsewhere in his body and damage anything else, so he really was very blessed,"Prentiss said rattlesnakes are just "mean and aggressive. If you get close, they bite. They don't like to be approached."	Edit?	Not yet rated.
55 Children Fall Ill After Dead Snake Turns Up in Mid-day Meal In yet another indictment of the poor facilities provided to schools asked to serve mid-day meals, fifty-five school children have fallen ill after a dead snake turned up in their food.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
5½ Ft Poisonous Snake Eats 4½ Poisonous Snake, Smaller Snake Turns Around Inside and Crawls Out After completely consuming the smaller snake the black snake sluggishly slithered away only to return later. The mouth of the black snake opened and the brown snake appeared head first, having apparently turned around inside. It clamped down on the black snake's lower jaw and pulled it mucus-covered body out.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
60 snake bites and still ticking: "Frequent flier" Albert Killian at home with cobras "I love doing this kind of work. Getting paid to do something you love is the reason I continue doing this," said a grinning Killian, 52, whom rescue workers from Miami-Dade County's Venom Response Team refer to as a "frequent flier" because he's been bitten so many times. During a recent cobra-handling demonstration, Killian grasped the lethal snake with his hands, then bent forward and kissed it on its head. In another instance, he scooped a highly-venomous coral snake from its cage with a small hook and dangled it inches from his face.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
61 snakes rescued in Capital last month This April, 61 snakes were rescued from across the Capital — belonging to as many as 14 species. They come in all shapes and sizes and can crawl into all kinds of places — in beds, kitchen sinks, gardens. One was even found in the Prime Minister’s house.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
8-foot snake found on S.R. 82 - Boa likely released into wild by owner Seeing opossums, armadillos and raccoons crushed on a busy highway isn't uncommon in Lee County. But how about a 71/2-foot red-tailed boa constrictor?	Edit?	Not yet rated.
A Case of Snakebite A woman of 19 had been bitten by a snake. She and her mother were walking on the hills above the town, on a well used footpath, wearing sandals. She had trodden on the snake, which struck her right great toe. In great distress and increasing pain she had taken maybe 45 minutes to get back to the car, with her mother's help. They came straight to the hospital.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
A fishy tale of snakes on a plane... Hanoi - Customs officials in Vietnam have discovered a ton of live snakes on a plane. The illegal cargo, on board a Thai Air flight from Bangkok, was hidden inside 60 ice boxes marked "fresh fish".	Edit?	Not yet rated.
A Knack for Hooking the Longest Rattlers BRACKETTVILLE, Tex. — Favorable rattlesnake weather calls for temperatures in the high 70s, with a gentle southerly breeze to float chaparral kisses deep into the tableland of the Balcones Escarpment. Blessed with such conditions on a weekday in late February, Eric Carl Timaeus loaded an assortment of wood crates, canvas sacks and hooked poles into his pickup truck, where a black rosary swung from the rearview mirror, and set off past miles of caliche pits and Border Patrol checkpoints into the short-grass country. (rattlesnake roundup nitwhits in Texas)	Edit?	Not yet rated.
A little red belly gives sam nasty nip PICKING up a red belly black snake is not the smartest thing Sam Landers has ever done, especially after it bit him on the hand. The 16-year-old was bitten by the venomous snake at Yamba on Friday after he tried to move it out of the way to protect some children. The snake handler also said smaller snakes were harder to handle because the distance between their head and tail was much closer.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
A man who can bite a snake! A youngster has gained popularity for his unusual ability to scare snakes. He catches them and just bites. He claims to have such a toxic element in his body that can kill a snake. Once he catches a snake, he spits in the mouth of reptile. He has also developed an astonishing nose for smells that helps him tracking or locating the place where any snake is hidden.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
A recent snake attack has given a teen who works at the Tarpon Springs Aquarium a newfound respect . It has been three weeks since the 18-year-old college freshman was attacked by Chloe, a 14-foot Burmese python at the Tarpon Springs Aquarium.	Edit?
A snake could eat your pet - expert MISSING your pet pussycat? Well it could be slithering away in the belly of a snake, according to wildlife experts. Queensland Museum curator of reptiles Patrick Couper today said pythons were capable of eating animals the size of a wallaby and regularly fed on people's pets around Australia.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
A snake on your plate? Rattle taste different! FOOD lovers are being offered a meal with a bite with rattlesnake now on the menu at a city restaurant.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
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Africa Lacks Snake Bite Drugs There is a serious shortage of the anti-snake bite drug in Africa, which could lead to increased deaths, an international seminar was told yesterday.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
After near-fatal bite in PSL, 'Cobraman' says he plans to slow down Ray Hunter knew this bite was going to be bad. At 5 1/2 feet long, the eastern diamondback rattlesnake that chomped his right hand was a monster. "I could feel that this thing put a lot of venom in me," Hunter said Friday in his room at St. Lucie Medical Center, nearly two weeks after the bite.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Air Mercy Dash in Snake Bite Drama The woman, from Stafford, was taken to hospital after being bitten by an adder while out walking near the Millford Common area of Cannock Chase on Monday.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Aligarh society on snake protection campaign [India News]: Aligarh, Dec.17 : The Wild Life Protection Society has taken the initiative of branding snakes as a wild species to inculcate an attitude of care among human beings towards these reptiles.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
All things slithery in Sweetwater, Texas “We try to teach our young people not to run when they see a rattlesnake. They usually travel in pairs, and if you run from one, you just might step on the other one.” If a snake happens to be in their way they will just kick it out of the way. The handler then reached over and slid the rattler off the table onto the palm of his hand and walked around the pit holding his hand out with the snake on it for everyone to see. He then tossed the snake back onto the table where it uncoiled, slid off the table onto the floor One of the handlers held a snake’s head in one hand and the tail in another and carried it around the side of the pit letting the spectators touch it.	Edit?
Alligator bites off man's finger HAINES CITY -- An alligator bit off a man's finger as he wrangled with the reptile, trying to pull it off an interstate near Orlando.	Edit?
Although Cooler, Rattlesnakes Moving "So this is the piece of equipment that doesn't come off the truck year around." Northwest Fire District Captain Adam Goldberg is talking about the six-foot apparatus used exclusively for picking up and moving unwanted rattlesnakes.	Edit?
Ambushing Prey May Make Snakes Vulnerable Some species die out after their habitat is disturbed while others continue to thrive -- the big question is why?	Edit?	Not yet rated.
American Kingsnake found in Powys, Wales A 3ft long snake, more commonly found in Nevada or Arizona in the US, has been discovered in a mid Wales town by a great-grandmother.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Americans try to squash spider fears They don't come right out and say it, but the Americans think we're being just a tad fussy over the odd black widow spider or four.	Edit?
Animal Planet: Snakebite - The beauty of the Snakes Snakes inspire fear and loathing, fascination and awe. To some cultures, they are pure evil whilst others worship them as gods. The snake is a creature like no other, a spellbinding seductress and a killing machine. They are also the most mesmerizing creatures on earth.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Animal-rights activists, authorities get tough on snake charmers (India) Government authorities and animal-rights activists have launched a crackdown on the practice based on a 1972 law, which outlaws the capture of snakes.	Edit?
Another Floridian battles to keep snakes A Deltona Florida resident battles City Hall to keep venomous snakes that are in full compliance with FWC.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Another ray-related death. But no, it's not common. The world was reminded of Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin's spooky death yesterday, when a sunbathing tourist was killed by a leaping spotted eagle ray.A month after Irwin's death, an 81-year-old Florida man, James Bertakis, lived through a similar stingray stab to the heart. The possible key to his survival: he didn't try to pull out the barb.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Anti-Snake Measures May Not Work Hitzig says as people have built homes, they've actually created great habitat for coral snakes. In fact Hitzig says it's rarer to see coral snakes in natural areas. "We've got lights on around our homes," explains Hitzig. "Those lights at night attract bugs. That attracts frogs. It attracts other snakes." And frogs and smaller snakes, says Hitzig, are the favorite foods of coral snakes.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Anti-Venom Expert Treats Own Son For Snake Bite YUCAIAPA, Calif. -- It's currently peak snake season in Southern California, and officials in San Bernardino said they are recording more snake bites than normal. Among the recent snake-bite victims was Jude Bush, a toddler who was bitten when he played with a small rattlesnake in Yucaipa. He was rushed to a hospital, where the doctor who was the anti-venom expert on duty was his own father. "Two marks show where the baby rattler sunk its fang into the two-and-a-half-year old boy," KNBC's Mary Parks reported. "The snake hung on, injecting venom the whole time, until Jude shook the snake loose." Jude's mother, Amy Bush, called a neighbor to catch the snake. "I got the kids back in the house and called 911 and knew we needed a heliocopter because it was a rattlesnake bite," Amy told Parks. "We needed to get to the hospital quickly."	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Antivenin crusader: Man lets snakes bite him to show immunity is likely Richfield - Calling it his service to humanity, Tim Friede lets snakes bite him as part of his effort to prove humans can be immunized against venom	Edit?
Antivenom from eggs being developed Indian scientists hope injecting chickens with venom will produce a cheap source of antivenom from their eggs.	Edit?
Are Smaller Venomous Snakes More Dangerous? Several times each year someone asks in class about the relative danger of an envenomation from a small versus a large crotaline (aka pit viper). Some people are insistent that smaller snakes are more dangerous. This idea has always felt counterintuitive to me. The explanations seem fanciful at best. Usually, people argue that larger (and therefore older) snakes possess some sort of volume control. They argue that larger snakes hold back venom against humans because we are not food for them. These larger snakes want to warn us with a strike but preserve venom for when it matters, like a meal.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Area reptile zoo adds extremely rare, extremely deadly serpents A pair of female Bushmasters, some of the world's largest and deadliest snakes, are now on display at the zoo just south of city limits. The 50-lb. snakes are on loan from a Southern Ontario private breeder, who previously exhibited his prized pets at a reptile zoo in Toronto. They're the only two of their kind on display in Canada.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
As Iraq runs dry, a plague of snakes is unleashed An unprecedented fall in the water levels of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers has left the rural population at the mercy of heat, drought – and displaced wildlife.Swarms of snakes are attacking people and cattle in southern Iraq as the Euphrates and Tigris rivers dry up and the reptiles lose their natural habitat among the reed beds."People are terrified and are leaving their homes," says Jabar Mustafa, a medical administrator, who works in a hospital in the southern province of Dhi Qar. "We knew these snakes before, but now they are coming in huge numbers. They are attacking buffalo and cattle as well as people."	Edit?	Not yet rated.
As Valley temperatures go up, so do snakebite emergencies Emergency rooms see about 50 snakebite victims each year, a number that seems to be growing. Back in 2002, a hospital might see only two or three people a year. Symptoms of venomous snake bites are: Rapid collapse within a few minutes of being bitten. Hypotension and shock, commonly requiring epinephrine. Rapid, profound third-spacing of fluids with hypovolemia and hemoconcentration, sometimes with only minimal or absent swelling. Swelling or angioedema of the lips, tongue and throat, sometimes requiring emergency airway management. Profound weakness and/or diarrhea.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
At 2,500 Pounds And 43 Feet, Prehistoric Snake Is Largest On Record The largest snake the world has ever known -- as long as a school bus and as heavy as a small car -- ruled tropical ecosystems only 6 million years after the demise of the fearsome Tyrannosaurus rex, according to a new discovery published in the journal Nature. Partial skeletons of a new giant, boa constrictor-like snake named "Titanoboa" found in Colombia by an international team of scientists and now at the University of Florida are estimated to be 42 to 45 feet long.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
At 95, retired professor still studying Kansas snakes LAWRENCE, Kan. - At 95, retired University of Kansas professor Henry Fitch still maintains his interest in snakes, lizards and toads, which first started fascinating him as a boy in his father's pear grove in southern Oregon.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
At the Midland Library, the Oregon Reptile Man – Richard Ritchey – shows his alligator, which he say To support the summer reading program at Midland Library, they hosted an ice cream social, following an appearance by Oregon's Reptile Man at the library.	Edit?
Attacked by snake in bed Amy Schoeman narrowly escaped partial blindness and serious disfiguration when she was bitten in her face by a zebra snake... Also known as the Western Barred Spitting Cobra or Rinkhals (Afrikaans), the Naja nigricollis woodi snake has distinct black rings on its body and tail and a highly cytotoxic bite that causes tissue to develop necrosis...Dr Tommy van Wyk, who is an expert on treating snakebites, happened to be at the hospital and immediately started treating her with large doses of cortisone to limit the tissue damage.Ironically, being bitten in the face has an upside: because the face does not contain much fat and has a lot of blood vessels, timely treatment can limit the worst damage.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Attraction Closed at Local Park after Copperheads Strike Park officials say they usually get through the entire spring and summer months with only one snake bite incident, but in just one weekend they had three people bit by copperheads at the fat mans squeeze. "Snakes tend to hang out near rocky areas where people like to climb on the rocks" says Taylor. He says because of the increased number of bites, the rock formation will be closed for the next few weeks to give the venomous snakes time to come out of hibernation and move on.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Australia Zoo handler bitten by snake It is understood a 26-year-old reptile handler at the popular Sunshine Coast tourist attraction was taken to Nambour Hospital in a serious condition after receiving a bite from a brown snake yesterday afternoon.Australia Zoo is expected to release more details about the handler's condition later this morning.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Australia Zoo heartache for Steve Irwin's dad Bob THE original "croc hunter", Bob Irwin, says that if he had his time again there would be no Australia Zoo.Speaking from the back veranda of his home on a newly established wildlife reserve, Mr Irwin said he never set out to create the zoo as it is known today.Mr Irwin said Camp Chilli was his private retreat and he had no intention of turning it into a tourist destination like Australia Zoo, now run by his daughter-in-law Terri Irwin."I'm a bit of a loner these days. I like being in the bush on my own. I can talk to the animals," Mr Irwin said.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Australia's lizards are venomous too Australia's not only home to venomous snakes, spiders and jellyfish, now scientists have discovered that its lizards are venomous too. For instance little bearded dragon lizards that cruise around the suburbs have classic rattlesnake venom, scientists report online today in the journal Nature. But the venom is not dangerous to humans, says Dr Bryan Fry from the University of Melbourne's Australian Venom Research Unit, who led the international research team. The lizards don't produce enough venom and what little they do is used to kill prey. Dr Bryan Fry spent months in the Australian desert and tropics capturing, studying and milking dozens of lizards. He and his colleagues then studied their toxins, DNA and evolution.	Edit?
Australia's most wanted snake The only centre in Australia milking snakes and spiders to make anti-venom has issued an urgent appeal for sightings of death adders.	Edit?
Australia: study to help sea snakes against prawn trawling “Sea snakes are protected in Australian waters, but there is evidence that some species may be vulnerable or endangered,” CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research’s Dr David Milton says.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Australian boy in hospital after snake bite MELBOURNE - A boy is in a stable condition in hospital after being bitten by a snake while on his way to school in Victoria's north-west.	Edit?
Australian environmentalist Val Plumwood dead of snake bite at 68 Renowned Australian feminist and environmental activist Val Plumwood, who survived a horrific crocodile attack more than 20 years ago, has been killed by an apparent snake bite, a friend said Monday.Her body was found Saturday in the octagonal stone house where she lived alone near Braidwood in New South Wales, said friend Jane Salmon. Salmon said it appeared a snake bite killed her.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Australian snake venom full of surprises Australian snakes are delivering more venom than we realise, according to researchers who say this may force us to rethink how we treat snakebites.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Australian snakes just got deadlier Australian snakes are more poisonous than we think, according to researchers who say this may force us to rethink how we treat snakebites. The poisonous Australian brown snake is one of the surprise packages, producing what lead researcher Peter Mirtschin describes as "spectacular" yields of venom, much more than previously reported.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Authorities find alligators, snakes being transported in RV trailer Authorities have found 32 alligators and about 50 boa constrictors being hauled in an RV trailer along an Arizona interstate.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Baby snakes giveaway In conjunction with Channel 9’s first anniversary, its chief executive officer Abdul Aziz Hamdan, has decided to give away nine baby whip snakes during the screening of Anaconda 2 at Tanjung Golden Village Cinema in Damansara Utama, Petaling Jaya, this Sunday.	Edit?
Baby's bizarre 'bite' of passage with cobra A one-year-old is forced to fight a neutered cobra during a shocking snake-charming rite of passage in India. The baby tries to protect itslef while being repeatedly hit by the animal, which has also had its mouth stitched up and its fangs removed.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Backyard snake pit "People shouldn't try to kill snakes, because they'll attack. "The best thing to do is watch where they go and wait for a professional to arrive."	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Bad Summer for Snakes A man from Scranton is recovering after he was bitten by a snake in his own backyard. In the east mountain section of the Electric City residents say 2005 has been a banner year for snakes.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Bathers panic as anacondas come ashore	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Battle for life after tiger snake bite when I looked down, there was a tiger snake caught in the net and I realised we’d better call an ambulance pretty quick smart.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Be careful: snake bite victim Sproles is lucky to be alive after being bitten by a deadly brown snake while collecting eggs	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Been a long trail for this Joe "I plan to keep going the way I'm going 'til I can't," Joe said, after leaving a performance at County Line Elementary School in Barrow County on Friday afternoon. Each year, Joe performs an average of 250 shows, reaching more than 950,000 people a year - a rigorous schedule he says he'll continue as long as he's able.Berkeley Boone, a naturalist at Sandy Creek Nature Center, remembers watching Joe on television when he was 7."I think it would be definitely something to mourn and to think about" if Joe doesn't return to Athens, Boone said. "It will definitely be a loss not to have him coming all the time."	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Biologists Use Transmitters To Get Rid Of Pythons EVERGLADES Wildlife managers in Everglades National Park often spend many hours attempting to catch nonnative Burmese pythons that have invaded the swamp. On Monday, they set one free.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Bite victim forced to wait THUNDERSTORMS and bad mobile phone reception delayed treatment yesterday for a teenage girl bitten by a snake in the NSW Snowy Mountains.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Bite, infection took man’s legs J.D. was bitten by what doctors think was a brown recluse spider. He was sleeping on his sister’s couch when the spider bit him between the toes of his left foot.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Black Mamba Snake Bites Central Fla. Man Florida Fish and Wildlife investigators are trying to determine how a Melbourne man was bitten by one of the world's most deadly snakes -- a black mamba -- inside his home, according to Local 6 News.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Border Patrol agents have a busy few days A U.S. Border Patrol agent was airlifted out of the Huachuca Mountains west of Sierra Vista Thursday after being bitten by a rattlesnake. In the snakebite incident, the agent called the Border Patrol station about 10:15 a.m. saying he had puncture wounds in his boots and his toes were starting to turn discolored from being bitten by a rattlesnake, said Rob Daniels, Border Patrol Tucson Sector spokesman.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Boy bitten by Cobra in darkness, survives Due to electricity cut off on Wednesday night a six-year-old child, Ravindra Patil was bitten by a snake Cobra and he is now struggling for his life. We injected four Anti Snake Venom (AVS) to Ravindra. It is good for us that people knew that, the snake the bite was a Cobra.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Boy bitten twice by tiger snake AN ambulance helicopter is taking a teenage boy bitten twice by a tiger snake from Kinglake, northeast of Melbourne, to the Royal Children's Hospital.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Boy calm in attack by snake A BOY has been flown to hospital after a terrifying snakebite ordeal in his schoolyard.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Boy critical after deadly snake bite Doctors will work through the night to save the life of a 16-year-old boy bitten in Sydney by one of the world's most venomous snakes.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Boy Finds Snake in Cereal Box	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Boy Really Really Doesn't Like Snakes... A man who shows snakes and other reptiles at schools, festivals and libraries says a boy who told the man he hated snakes stomped and killed the man's 10-foot-long python. Scott Braunstein said he was showing Popcorn, a nonpoisonous albino Burmese python, Sunday at the St. Bernadette Festival near Cincinnati."The next thing I know ... the kid raises his leg and stomps down on the snake's head," Braunstein said. "The snake started convulsing."	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Boy, 6, bitten by king brown snake - twice A SIX-year-old Northern Territory boy is lucky to be alive after he was bitten twice by a deadly king brown snake in a remote community. "It was about eight-and-a-half hours (after the bite) before he got into Alice and they administered the anti-venom.'' Mr Auricht said he had a nervous wait at home as his wife and son flew to Alice Springs.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
BREAKING NEWS: TEEN RUSHED TO CASUALTY AFTER SUFFERING SNAKE BITE It is thought the youngster, on holiday with her family from the Cardiff area, was bitten by an adder, Britain's only native poisonous snake.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Bricklayer 'bites head off snake' Harte's girlfriend told police she had seen Harte lift the snake from a tank, hold it in both hands and put it in his mouth to bite it in two.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Brit survives lethal snake bite Dentist Nick, 39, was walking down a track to a beach when the 6ft creature slithered out of bushes. The snake, an Eastern Brown, wrapped itself around his left leg, flinging him to the floor.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Bronx Zoo's John Behler dies John Behler, whose love of animals took him around the globe and as close as the ponds near his Westchester County home, died Tuesday at age 62. Behler, curator of the Bronx Zoo herpetology department since 1976, was a leader in the development of captive breeding programs for endangered and threatened crocodilians, tortoises and freshwater turtles.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Brown snake bites elderly woman in NSW An elderly woman has been rushed to hospital after being bitten on the hand by a deadly brown snake while working in the garden of her NSW home. An ambulance spokeswoman said the 79-year-old woman was gardening at her home in Berallah Place in Cowra about 2pm (AEDT) on Thursday when the 30cm snake bit her on the hand.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
BSF seizes 700 snakes at Indo-Bangla border Kolkata, August 25: IN a unique and significant haul, a BSF patrol party at Ramnagar BOP in Murshidabad district today seized approximately 700 snakes estimated to be worth US $ 70,000 in the international market. According to reports, the snakes — both poisonous and non-poisonous —were being smuggled into Bangladesh concealed in apple crates. Challenged by BSF patrolmen, the poachers reportedly dropped the baskets and fled.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
California drought keeps snake wranglers busy For Sam the Weimaraner, things had been quite grave. A rattlesnake bite to the snout — the unhappy result of flower bed pursuit — had left him unconscious, lying in his owner's garage in Topanga Canyon, an IV dangling from his paw. It was the second snake bite to the nose in three weeks. The snake whisperer was summoned. (humm... only in California? Just where on that snake are the ears located ?)	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Calling into Question the Use of the “Big 4” for Snakebites in India A study in Kerala, India, established that out of 44 snakes killed and brought to two hospitals by snakebite victims from 2000 to 2004, nine were the hump-nosed pit viper.	Edit?
Camel blood creates antidote to snake venom Following the success of the experiments on the Yemeni camels, the team tried the same procedure on llamas living in the Netherlands. The results of the llama experiments also succeeded, although they were less effective than those performed on their much larger relatives.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Cameron County snake hunt on the rebound Under pressure from animal rights groups and the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, Wheeler and other leaders of the Keystone Reptile Club have made many changes in their organized snake hunts.One of those concessions, the elimination of "rattlesnake sacking contests" in 2006, led to a decreased attendance last year.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Campbell gives talk on snakes Biology Chair Jonathan Campbell’s first — and only — experience with a snakebite came in 1973 while working with a new snake collection at the Fort Worth Zoo.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Cannibalism Among Rattlesnakes Helps Females To Recover After Birth Spanish, American and Mexican researchers have produced the first quantitative description of cannibalism among female rattlesnakes (Crotalus polystictus) after monitoring 190 reptiles. The study has shown that these animals ingest on average 11% of their postpartum mass (in particular eggs and dead offspring) in order to recover energy for subsequent reproduction.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Canoe News, Cobra on the loose in Toronto	Edit?
Cat-eating python has locals running scared A 10-foot black python that has been terrorizing a township. The woman who called in the sighting at 7:30 a.m. grabbed her infant child and fled her home in fear that it would eat her baby. In addition to the hapless cat's head, the big python is believed to have eaten four kittens. We were using a live groundhog as bait to lure the snake into a trap.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Central Florida counties seek stricter snake ownership laws A state association will meet with wildlife officials to seek stricter requirements for owners of risky pets. Florida's snake-friendly rules are one of the main reasons the state is attractive to snake keepers, said B.W. Smith, who owns Southern Reptile Education, a Smyrna-Ga.-based consulting and training group. "We saw this happen inAlabama several years ago," he said via e-mail. "Some idiot had a couple cobras get loose in his trailer park, and the state promptly proposed an all-out ban. It was later changed to a permit system. We most often see this in cities."	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Charity concerned over reptile pets' health The RSPCA says thousands of vulnerable wild-caught reptiles are dying from bone disease and severe digestive disorders including anorexia.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Charming snakes Naga Panchami is a festival to worship snakes to ward off snakebites for : It was the fifth day of the bright half of the Shravan yesterday, and Naga Panchami - the festival of snakes - was celebrated.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Chemical Weapons: Skin of Newt and Liver of Snakes	Edit?
Chi Mei Medical Center is scene of snake scandal Less than a week ahead of the presidential inauguration, five snakes were found at Tainan's Chi Mei Medical Center	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Childers reptile park helps debunk snake myths Ian has been handling snakes for more than 40 years. He holds his father, David – a born and bred Welshman who moved to Kenya in the 1950s – responsible."Dad was a snake-lover. He always had snakes and while he was working helping African farmers with water erosion he had plenty of opportunity to catch them. Some were sent to zoos in England.An array of Australia's most dangerous snakes is displayed in huge glass enclosures, each mimicking the environment of origin, with backgrounds painted to replicate the habitats. There are other displays featuring lizards, monitors, dragons and turtles, a walk-through tropical vivarium with more dragons, many frog species (all safe and sound and not on the snakes' dinner menu) and two adult saltwater crocodiles.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Circulated Snake Picture Scare Nothing To Worry About A picture of two snakes intertwined in a tree circulated on the Internet to hundreds all over Laurens County proved to be an actual picture taken at Fairview Park Hospital, but authorities say the snakes aren’t a cause for alarm. The photo caused panic in some and rumors quickly spread that the snakes were of the non-native variety, such as a python, because of their seemingly large size. (It is amazing that the nitwhits in Laurens County are so stupid that they let a photo like that scare them. It took me all of 1/2 second to determine that the snakes were harmless grey ratsnakes ! Cro )	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Clarkdale snake catcher bitten by rattlesnake "It was gut-wrenchingly painful," Kevin said. "I was in the ER and got seven shots of morphine."	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Clayton officer has passion for reptiles At 10, Jason Clark’s boyish curiosity about reptiles began to blossom. Now a 29-year-old snake handler and educator, his love and passion for these cold-blooded creatures has become an intricate part of his lifestyle.	Edit?
CLEARFIELD COUNTY: Snake roundup decried A national animal rights group is protesting this weekend's planned rattlesnake roundup, an annual event expected to involve hundreds of snakes	Edit?
Cobra bite lands 'snake boy' in hospital A 15-year-old boy, who claims that his room is home to nearly 150 snakes, is recovering in hospital after he was bitten by a deadly Cape cobra. However, this is not "Snake Boy" Bokamosho Nthelang's first visit to hospital. He has been bitten twice before, once by a cobra and once by a puffadder. Nthelang said he kept about 150 snakes in his room and had started collecting at the age of 10. Spokesperson for the ministry of environment and conservation, Les Abrahams, said that during a previous visit to the boy's home, they found that the youngster was fascinated by the reptiles. "We will consider giving him formal training in snake handling in the future. However, no permission has been given to him to keep all the snakes."	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Cobra hood mechanism revealed by electrode study Scientists have uncovered the mechanism behind the menacing "hood flare" which cobras use as a defensive display. By measuring the electrical activity from the snakes' muscles, they found the precise group of muscles used by cobras to raise their hoods.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Cobras Spit Venom at Eyes With Nearly Perfect Aim If you're smart, you'll never come within six feet (two meters) of a spitting cobra.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Colo. woman hikes an hour after rattler bite Susan Schwartz was bitten just below the knee while she was hiking a popular trail in Mount Falcon Park in Jefferson County Wednesday morning. After the bite, Schwartz hiked more than an hour to get help. A ranger called 911.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Commandos put the bite on snakes "Commandos routinely lived on snake blood and meat when there was nothing else to eat. "But they've been too enthusiastic and now snakes are rare around the training grounds and environmentalists say we should protect them.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Committee removes protections for garter snake MILWAUKEE - A state legislative committee has taken the unusual step of removing environmental protections for a garter snake that has slowed, and sometimes halted construction projects in Wisconsin.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Controversy Follows Elementary School's Nomination for State Snake SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- A project by fourth-grade students at Diamond Valley Elementary School to promote the diamondback rattler as an official state symbol has run into a host of scientific criticism.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Cooling Off: Heat wave has prompted snakes to find shade, increasing contact with humans An increased number of snakes - including the dangerous copperhead - are showing up on residents' porches and patios, seeking cooler surfaces to escape the high temperatures, hospital and animal-control officials said yesterday.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Cop needed to pee, snake chose to bite “While Hankare was relieving himself, a poisonous snake bit him on his left leg,” (could have been worse, if he was bitten somewhere else besides his left leg)	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Copperhead Snake Bite Ever wonder what a copperhead snake bite will do? (This is for all of the nitwhits who think that a copperhead is mildly venomous)	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Copperhead snake bites Noblesville teen he noticed what he thought was a harmless water snake 2-feet long swimming nearby. He picked it up to investigate. “It didn’t look like a poisonous snake,” said David, who said he has been bitten by water snakes before. “I attempted to put my finger on its head, which is what they tell you to do to a snake so it won’t turn its head and bite.” Sitting beside him throughout his hospital stay was “Bill” – the name given to the snake by David in the hours following the incident. Hospital staff had put it on ice next to his bed at David’s request.“I just kind of named it, because I felt sorry for him,” (Somebody in Indianna please give this kid David a Field Guide, as he sounds like a future Herpetologist)	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Copperhead Snake Bites Woman In Park Rather than run away, Owsley went after the snake, grabbed its tail, put it on the ground and put her shoe down to control it. She carried the snake to her car, where she held it out the window and drove to the park ranger's office.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Coral snake attack puts puppy in peril Roxy, an 11-month-old dachshund from Delray Beach, was fighting for her life Monday afternoon after a coral snake bite left her paralyzed."I look down and there's a coral snake in our living room," Brooks said. After dispatching the snake with a shovel, Brooks went on the Internet and looked up the symptoms of a coral snake bite.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Coral Snake Bite Kills Dog A Jupiter couple's pet dog is dead. The culprit was an unusually large coral snake. "I could see the colors of this coral snake," said Boshoff. "And I shouted to Bob, 'Loomis has got a coral snake.'" The snake's body was cut. Loomis at first appeared to be just out of breath. But suddenly the dog dropped to ground and started foaming and salivating at the mouth. Even though the vets office significantly reduced the couple's bill, it still totals more than three thousand dollars.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Coral snake bites Jensen Beach woman while she gardens Facchini said the snake attached itself to her left wrist. "It bit me and hung on for about two minutes," she said. "I thought, 'It looks pretty, so it can't be poisonous.'"	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Coral snake bites kill two dogs in South Florida The red-and-yellow striped, "fangless" creatures can deliver a potentially lethal dose of venom. (does anyone other than me see a bit of a problem with city editor Dale King's statement ????) Or what about this one from Dr. Kirt Rusenko, marine conservationist at the Gumbo Limbo Nature Center in Boca Raton ("Actually, “bite” is something of a misnomer. Because coral snakes have no teeth, they have to latch on to a dog, human or other prey and, in effect, “gum” the skin until it breaks and they can deliver the venom.") Gosh, with "Experts" like these folks in Florida educating folks, no wonder we have Burmese Pythons migrating to Chicago, LOL ! Some nitwhits should not be allowed to comment to news folks......	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Coral snake kills family pet It wasn't until Sheila's daughter-in-law scoured their backyard that they found out why Roxie died. They found a dead coral snake. Sheila is worried: "It scares me. I have 15 grandkids and they're here playing basketball and foot and always outside. It's a scary situation. Snakes will attack." (Sheila, you are a nitwhit. It was your dog that attacked the snake. What do you expect the snake to do when an animal that is 400 times larger than it attacks ???? )	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Could Australia's Deadly Snakes Put Bite on Cancer? Bryan Grieg Fry spends his life getting up close and personal with creatures most people would do anything to avoid.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Could Snake King have been saved? Ali Khan Samsuddin had initially sought treatment at the outpatient department of the KL Hospital for an injury deemed ‘minor’ but subsequently developed darkening of the affected hand and died rather quickly early Friday morning, three days later as a result reportedly of complications attributed to his underlying diabetes mellitus.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
County seeks state help: Local exotic animal laws can't be enforced County officials and township trustees said Monday they couldn't enforce any local exotic animal regulations.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Couple Fights To Get Snakes Back Linda Merfeld and Bill Shaffer share their home - and their lives - with nearly 350 snakes. "It sounds like we've got stuff scattered all over the house and we don't. Everything is organized. The snakes all have heat, they're in little containers. They have heat tape to take care of them.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Couple who kept snakes and monkeys charged BATTLE CREEK (NEWS 3) – A Battle Creek man and his ex-wife have been charged for keeping dozens of exotic animals inside their homes.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Cousin helps save snakebite victim Alex Clark thought his life was over at age 13. A hefty rattlesnake took two bites out of Alex's right leg, injecting its deadly venom into the boy on Wednesday. But quick thinking and a cousin's help saved his life. Alex, who's been recovering in the intensive-care unit at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital, was stable Saturday. He's been given a whopping 90 vials of antivenin; the average bite victim receives 12 to 36 vials, nurse Karen Pierce said. It has now been over 5 years since the snakebite. This article was written only 3 days after the acident. Alex was in the hospital ICU 10 days and received 160 vials of antivenin. As a result of the 2 bites, each 1-1/2" in width, Alex' injuries included total muscle atrophy and tendon rupture. This fall, 2011, Alex will undergo tendon transfer surgery to hopefully restore motion to his foot.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Crikey! Steve Irwin's son, 4, wants his own TV show He may be only four, but Steve Irwin's son Bob is determined to follow in his father's footsteps. 'He is a mini Steve,' Mr Overton said. 'His mannerisms, style and enthusiasm are straight from his dad. 'Well that little baby is now four, wears a khaki uniform and is, eerily, a "chip off the old block". Confident, cute and very determined.' ( when you look at the photos, it is a bit spooky just how much Bob Irwin looks like Steve Irwin )	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Croc Around the Clock Interesting Article	Edit?
Crocodiles and turtles are not reptiles? CNAH thinks so. CNAH decided that the most accepted version of reptile is one that doesn’t include either turtles or crocodiles.	Edit?
Crocodiles, Poisonous Snakes Found In College Park Home A man living in a Orange County neighborhood may lose his animal licenses after officials found three crocodiles, cobras and other poisonous snakes living inside his home, according to a Local 6 News report.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Curiosity leads girls to make video on snakes Snakes scare people. That's what six girls discovered when they interviewed friends and peers during the summer of 2004, leading them to create an award-winning video about the slithery creatures.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
DA PUTS BITE ON 'DOPES' Horse-track workers at the posh Saratoga Gaming and Raceway were charged yesterday in a sinister plot to fix harness-races by doping horses with snake venom...... pacers and trotters were pumped full of pain-killing cobra toxin..... Snake venom can be used to deaden soreness that might inhibit an animal from trotting at full gait......	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Dad saves teen from snakebite with torn bed sheet A RIPPED bed sheet saved the life of a Territory teenager after she was bitten by a snake Rhiannon Compton, 16, did not get a good look at the snake, but it is believed to have been a deadly poisonous western brown.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Dade City soldier died of snakebite, Army says Green Beret candidates set off for a 10-hour training exam near Fort Bragg, N.C. His son died from two bites from a young, male cottonmouth water moccasin. There is water at the base of the hill and investigators believe that the snake must have come from there — maybe threatened by the presence of the big man and all of the sounds of unpacking and packing — and bit the top of his left hand twice. A 13-month old, 39-inch male water moccasin with drained venom sacks was later found and killed.	Edit?
Dangerous snakes found in post A 26-year-old Nyngan man had been charged after trying to import 11 deadly snakes into Australia through the post, Justice and Customs Minister Chris Ellison said today.	Edit?
Darren's thrice bitten, but not shy A CAMPERDOWN man who recently survived his third snake bite has issued a warning to people to be wary of the reptiles as they come out of hibernation. Darren Spicer, who stepped on a tiger snake as he jumped a farm fence, recalled the incident this week.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Data bank for snakebite victims an initiative has been taken to prepare a data bank of snakebite victims in the Sunderbans delta by the World Wildlife Fund	Edit?
Dead Mice to Kill Invasive Snakes in Guam Dead mice laced with acetaminophen are being used to kill the invasive brown tree snakes in Guam. The mice were attached to pieces of cardboard and paper streamers so that they would catch in the upper tree branches of the jungle canopy.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Deadliest snakes 'may be lifesavers' http://www.theage.com.au/news/National/Deadliest-snakes-may-be-lifesavers/2006/02/28/1141095734560.html Some of the world's deadliest snakes may turn out to be lifesavers as well as killers, Australian scientists have discovered. A blood-clotting protein found in the venom of nine snakes, including the taipan and the tiger snake, can be used to stop excessive bleeding during surgery and major trauma, the team of Brisbane based researchers announced.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Deadly black mambas almost killed DiCaprio during 'Blood Diamond' filming! Director Edward Zwick would often stop shooting when a black mamba slithered into the sets, ...........	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Deadly Pet Viper Bites Central Ohio Man A Bucyrus man was rushed to a Cincinnati hospital after being bitten by his pet snake early Sunday morning, NBC 4 reported.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Deadly snakes in SA post office inspectors seized the package from the Czech Republic and opened the cases to find live albino monocle cobras, Arabian saw-scaled vipers, Namibian spitting cobras and Australian Taipans	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Deadly snakes link to mysterious death of Briton in US It was a delivery driver who first noticed the wooden box left at the junction of Sixth and Byrd streets in Little Rock, Arkansas on May 14.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Deadly snakes on the move in NT desert "The recent rain has triggered an explosion in frog activity and breeding, which in turn triggers snakes hunting particularly at night," said NT Parks and Wildlife ranger Garth Forrester."We were recently called out to collect a snake from a residential home in Tennant Creek, the house had high grass, lots of thick mulch and corrugated iron on the ground, all of which create a perfect haven for snakes to live," he said.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Denim may thwart rattlesnake venom The researchers found that compared with the jeans-less gloves, those covered in denim absorbed about two-thirds less venom from the rattlesnake bites. Instead, a high proportion of the venom “spilled harmlessly” onto the denim, the researchers report in the Annals of Emergency Medicine.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Deputy expected to recover from snakebite Brandon Parker, 28, a former Law Enforcement Deputy of the Year, was moved out of intensive care at Tampa General Hospital on Monday, two days after he suffered a life-threatening rattlesnake bite to his left calf.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Developer can build homes near snakes The state Pinelands Commission on Friday approved a settlement that will allow about 70 more homes to be built at Evesham's Sanctuary subdivision, which is home to endangered snakes.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Diamondback strikes mans boot	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Dinosaur Fossils Fit Perfectly Into The Evolutionary Tree Of Life, Study Finds “What we’ve shown in this study is that the agreement for dinosaurs is remarkably good, meaning that we can have faith in both our understanding of their evolution, and the relative completeness of their fossil record. “In other words, our knowledge of dinosaurs is very, very good.”	Edit?	Not yet rated.
DNR resists call to ban exotic pets The Humane Society of the United States is urging Indiana to stop issuing permits that allow people to keep wild animals as pets, saying they pose a threat of injury and disease to their owners. Diane Webber, director of the Humane Society’s Central States Region, issued the plea after an Indianapolis man was charged this week with keeping 15 venomous snakes. The snakes were discovered after the man sought medical treatment for a snake bite.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Does the victim affect snake venom composition? A snake's intended prey might affect the type and evolution of toxins in their venom...	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Doesn't look like a burmese to me.	Edit?
Dog walker bitten by snake in Bolton woodland A VENOMOUS snake left a dog walker in agony after biting him as he bent down to pick up a stick. He required anti-venom treatment at hospital and a blood sample has been sent to the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine for confirmation of the type of snake which bit him.A blood sample has been sent to the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine to determine which type of snake he was bitten by, although experts are "95 per cent certain" it was an adder - the only venomous snake in England - and not an escaped poisonous pet.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Dogs conditioned to avoid snakes Six minutes of misery during a Snake Avoidance Clinic on Sunday gave dozens of dogs and their owners potentially life-saving training.	Edit?
Don't expect antivenin for exotic snakebites: B.C. health officials B.C. health officials are warning the province has no supply of antivenin for exotic snakebites.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Don't get so rattled at the sight of a rattlesnake So, what should we do when we do see a rattler? Most of the time, we can just walk around the snake. The snake is happy to continue whatever it is doing, and we can pass without even eliciting a reaction. The most likely reaction on the part of the snake is to simply sit and let you pass. The next most likely reaction is that the snake will slowly retreat to a safer hiding place.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Don’t drink and fondle a snake, mate Mate, wrapping a taipan around your neck is like putting your nuts in a blender and flicking the switch on the off-chance you won’t get nailed. Mess with snakes and it’s not a matter of if you’re going to get bitten, it’s simply a matter of when	Edit?
Dothan man likely killed by snake bite to the neck while working on Henry County farm A Dothan man has died from apparent snake bites. Wright said he thought at first that Lewis died from heat stroke but then found two puncture wounds on Lewis' body. Wright says Lewis was bitten on the right side of the neck and the right hand. (wonder how the heck he managed to get bitten in the neck from a rattlesnake ?)	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Douglas deputy recovering from snakebite When a Douglas County deputy sheriff tried to move a rattlesnake from an area where kids were present on Friday, the venomous rattler bit the deputy, causing severe pain and swelling.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Drunk driver shakes snake at cops, runs away A drunk driver threatened two Territory police officers with a live snake after he was pulled over in Darwin at the weekend.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Dry weather has snakes on the slither Dr. William Hudson, emergency room physician with Holston Valley Medical Center, agrees that snakebites are a rarity at HVMC, and antivenin is rarely used, especially with copperhead bites. "Most copperhead bites get better without it. There is a fairly high-risk profile by giving antivenin because it has horse serum in it," Hudson said. "Unless it is a large copperhead that strikes in the face or a vascular area with a good dose of venom, the antivenin is usually not necessary. In those cases, we see a lot of pain, swelling, numbing, nausea and vomiting, and later, some bleeding problems. (yeah Doc, that CroFab has lots of horse serum in it !)	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Dry weather stirring up snakes A new drought-related problem has slithered into the region -- snakebites.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Dusi snakebite victim on the mend The condition of Colin van Heerden, the paddler who was bitten by a snake while participating in the Dusi on Saturday, has improved significantly overnight, organisers said on Monday morning.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Ecologists rattled by Texas snake round-up The lanky Texan stands among hundreds of slithering rattlesnakes and prods them with special tongs that allow him to snatch the reptiles at arm's length.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Effort to save snakes proving successful Narcisse, Man. -- Greater numbers of reptiles are slithering around Manitoba's famous garter-snake dens, thanks to efforts by Manitoba Hydro workers to prevent the snakes from becoming road kill.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
EHC man faces $10,000 in fines after exotic snake bites woman — A city man faces as much as $10,000 in fines after his illegal pygmy rattlesnake allegedly bit a young woman, sending her to the hospital. The state Department of Environmental Protection did not identify the man or the victim. The snake, which is black and gray and about the size of a pencil, is in the custody of the Philadelphia Zoo.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Environment Agency warns public to avoid sea snakes Sea snakes are poisonous and their bites may be fatal.Recently, a live sea snake was brought in to EAD by a member of the public. The snake had been found along the shore of Abu Dhabi. The snake, identified as Hydrophis lapemoides and commonly known as Arabian Gulf sea snake, measured only 36 cm.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Evolution Can Occur In Less Than 10 Years, How fast can evolution take place? In just a few years, according to a new study on guppies led by UC Riverside's Swanne Gordon, a graduate student in biology.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Evolution Exemplified by Garter Snake One of the most deadly animals in the world can now be eaten by a snake that was once paralyzed instantly if it even tried to touch the prey.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Experts warn of increased snake activity "It was an adult copperhead with very large fangs which had a spread of about an inch-plus to them," Taylor said.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Experts: Snail venom may have benefits SALT LAKE CITY - Venom from an ocean snail may have benefits for people with addictions, depression and Parkinson's disease, University of Utah researchers reported Monday. They said they produced a synthetic version of the toxin that can block or stimulate receptors that release chemicals in the brain.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Fake snakes keep men zipped up "The idea is that people stop to relieve themselves, see the warning about snakes and get back in the car instead of going to the bushes to take a leak,"	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Family forced to consider future after snake attack ST. AUGUSINE, FL - Back in September seven-year-old Matthew Carrera was playing outside when five rattlesnakes attacked the boy's foot.	Edit?
Fangs for making me lose my fish William, 11, from Arundel was testing out his new rod and tackle box at his secret fishing spot on the Coomera River on Saturday morning when he got two bites for the price of one. Just as he hooked a big fish, a brown snake lashed out and bit his hand.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Fangs for the memories It was the last day of 2007, the last day of the 14-year-old Capital High freshman’s Costa Rican Christmas vacation. Lee had chanced upon one of the most feared snakes in Central America, the fer-de-lance. “The fang went into one of his calf muscles — you have three — and those are the muscles involved in lifting your foot and your ability to walk,” Tamara said. “Fifty percent or more were black, affected by the toxin.”	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Federal officials say the Mexican garter snake should get protections A snake species native to Arizona and Mexico is a step closer to being protected under the Endangered Species Act. Biologists from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have placed the Mexican garter snake within a cast of species—282 in all—that the agency has deemed worthy of federal protection.(this is interesting, in that Garter Snakes are commonly found in yards, and many get road killed, so, I wonder what enforcement of the law will be like on this animal)	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Fire hits Orlando's Gatorland attraction; some snakes and crocodiles killed ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - A fire early Monday destroyed a section of Gatorland, one of Florida's oldest tourist attractions, and killed as many as three pythons and crocodiles.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
First New Management for Poisonous Snakebites In Over 50 Years Is Now Available Melville, NY – January 31, 2001 -- Savage Laboratories®, the pharmaceutical division of Altana Inc., announced today the availability of CroFabTM (Crotalidae Polyvalent Immune Fab -- Ovine) for prescription treatment of North American crotalid snake envenomation	Edit?	Not yet rated.
First-grader bit by rattlesnake A Walla Walla youngster was listed in good condition this morning at Walla Walla General Hospital after being struck by a rattlesnake Saturday afternoon.In 15 years of practice in Walla Walla, this was the first case of snake bite Rick has treated here. Bryce did well in the circumstances, he added. ``He is a very brave little boy.The snake did not fare so well, Rick said. ``The fish hatchery people went back and killed it,'' he said. ``They got the ten-button rattle for the boy.''	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Floods send locals on snake shooting spree A plague of snakes has hit flood-ravaged Queensland homes and is sending scared locals on shooting sprees, according to the state's premier. Anna Bligh told Fairfax Radio residents had begun firing on the reptiles from their verandas as rising waters send them slithering to higher ground.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Florida Man Sues Wal-Mart Over In-Store Snake Attack Jay Richitelli says he is the third Floridian in three years to be attacked in a Wal-Mart by a pygmy rattler. Two others were bitten in 2006 at the retailer's stores in Central Florida. Richitelli's attorney says the Bentonville, Arkansas company should have taken steps to prevent the attacks after they happened before.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
For Dog, a Fatal Walk in the Woods Shepard Farrar's 2-year-old dog, Pekin, jumped out of the car to chase a squirrel in the parking lot of Wakefield Park on Sunday morning	Edit?	Not yet rated.
For Goodness Snakes! (You wonder why folks get wrong snake bite treatments ? Check out what the FDA has to say about treating snake bites ! )	Edit?	Not yet rated.
For one AUB professor, snakes are nothing to fear BEIRUT: Riyad Sadek shows a picture of a tiny snake wrapped around two of his fingers. "It is a dwarf snake," explains the American University of Beirut biology professor.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Former police chief dies after snakebite Jim West, 65, was outside of his house near Midway on Saturday evening when he was bitten on the ankle by a copperhead, sheriff's officials said .	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Fort Payne woman gets rare snakebite Gentry grabbed a hoe and killed the snake on the steps just outside her Fort Payne home before she called 911. Later, she found out the snake that bit her was a copperhead.“Its bite was the worst pain I have ever felt,” Gentry said.Gentry said she received a healthy dose of anti-venom and was expected to go home sometime today. She said doctors told her they wanted to keep her another night due to low blood pressure and heart rate.“I’ve got a blackish, reddish second toe and my foot is about twice the size it normally is, but otherwise I’m all right,” Gentry said. “At least I can know what people go through when they are snake bitten.” Gentry said the 10-inch snake had a copper head and was light and dark gray in a triangular pattern on its body.(Yikes ! Antivenin for a bite from a neonate copperhead bite that only caused one of here toes to swell ?)	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Fougera Marks Sixth Snakebite Season with CroFab Crotalidae Polyvalent Immune Fab (Ovine) Natural Disasters, Myths and Misconceptions Biggest Concerns for Snakebite Experts MELVILLE, N.Y., March 20, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- Fougera(r) Inc. has marked its sixth season of supplying CroFab(r) Crotalidae Polyvalent Immune Fab (Ovine), the primary antivenom for snakebites from the crotalid snake species common to the United States. The term crotalid is used to describe the Crotalinae subfamily (formerly known as Crotalidae) of venomous snakes that comprise the vast majority of common North American snakes, including rattlesnakes, copperheads and cottonmouths/water moccasins. When CroFab was launched in 2001, it was the first new snakebite antivenom to be made available in nearly 50 years. CroFab is currently the only widely available antivenom for crotalid snakes.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Four days intensive care follow Okanagan Rattler bite The man was walking in his backyard when he accidentally stepped on the venomous snake. The rattler bit him on the foot in retaliation. He spent four days in the intensive care unit at Penticton Regional Hospital, and received more than 40 vials of antivenin.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Frantic rescue for snake victim The 48-year-old man from Heddon Greta in the Hunter Valley was bitten on the right hand and forearm this afternoon by one of the world's deadliest reptiles which he kept as a pet.A helicopter paramedic who travelled with the critically-ill man from his home to the hospital said the snake bit the man "fair and square".It is believed the adult brown snake, the second deadliest snake in the world and which can grow up to 2m in length, was kept in a glass tank at the man's rural property.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Frickie saved after boomslang bite A dog, bitten by a 1,2m boomslang in the garden of its Camps Bay home, nearly bled to death before being saved by an anti-venom from Tygerberg Hospital.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Friends give first aid to save life of Mundubbera taipan victim A TEEN has survived two bites from one of the world's deadliest snakes thanks to friends who recently completed a first aid course. It was the second time Ryan Cole, 15, of Mundubbera, about 390km northwest of Brisbane, has been bitten by a poisonous snake in a year. Ryan was bitten twice on the foot by a coastal taipan, which has the third most toxic venom of all land snakes, as he jumped into a popular swimming hole in the Burnett River on Sunday. His father, Rob, said nearly a litre of antivenene was pumped into his son to stabilise him. Some had to be rushed by police from Eidsvold and Gayndah hospitals, more than 40km away. "It was just terrible, his eyes were open but no one was home," Mr Cole said.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
FROM VIPER'S VENOM TO DRUG DESIGN: TREATING HYPERTENSION Workers in the banana plantations of southwestern Brazil were known to collapse suddenly after being bitten by a pit viper due to a drastic drop in blood pressure. Curious about what exactly this venom does to the body, biochemist Mauricio Rocha e Silva of a Brazilian research institute made extracts of the venom and began to study their effects in dogs and guinea pigs. In the mid 1960s, one of Silva's postdoctoral students, Sergio Ferreira, traveled to London to work in the lab of pharmacologist, Sir John Vane (Figure 8 ) of the Royal College of Surgeons. In Ferreira's pocket was a vial full of the venom of the notorious Brazilian pit viper (Figure 7 ).	Edit?	Not yet rated.
GARDEN HELP: Stop hissing at all snakes Snakes are our friends!	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Garter snake deserves protection A few weeks ago, the media revealed illegal reversals of endangered species decisions ordered by Julie MacDonald, a political appointee in the Department of Interior. Though not a scientist, MacDonald has taken it upon herself to review, rewrite and often reverse major decisions regarding endangered species by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.	Edit?
Georgia Man Dies After Rattlesnake Bite 82-year-old Berrien County man is dead after a rattlesnake bit him several times while he was fixing his lawnmower Wednesday. Investigators believe Eddie Lee Dorminey was changing the lawnmower belt and didn’t notice the snake was there.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Gilmer Teacher Bitten By Snake In a telephone interview with the Tyler Paper, Mrs. York said the snake bit her right ankle and right index finger as she was going from her car to her home about 10 p.m.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Girl dies from snake bite she was bitten by what doctors say was a brown snake	Edit?
Girl in hospital after rattle snake bite A five year old girl has a long recovery ahead of her. She's getting back on her feet after a rattlesnake bit her big toe Wednesday night. From now on, they say when they're near tall grass, they're going to bring a stick and rustle it in the bushes. That way if there is a snake, it'll bite the stick first and they'll know if it's there.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Girl recovering after snake bite A 9-year-old Lucerne Valley girl is home and recovering after a Mojave green rattlesnake bit her ankle while she was trying to shoo it away from her dogs, officials said Monday	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Girl recovering from foot-long copperhead's bite The Chancellor Elementary School student was playing with her twin brother, Kyle, at their home in Pipe Run in Spotsylvania County Sunday when she felt a sharp pain in her left hand. Next to her was a small pile of leaves and mulch, where her father, Mark Davis, eventually found the foot-long snake.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Glen Garden of Eden for dangerous snakes AN increased number of snake sightings around the district are being reported to National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) with the arrival of warmer weather.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
GLOUCESTER - Police searching for a highly venomous snake The caller claimed the snake, a deadly pit viper known as a fer-de- lance, had been in a box inside his car when entered the Super Wal- Mart. When he came back to his car, the caller said, the box and the snake were gone.	Edit?
Good Time To Spot Snakes A REPTILE relocation scheme, costing £70,000, has helped bring these fascinating creatures to the public’s attention. Mr Griffiths regularly sees adders and common lizards in the Furness area.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Grandfather fights 16-foot snake to free grandson A 66-year-old man saved his grandson from the grip of a 16-foot-long (5 meter) anaconda by beating the snake with rocks and a knife for half an hour, authorities said Thursday. "When I saw the snake wrapped around my grandson's neck I thought it was going to kill him,"	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Grandma not deterred by snakes Grandmother Che Piah Abdullah, 55, has no intention of moving house despite being bitten by snakes four times at her home in Kampung Kuala Janing in Kuala Nerang, 45km from here.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Greengrocer escapes deadly scorpion A greengrocer from Hampshire says he is lucky to be alive after a deadly scorpion scuttled from a box of bananas in his shop.	Edit?
Guam planes to see increased inspections for brown tree snakes HONOLULU (AP) _ A budget increase will allow the federal government to hire more inspectors to check all military cargo planes leaving Guam for brown tree snakes by the end of the year.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Guam's Birds Gone: Can Forest Survive? In the mid-1940s, the brown tree snake was accidentally introduced to what was then snake-free Guam. This snake became Guam's new top predator and ate its way through a buffet of the island's bird community.Guam's now silent forests currently hold about 13,000 snakes per square mile.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Guam's Brown Tree Snake Problem Mulled Over Here State and federal officials gathered in Waikiki Wednesday to discuss the destructive brown tree snake.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Has anyone seen the dog? A FAMILY were living in terror last night after a giant snake ate their DOG. The 16ft python had stalked Scotty the chihuahua for days after slithering into his home. Kids Talia, five, and Ethan, seven, watched in horror as only Scotty’s back legs and tail were left hanging from its mouth.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Hawaii fights for funding to eradicate alien snakes WASHINGTON -- A constant battle for money and unsuccessful efforts to control the brown tree snake on Guam threatens to harm Hawaii's fragile ecological balance.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
He Makes Friends With Snakes For Yasin Kazibwe, 21, killing a snake is like killing a relative. Kazibwe, a resident of Kitende in Kajjansi, Wakiso district, has over the years, acquired techniques of catching snakes.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Head-banging snakes may predict China quakes Experts at the bureau monitor snakes at local snake farms via video cameras linked to a broadband Internet connection. The video feed runs 24 hours per day. "Of all the creatures on Earth, snakes are perhaps the most sensitive to earthquakes," bureau director Jiang Weisong was quoted as saying.	Edit?
Heat driving snakes into town "The year before last, I think I caught 151 brown snakes in town. "So far this year, I think I've caught 40.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Hey misster, one false move and you're hisstory Warm weather brings snakes — and drought conditions can force them out of hiding and into residential areas as they look for water. Antivenoms need to be improved and developed to make them even more effective — and education is needed to prevent Deaths. "Each year a handful of people die as a result of snake bites and many, if not all, of those deaths could be avoided," Some people still aren't aware of the best first-aid techniques, such as applying a pressure bandage to the area of the bite rather than using a tourniquet, or that you should try not to move too much rather than running for help.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Hikers urged to watch out for snakes Now is the time of year for bites from rattlers, experts say	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Hillsborough County Deputy warns others to be careful of snake bites “Out of no where I got bitten on the left leg by an eastern diamondback rattlesnake, it was about 6 1/2-7 foot long. After the bite I felt the burning sensation, my hands started tingling, my legs were tingling and my face was tingling.”	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Homes Evacuated After Venomous Snake Spotted AMSTERDAM - Three Rotterdam houses were evacuated Monday after a man saw a poisonous snake slithering through a hole in the wall of his home.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Homestead Man Recovering From King Cobra Bite A Homestead man remained hospitalized Monday and was in good condition, recovering from a potentially deadly King Cobra bite. The 13-foot-long cobra bit him at a Homestead wildlife center on Sunday.Experts with Miami-Dade's Venom Unit say it's been about 15 years since they've treated a King Cobra bite in South Florida.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
How Joe the Nurse Became the Snake Man of Nepal In Nepal, snakes pose an enormous threat. "Less than a dozen people die from snake bites per year in North America," asserts Niemczura, "but in south Asia, about 100,000 people die each year. That's an astounding number."	Edit?	Not yet rated.
How Snakes Got Their Fangs The research suggests that both rear and front fangs in venomous snakes developed from separate teeth-forming tissue at the rear of the mouth — unlike the situation for non-venomous snake dentition and human teeth. This finding, detailed in the July 31 issue of the journal Nature, could explain why snakes flourished beginning some 60 million years ago, geologically soon after non-avian dinosaurs went extinct.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
HUMANE SOCIETY: RESCUE OF SNAKE AFTER APARTMENT FIRE 'VERY COMMON' A Redwood City apartment fire on Sunday afternoon in which a trained animal handler was called in to rescue pet snakes trapped in a cage was a "very common" type of event for the Humane Society, an official said today.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Hundreds mourn Scot believed killed by snake HUNDREDS of mourners yesterday gathered to pay their respects to Garrick Wales, the Renfrewshire man found slumped over the steering wheel in a hire car beside a motorway in the American state of Arkansas, possibly dead of snakebite.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Hundreds of bottles of booze with a bite seized in Palo Pinto Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission agents seized 411 bottles of illegal hooch Thursday at Bayou Bob's Brazos River Rattlesnake Ranch in Palo Pinto County. But it wasn't your typical variety of moonshine: the bottles of vodka also contained 10-inch rattlesnakes.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Hurricane Evacuee Stuck in a Motel Because of Pet Snakes A Hurricane Katrina evacuee says FEMA has him stuck in a North Knoxville motel because they won't provide transportation for him or his two pet snakes.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
If you don't bother them, they won't both you While rattlesnakes do carry enough venom to kill an adult, deaths are rare from this serpent. In fact, of the approximately 7,500 recorded rattlesnake bites in the U.S. every year, only 12 to 15 result in deaths.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Illegal Snakes and Lizards In Custody In the past two weeks agriculture investigators have captured several illegal snakes and lizards in Hawaii.	Edit?
Imitating Irwin could have killed THEY'RE nature-mad brothers who idolised Steve Irwin. But for nine-year-old twins Tyrer and Leigh Glover, the inspiration of the khakied conservationist could have proved fatal in a brush with a venomous brown snake lookalike.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
India News > After floods, snakes and rats haunt Assam Floodwaters have begun to recede in this northeastern state but survivors of the devastating floods now have to deal with poisonous snakes and rats that have taken shelter in their waterlogged homes.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
India's battle against snake bites The Russell's Viper is one of the world's most deadly snakes, and it does most of its killing in India.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Indian co buys snakebite remedy from Weizmann Institute Indian pharmaceutical company Biological E Ltd. has purchased from the Weizmann Institute of Science the development rights to a product designed to treat bites from a poisonous snake commonly found in Asia, which produces the venom Bungarus Multicinctus.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Indiana Bill 482. Prohibits ownership of pythons, monitors, and more. We must take a stand against over legislation by our local and state governments. Please contact your senator and politely request they vote against Bill 482	Edit?
Insects and snakes? Goody! LOTS of little boys and girls love reptiles that swallow their meals whole.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Irate bank client tells of love for snakes Disgruntled bank client and self-styled herpetologist Abel Manamela developed a passion for snakes at an early age and wanted to educate people about them.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Irwin was nearly bitten by a venomous sea snake a day before he died Sydney, Dec. 30 (ANI): Late crocodile hunter, Steve Irwin, was nearly bitten by a venomous sea snake while doing an action scene for his ill-fated television documentary, just a day before he died.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
It's scary how easily fears can catch on I hate snakes, and I taught my children to detest them as well. I imagined — and sometimes dreamed — that this snake would lurk about my home ready to bite, squeeze or eat my family and me alive. Every time I saw a snake in a book, I'd say with a grimace on my face and dread in my voice, "I just hate snakes," as I quickly turned the page. If a snake appeared on TV, I'd instantly turn the channel, saying something like, "I just can't watch that. I'll dream about snakes if I do." Jan Faull's Saturday parenting column spans the ages from infancy through the teen years. She offers practical advice coupled with the expertise to tackle tough topics that concern parents most, everything from toddlers' temper tantrums to teenage smoking.Jan Faull is a specialist in child development and behavior. (not only that, she is sporting the ever popular "Hillary" hair style that all the socialist women seem to want these days. They just can't wait to vote her into office, LOL.) What a great role model for our kids. You can contact Jan at: janfaull@aol.com	Edit?	Not yet rated.
It's snake season, so vigilance urged A 3-year-old girl bitten by a baby rattlesnake last week while playing outside of her Lake Arrowhead home serves as a reminder that snake season is upon us. "I never caught a rattlesnake before, but I was prepared," Alyssa said. She pinned the snake to the wall with the stick, then used her hand to quickly grab the snake by the back of the neck. She pinned the snake's mouth shut with her thumb and fingers. "I threw it in a Ziplock," she said.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
It'sss a snakes surprise When Joe Mora answered the door of his Queens home yesterday, he found a box containing two large, live snakes.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Jensen Beach snakebite victim says coral snake bit her again "It is unusual to be bitten twice — even if it was different coral snakes," Haast said when phoned about Tricia Facchini's most recent trip to Martin Memorial.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Jesse ‘learns to walk’ again after snake bite The 24-year-old Canadian, who has been living in Byron Bay for four years, was walking home with friends to their Massinger Street house after a night out in the town on Christmas Eve when he was bitten. But he didn’t know that at the time – he thought he had just kicked his foot - and the consequences were almost tragic.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
John tells of brown snake bite A swab test confirmed Mr McGaffin, who was wearing thongs, had been bitten by a brown snake. Considering the species causes half of all snake bite deaths in Australia and carries the world’s second most potent venom,.......	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Jumbo Diamondback Rattles Sebring Neighbors With a body as thick as a fencepost and a head like a clenched fist, the rattlesnake shook off the pesky .22-caliber bullets. He fetched his own .44-caliber Magnum. Two shots later, the snake was dead, although it continued to squirm form a while. He said the fangs looked to be more than 2 inches long. The viper measured 6 feet in length and was about 5 inches thick. There were 16 rattles	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Just a dose of painkillers to beat cobra bite Snake poison does not kill — if you believe that it won’t kill, that is. “The cobra did not leave my thumb for about eight minutes. I again fell sick and recovered after taking some painkilling tablets. You will die if you think you will. But nothing will happen if you believe that nothing will happen,” he said.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Kids learn about snakes at Safety City Officer Hector Diaz of the Marco Island Police Department recently invited Jeffrey Carter, the curator of behavioral husbandry at Jungle Larry's Caribbean Garden Zoo, and one of the few licensed snake handlers and herpetologists in this area, to Safety City at Mackle Park.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Kids learn of reptiles malign and benign Sense of Wonder, a live-reptile exhibit, has opened at A.D. Barnes Park to teach children about some of Florida's less-understood wildlife.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Killer snake on the loose in Kent Police last night warned families to be on the lookout for a dangerous 6ft pet Boa Constrictor after it escaped from its owner's house. People were warned not to approach the large brown snake, which is not poisonous but kills its prey by squeezing it to death. Families living nearby were warned to keep windows and doors shut and make sure small pets remain indoors. (I have seen 10 different news feeds about the boa, but this one written by nit-whit Will Payne was the only one to sensationalize the story by using the title "killer snake" ! - Cro)	Edit?	Not yet rated.
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King cobra fights puts village in the map Noo Laotong has been bitten four times by poisonous serpents, but the venomous violation is all part of life - and death - at Thailand's king cobra village.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
King size King Cobra at Pilikula Mr. Ashok said this snake had just escaped from the deadly curl of a python which was much larger than the Kalinga. He said the King Cobra was very venomous and a microgram of its venom can kill a horse within two seconds flat.The Pilikula snake park in Moodushedde village had successfully run a 'King Cobra' (Kalinga) breeding and rehabilitation centre under the world herpetology expert Romulus Whittaker in 2005-06 has already three giant King Cobras and this one will be an additional attraction which is also the largest among the existing ones in the snake park.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Kingsville Snake Research Will Save Lives Dr. Elda Sanchez has been working under a grant to find another anti-venom for coral snake bites in the U.S. She's been doing that work at the Natural Toxins Research Center at A&M Kingsville. (Researchers have found that the Mexican made Biocon Anti-Venom works on the bites from North American Coral Snakes. The only unfortunate thing is the news folks used a harmless Scarlet King Photo as a background as they talked about Coral Snakes ! Nitwhits !	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Knowledge not enough - Experienced handler was killed despite care A man killed early Saturday by a pet python was an experienced snake handler who loved animals, his mother said Monday. "Ted knew snakes so well. He'd had snakes since he was 9 years old. He knew exactly what to do," said Elaine Dres, of Rossmoyne.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Kobe Bryant Dunks Over a Pool of Snakes... Or Does he? How about dunking over a pool of snakes? In another viral video promoting Nike's Hyper Dunk shoes, Kobe is hanging out with the cast from MTV's Jackass and a pool of what appears to be a variety of real, live snakes. (it is unfortunate that they did not choose Cottonmouths for this disgusting video, Cro)	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Kyogle snake bite victim 'didn't feel a thing' “I didn’t feel a thing,” he said yesterday. Mr Hamlyn had just sat down to lunch when his mother-in-law noticed blood oozing from his ankle.“I saw two clear puncture marks on my ankle,” he said.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
LA Rescuers Deal With Poisonous Snakes In Hurricane Zone LOS ANGELES -- Members of the LA County Fire Department's Swift Water Rescue Team arrived in the hurricane zone by plane early Thursday, to help people stranded by floodwaters. But the rescue team discovered more than needy people in the waters of Mississippi and Louisiana -- water moccasin snakes with poisonous venom.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Large Python Saves Riza and Twins JAKNEWS.COM---Riza, a 26-year-old clothes vendor, said that at about 8 a.m. she was enjoying the holiday in bed when suddenly she saw walls of water, mud, rocks and branches rushing into the neighborhood.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Latest delight to hit Florida: Giant snakes Forget alligator attacks or even killer hurricanes. In case you haven't heard, Florida is rapidly becoming python country. Giant pythons -- exotic snakes that can grow more than 20 feet long and weigh more than 200 pounds -- have quietly moved into the southern and central portion of the state since the mid-1990s.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Law says little about deadly pets County and township officials said Monday they lack the manpower to enforce exotic animal regulations.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Lawsuit threat forces Cage to get rid of pet snakes Actor Nicolas Cage has been forced to return two pet snakes after his neighbours threatened him with a lawsuit. The neighbours were terrified of the two poisonous reptiles,	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Leaving snakes alone isn't an option In response to "Rattlers common in region, though fatalities are rare" (July 26, Page B-1), I live in the area where the fatality took place.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Legislators propose licensing snake-owners http://www.tallahassee.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060209/BREAKINGNEWS/602090349 Alligator-eating, headline-grabbing Burmese pythons in the Everglades are giving reptile regulators the push they need to seek a law governing exotic snakes and giant lizards much like guns. At a Capitol press conference today, Rep. Ralph Poppell, R-Vero Beach, and Sen. Bill Posey, R-Rockledge, announced intentions to require $100 permits for anyone hoping to own a giant python or Nile monitor lizard, among other yet-to-be named exotic reptiles.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Lessons From Snakes: The Better Part Of Valor found that when test snakes were confronted with danger their first reaction was to retreat. Smaller snakes, although just as likely to flee or strike as larger snakes, were more likely to issue warnings. But, over all, test snakes of all sizes were more likely to exercise the better part of valor: they ran away.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Little Fido learns snake avoidance Arizona has 14 species of rattlesnakes, said dog trainer Web Parton, who teaches dogs to avoid snakes. Snake avoidance training has become more popular every year, said Parton, who has taught it for more than 20 years. He's joined with fellow dog trainer Jay Smith to head the Humane Society of Southern Arizona's snake avoidance classes this year, offered at its Companions for Life Training Center, 3465 E. Kleindale Road. The classes have been packed, he said, and the duo train about 40 dogs every weekend. Cody was one of 10 dogs on hand for a recent Friday night session, which lasts more than two hours and costs $65 per dog. Veterinarians say the cost to treat a snake bite easily can top $1,000. "We'll give you our standard line," Parton said to kick off the class. "We are here to traumatize your dog for life." He said just getting a glimpse of the live rattlesnakes used for the training - Arizona's most common and aggressive Western diamondback - is enough to traumatize some owners.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Live poisonous snakes found at N.Y. fire NEW YORK — Firefighters responding to a burning New York City home found more than smoke and flames. Inside a set of plastic containers, they discovered five poisonous snakes.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Live Rattlesnakes Released in Arizona 'Snakes on a Plane' Theater Two live rattlesnakes were released in an Arizona theater during a showing of the new film, 'Snakes on a Plane.' The snakes were released after the film began rolling in the dark theater at the AMC Desert Ridge multi-plex at Tatum and the 101 in north Phoenix. Live Rattlesnakes Released in Arizona 'Snakes on a Plane Live Rattlesnakes Released in Arizona 'Snakes on a Plane" Theater The two baby diamondbacks were actually slithering around the theater while the snakes on a plane were slithering around on screen with Samuel L. Jackson.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Living with the wild “There’s no glory getting bit,” says the animal wrangler, animal-stunt coordinator and showman who performs at snake exhibits and on television.Since childhood, this Punta Gorda resident has cultivated a reputation for being a maverick, a daredevil — like when he kisses cobras or wrestles wild alligators.“People call me the Evel Knievel of the animal world,” Weathers says with a laugh. “It’s an adrenaline rush.”He knows shows like “Jackass” and “Wildboyz” — which show people purposely getting bit by baby alligators, swimming with sharks and riding ostriches — seem exploitative.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Lizard Lady's off to milk a king cobra! Cunningham, of Bluecoats, will join an expedition in India led by Romulus Whitaker, of National Geographic TV's King Cobra fame. She believes she could be "the first woman to milk a venomous snake"."I'll be catching cobras, milking them of venom and releasing them back into the wild away from villages. It's a dream come true for me -	Edit?	Not yet rated.
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Local Man Hospitalized After Rattlesnake Bite A biologist was bitten in the Cleveland National Forest near Corona over the weekend and remains in critical condition at Loma Linda Medical Center. He's the fifth rattlesnake bite patient treated so far this year. Mike Zerwekh, 26, said he was on a walk Saturday in the mountains above Skyline Drive, west of Corona when "all of a sudden a rattlesnake jumped and bit me in the leg."	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Local man remains in ICU following rattlesnake bite Hiler was bitten on the left hand by what he thought was a dead rattlesnake. “He was going to cut off the rattles, like most of us would,” Dan Godfrey said. By the time Hiler arrived at the emergency room he was “bleeding from everywhere,”	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Local man remains in ICU following rattlesnake bite According to Dan Godfrey, Hiler's brother-in-law and Debbie Godfrey's husband, Hiler was bitten on the left hand by what he thought was a dead rattlesnake. “He was going to cut off the rattles, like most of us would,” Dan Godfrey said.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Local snake bite expert helps save lives and limbs One local doctor's fascination with snakes has helped saved lives and limbs.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Local snake fancier wages ongoing battle to educate public, Onalaska officials about reptiles Mike Bechtel has a thing about snakes. He loves them. In fact, he's so interested in snakes that besides keeping them as pets, he also raises them.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Lots of snakes, too little serum for dogs The little dog recently survived a close call when she was bit in the muzzle twice in five days by poisonous pygmy rattle snakes. There is indeed a national shortage of snake serum for dogs. "The serum has been on back-order a year," "Fort Dodge Laboratories made the antivenin. The problem is that it is not available now. And there's not a competitive product on the market." The most recent batch of antivenin produced by Fort Dodge Laboratories failed to get Food and Drug Administration approval. "Something was wrong with the batch." (It is interesting that the Fort Dodge (Wyeth) site does not even list Antivenom for Veternary use anymore on it's site. Perhaps they are getting out of the business alltogether ? Perhaps we will soon see CroFab for Veternary use ??? )	Edit?	Not yet rated.
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Lucky escape from brown snake bite The 25-year-old kept working outdoors all afternoon before seeking help for the bite and only because he thought it strange that two puncture wounds in his lower leg were bleeding so much.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Lying In Wait For Extinction Unlike birds and mammals, which are highly visible and have little trouble attracting funds for their conservation, the majority of reptiles are largely secretive and rarely seen.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Making No Bones About It: Digestion In Burmese Pythons "Juvenile pythons normally eat every week, while adults can have a meal every month and can even stop feeding for several months under certain circumstances," explains Dr Lignot. "They are therefore physiologically fine tuned to cope with prolonged fasting, re-feeding on large meals, and intense digestion and nutrient absorption".	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Man arrested for keeping 51 deadly snakes Metropolitan Police Department said Nobukazu Kashiwagi, 41, was arrested Wednesday after he was released from a hospital, where he was treated for a bite to his finger from one of the snakes, the Kyodo news agency reported Wednesday. Investigators said the 51 snakes, including the Africa-native eastern green mamba that bit Kashiwagi, were found in plastic cases that were stacked in the suspect's room. (I wonder how difficult it is to find Mamba antivenom in Japan ?)	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Man attacked by snake-wielding thugs the four surrounded their victim in the car park of a bar in Sumter, SC, and menaced him with a Cottonmouth Water Moccasin. Unfortunately for one of the perpetrators, the snake decided to bite him instead. The bitten man,Timothy Farmer, was treated in hospital. Along with two of the other men, he has been charged with the old-fashioned crime of second-degree lynching. The man who actually did the threatening, identified as Ross Farmer, is being charged with intent to kill. (Humm.... lynching? guess the KKK is still active in SC !)	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Man attacked cops with snakes Leoben - Police shot a man in the thigh after he wrapped himself with two deadly cobras and threatened to commit suicide, then swung the snakes at officers who had rushed to his home in southern Austria, officials said on Monday.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Man Bit By Snakes While Trying To Steal Them A young man suffered several snake bites while trying to steal snakes from a home. Sumter County Sheriff's Office said the 20-year-old man broke into a shed and stole two rock rattlesnakes.......	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Man bites snake on tail to escape its deadly grip A Kenyan found himself in a tight squeeze when a python wrapped him in a coil and dragged him cartoon-style up a tree. The exhausting struggle between man and snake lasted three hours and only ended when farm worker, Ben Nyaumbe, bit the serpent on the tip of its tail.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Man Bitten By Cobra Initial reports are that the 31-year-old man was bitten by a black Pakistani cobra. The Miami-Dade Venom Unit is taking antivenin to the hospital ......	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Man bitten by coral snake walks into hospital A 24-year-old man walked into the Christus Spohn Hospital in Beeville around 10 p.m. Sunday night with a venomous coral snake bite. The man was transported by Halo Flight to Christus Spohn Hospital Memorial about 11 p.m. in serious condition.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Man Bitten By Deadly Snake In Everglades PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. -- Miami's snakebite unit, Venom 1, rushed antivenin to Pembroke Pines Tuesday afternoon to try to save the life of a man bitten by a venomous snake in the Everglades. Capt. Al Cruz said the man was bitten by an Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake, one of the deadliest snakes in North America. Cruz said the man was walking in the Everglades when the snake bit him in the foot - with its fangs going right through the man's boots.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Man Bitten by Rattlesnake at Local Wal-Mart The victim is expected to recover after receiving anti-venin.The victim was taken to the hospital where he received antivenin for the pygmy rattler bite.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Man bitten by rattlesnake in luggage A suburban Washington man was bitten Monday by a rattlesnake that found its way into his luggage, a fire department spokesman said. The bite from the young Eastern diamond rattlesnake was not life-threatening, and the man is being treated at Inova Fairfax Hospital in Falls Church, he said.Bacas, a high school rowing coach, had been on a six-day trip to Summerton, South Carolina, with about 80 students, said Mike Krulfeld, director of student activities at Yorktown High School in Arlington.Krulfeld said he did not think the incident was a student prank. ( sounds a bit fishy to me, LOL )	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Man Bitten By Venomous Snake In Critical Condition Officials said they believe an eastern diamondback rattlesnake bit the man on Sunday evening. But the man didn't receive treatment until family members took him to Hollywood Memorial Regional Hospital on Tuesday.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Man decides to keep snake that bit him The owner of a reptile shop in England who was nearly killed when a Common Death Adder nipped him has decided to keep the small, deadly Australian snake. The Daily Mail reported that after Lee Thompson was bitten by the snake May 19 there was no anti-venom available at a nearby London hospital. "I don't know why it happened. I've been handling snakes since I was a boy and I've never been bitten before," he said. "I was about to put the snake back in his box but I must have laid him at slightly the wrong angle because he reared up and bit me on the thumb."	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Man dies a week after snakebite A 40-year-old Cushing man died early Saturday — a week after being bitten by a copperhead snake	Edit?
Man Dies After Picking Up Snakes Ordered Online Authorities in Arkansas are trying to find out if a man in Little Rock ended up dying from bites from poisonous snakes he had ordered on the Internet.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Man dies from snake bite in popular picnic area A 38-year-old man has died after he was bitten by a snake near Castlemaine in central Victoria.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Man eats live snakes, says they taste delicious Shyam claims to have also preyed upon all types of lizards 'including the wild, black variety that is more poisonous than snakes', he claims. 'Once I also bit a ferocious dog that had gone on a biting spree in our locality in Junnardeo,' he recalled. The dog, like all his reptile victims, died instantly.	Edit?
Man fails to kill himself despite inciting brown snake, which bit him nine times A MAN who was bitten nine times by a deadly brown snake says it was no mistake - he had been trying to kill himself. "I decided I didn't want to be here. I put the snake on me. I caught it and let it bite me." "I took it out of the bag, shook it to stir it up and it bit me, again and again," he said. "My mate was a big, burly bloke but he was horrified. He was crying." Lyons, who had an arm amputated and almost died on the operating table after his heart stopped, said he no longer felt suicidal. "I'm all right now and wouldn't do it again." Yikes !	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Man fined $4000 for illegal snakes A VICTORIAN man who kept four exotic North American snakes which could have had "catastrophic environmental consequences" if they escaped, has been fined $4000. Peter Bauden-Distel, 36, of of Churchill, near Morwell, appeared in Moe Magistrates Court yesterday charged with possessing a corn snake and three king snakes. Bauden-Distel pleaded guilty to four counts of possession of an illegal imported specimen under the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Man guilty of snake threat charge A 52-year-old man who threatened a police officer with two boa constrictor snakes in Greater Manchester has been given a two-year conditional discharge.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Man hits another man with 4 foot python	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Man hospitalized after bite by pet rattlesnake The Indiana Department of Natural Resources says Urbanski was bitten by a western diamondback rattlesnake on the left index finger Saturday at his home in Chesterton. Officials say he bought the snake and another rattlesnake at a swap meet in Pennsylvania last week.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Man in critical condition from snakebite A 37-year-old Deming man remained in critical condition Monday in an El Paso, Texas, hospital after he was bitten by a rattlesnake he kept. Police Chief Michael Carillo says Bear was bitten by a canebreak rattlesnake Thursday morning.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Man in critical conditions after rattlesnake bite When a snake bite victim arrived at Palomar Medical Center Wednesday night, an emergency room doctor issued an urgent order: get more antivenin. Ordinarily, it takes about 12 vials to counter the toxic effect of snake venom. The 36-year-old landscaper needed more than three times that amount. The victim's ordeal started Wednesday shortly before 6 p.m., when he felt a snake bite his hand as he cleared leaves from under a bush on a Deer Springs property. But en route to Palomar Medical Center, the victim's blood pressure plummeted, his breathing grew labored and his body started shaking. But after consulting a snake bite expert, the emergency room doctor ordered additional vials from Camp Pendleton. The man was treated with about 40 vials of antivenin.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Man in intensive care after tiger snake bite He said the man was lucky as he realised he had been bitten by a snake."So he was able to treat himself with the appropriate first aid measures, which was to put a bandage around the bite," he said."He then sat and waited for the ambulance to arrive to bring him to hospital."	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Man injured after suffering snakebites Richfield - A 33-year-old man who routinely injected snake venom into his body was in the intensive care unit of a Milwaukee-area hospital Thursday after he was bitten by two poisonous snakes.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Man jailed for keeping deadly pet, snake still MIA A former Toronto pet store owner was sentenced to one year in Jail Wednesday after a deadly snake he kept in his apartment escaped, forcing the evacuation of the north-west Toronto home and a rooming house next door.	Edit?
Man Jailed for Smuggling Snakes in Pants A Swedish tourist who tried to smuggle eight baby snakes into Australia in his trousers to fund a vacation will spend the rest of his visit here behind bars..... They found four venomous baby king cobras and four baby emerald tree boas strapped to his legs...... He had planned to sell the snakes in Australia for A$5,000 (US3,500) to fund an eight-day holiday and lift his spirits.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Man Killed by Trouser Snake A Cambodian man died on Monday after struggling with a 2-metre cobra which he had trapped by using his trousers as an improvised snake bag.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Man Pleads Guilty To Illegally Selling Snakes DENVER (AP) A man who kept scores of exotic and venomous snakes in his Firestone home was sentenced Friday to 1{ years in prison.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Man released snakes inside bank to attract media The Johannesburg Magistrate's Court has heard that the intention of a man accused of releasing venomous snakes inside Absa bank last year was to get media coverage to expose the bank to the public.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Man saves kids, but left critical after coral snake bite A Spring Hill man is in serious condition after being biten by a coral snake. Sheriff's deputies say he was trying to get the snake away from his children. Then Jonathan Elder picked up the snake to move it to a field away from his house. Sheriff's deputies say the snake bit Elder twice. Elder put the snake in a fish tank with a cover. Elder eventually became very ill and was rushed to the hospital. The snake turned out to be a highly venemous coral snake. A handler came and removed the snake.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Man to be sentenced in case of puppy being fed to snake A Glendale man is facing up to a year in prison in an animal cruelty case in which a 3-week-old puppy was soaked in cooking oil and fed to an 8-foot-long pet boa constrictor snake.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Man who released poisonous snakes in bank acquitted of attempted murder A man who released five venomous snakes in a Johannesburg bank - in what he says was an attempt to expose the bank's employees "for the snakes that they were" - was acquitted Wednesday of attempted murder.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Man's snake collection deadly, illegal An Indianapolis man is facing criminal charges after conservation officers found 15 venomous snakes at his home, including deadly cobras, rattlesnakes and a puff adder. Indiana Conservation Officer Angela Goldman said investigators will ask prosecutors to charge Michael Fillenwarth, 47, with 15 counts of possession of a dangerous reptile without a state permit.	Edit?
Man, 37, dies after snake bite paramedics tried for 40 minutes to revive the man, from Pascoe Vale in Melbourne, who had been bitten on the hand by a small snake	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Man, snakes unharmed by fire A Port Richmond man and his collection of 14 snakes, five of them poisonous, are homeless this morning after a fire tore through the attic of his apartment.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Maui snake eludes hunters HANA, Maui — A multi-agency rapid response team has set out 24 traps using dead mice for bait to try to capture a snake spotted on Maui last week.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Measure to battle snakes may affect island exports Guam's legendary brown tree snake -- the snake that has killed the island's indigenous birds, caused power outages, bitten island residents and visitors and tarnished Guam's reputation -- may be causing yet another problem for Guam.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Meat from snakebitten camel poisons 64 in Somaliland Sixty-four people have been hospitalised in Somaliland after eating the meat of a camel which died of a snakebite, authorities said on Thursday. Mohamed Muse Abdulle, deputy governor of Sahil region in the breakaway northern enclave of Somalia, said a man sold the poisoned meat in the village of Hudiso, 57 km (35 miles) south of the port of Berbera.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Mechanic finds missing snake A north Wales garage owner had a major shock when he found a five-foot snake lying in the footwell of a car he was repairing.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Medical examiner: Man died of coral snake bite A man in Bonita Springs did die of a coral snake bite last month, although he was also very intoxicated, a doctor with the District 21 Medical Examiner's office in Fort Myers said today.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Medical, health crisis looms in Ki'linochchi 120 refugees were admitted after snake-bite during the past 7 days alone in Ki'linochchi district's hospital functioning at Tharmapuram. One of the patients, a girl, has died and another, a 53-year-old woman, was being treated at the Intensive Care Unit	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Minister dies from rattlesnake bite ROSE HILL, Va. -- A preacher bitten by a rattlesnake as he handled it during an Easter service at a rural church died after refusing medical treatment, authorities said.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Ministry investigates snake smuggling ring within NZ A snake smuggling ring in which breeding pairs are being sold for up to $10,000 is being investigated in New Zealand.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Missing Egyptian cobra declared dead, landlord to renovate house for tenants – no body's been found, so its demise can't actually be confirmed. A snake expert hired by the city, however, is confident the recent brutally cold weather killed the elusive male Egyptian cobra,	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Missy Hissy the snake on loose A SNAKE named Missy Hissy was last night on the loose in a North Wales village.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Moby gets bitten by a snake The “yeah baby!” host now heard on South 107, WNGC-FM and 92.5/The Bear thought it was wise Monday to try to catch a copperhead snake in his driveway. He did nab it but it also nipped him on the right hand forefinger, forcing him to get anti-venom treatment. ( I wonder if the nit-whit attempted to catch the copperhead bare handed ? )	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Month-old baby critical after cobra bite A month-old baby girl is fighting for her life in a South African hospital after miraculously surviving a bite from a deadly Mozambican spitting cobra.	Edit?
Monticello man takes on rattlesnake, ends up in hospital Johnston, 75, a Jasper County farmer, on Sept. 19 came across an Eastern diamondback rattler crossing a road. He tried to kill the snake, but got close to dying himself. He spent two days in the Medical Center of Central Georgia in Macon after physicians treated him for the poisonous snake’s bite.He drove an International tractor over the snake, then backed over it to make sure it was dead. It was not. Johnston tried again, trapping the snake under the tractor’s left-front wheel. The snake writhed and hissed.(It is great to hear of a red-neck getting bit by a rattlesnake he is trying to kill. Also, I would question the snake being a Eastern Diamondback in Jasper County. Most likely, that far North, the snake would have been a Canebrake (Timber).Cro)	Edit?	Not yet rated.
More exotic animals returned Monroe county sheriff investigators are still looking for the person responsible for breaking into the "Captive Life Forms" pet store in Henrietta and stealing several exotic pets.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Mouse bites snake to death The tiny rodent killed the snake after a fierce 30-minute battle, emerging with "barely a scratch on him", according to on person who saw the fight.(Not real suprising, because the mouse is about 4 times too big for that snake !)	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Mysterious Venomous Snakes Found in LR Neighborhood A frightening discovery as four venomous snakes abandoned in a Little Rock neighborhood.	Edit?
Mystery Woman in Snakebite Death Link POLICE have stepped up the hunt for a mystery woman linked to the bizarre snakebite death of a Scots businessman.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
N.C. clamps down on deadly, exotic snakes Andrew Wyatt, president of The U.S. Association of Reptile Keepers, which is based in North Carolina, was involved in writing the new law. He said the restrictions would help people understand what they're getting into when they buy deadly reptiles. “There's always some fool that tries to work with these animals as a pet,” Wyatt said. “They're not pets. These are giant constrictors, venomous snakes and crocodiles. They're not going to be cuddling up with you in bed.”	Edit?	Not yet rated.
N.M. poison Center participating in national program New Mexico's poison control center has joined in a national effort to create an antivenom system to deal with bites from venomous snakes that aren't native to the United States. "A national system of exotic antivenoms, strategically selected and geographically distributed, will allow practitioners and poison centers to more rapidly and more specifically manage these unfamiliar and clinically challenging case," ....in collaboration with poison centers in Arizona, Nebraska, Maryland and San Diego, the Association of Zoos and Aquariums and several venomous-snake and snakebite experts. (its about time, lets just hope it works !)	Edit?	Not yet rated.
N.Y. pet store raided for exotic snakes "The black racers are very, very dangerous snakes," said Suffolk Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals spokesman Ray Gross,	Edit?	Not yet rated.
N.Y. pet store raided for exotic snakes LONG BEACH, NY, United States (UPI) -- Authorities in New York`s Suffolk County have raided a pet store and seized 19 illegal exotic snakes its owner had used as promotional tools.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Naked Man Found Stalking Alligator Officers said they found Adrian Apgar of Polk City standing naked in the water about 50 feet from the shore. He was walking toward an alligator. (this is not about venomous snakes, but was so funny, I had to post it)	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Natural Selection Not The Only Process That Drives Evolution? Why have some of our genes evolved rapidly? It is widely believed that Darwinian natural selection is responsible, but new research suggests that a separate neutral (nonadaptive) process has made a significant contribution to evolution. surprisingly, the patterns of molecular evolution in many of the genes they found did not contain signals of natural selection. Instead, their evidence suggests that a separate process known as BGC (biased gene conversion) has speeded up the rate of evolution in certain genes. This process increases the rate at which certain mutations spread through a population, regardless of whether they are beneficial or harmful. "The research not only increases our understanding of human evolution, but also suggests that many techniques used by evolutionary biologists to detect selection may be flawed," BGC is thought to be strongest in regions of high recombination, and can cause harmful mutations can spread through populations. The results lead to the provocative hypothesis that, rather than being the result of Darwinian selection for new adaptations, many of the genetic changes may be the result of the fixation of harmful mutations.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Neurobiological Technologies, Inc. and Nordmark Complete GMP Snake Facility in Germany for Productio This state-of-the-art facility currently houses 100 snakes and is expected to eventually be home to 1,500 vipers."	Edit?	Not yet rated.
New anti snake venom from camel serum "The research being conducted on ASV from camel serum could be more effective as it is more stable in a hot environment, causes less allergies compared to other ASVs and controls snakebite damage more effectively,"	Edit?	Not yet rated.
New antivenom could save more snakebite victims A snakebite antivenom has been developed that is more powerful than conventional antidotes and works even when it is unclear exactly what species of snake has bitten the victim. Snake-free venom Simon Wagstaff and colleagues at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine in the UK have now made a serum without using snake venom. Instead, they started with the DNA of the carpet viper, which is responsible for the majority of snakebite deaths in west Africa, and looked for the genes that are active when the snake is refilling its venom sacs. A dozen of these genes code for metalloprotease enzymes that destroy blood vessels and cause haemorrhaging. From these genes they created a “consensus” sequence that resembles as closely as possible all the different genes. Snakebites kill tens of thousands of people each year, yet supplies of traditional antivenom are drying up. The inventors of the new antidote hope it will be taken up in the poor countries where it is most needed.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
New butterflies, snakes and orchids discovered The new snake species called the white-lipped keelback tends to live by streams where it catches frogs and other small animals. It can reach about 80 centimetres in length and has a beautiful yellow-white stripe that sweeps along its head with red dots covering its body.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
New hope for snake charmers We will also establish training centres for the snake charmers where they will be shown how to scientifically collect venom from a snake, which is of huge medicinal value, without harming the creature. According to modern procedure, a sophisticated needle is softly injected into the gland located behind the teeth of the cobra to extract venom. But, the entire poison is never extracted from the gland as it would introduce complications for the snake.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
New Reptile Discovery Center to open in December Will be one of only two facilities in the United States where people can come see venom extraction. (there are a few errors in the news article, however, it sounds like this might be an interesting place to visit)	Edit?
NI soldier bitten by deadly snake Paul Flynn, 24, from Enniskillen was on a training exercise with the Royal Irish Regiment in Kenya when he was bitten on the arm by a black mamba. He received immediate treatment from a medic before being rushed more than 300 miles by field ambulance and helicopter to hospital in Nairobi.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Nicolas Cage Gives Up His Snakes Nicolas Cage was forced to give his poisonous pet snakes to the zoo because his neighbors were terrified of them. The 'National Treasure' star kept two cobras at his Hollywood home, but when his neighbors found out they threatened to sue him unless he got rid of them. "I like to collect things: an octopus, the snakes, dead bats, human skulls."	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Nine-foot Burmese python taken from Lancaster city home LANCASTER COUNTY, PA - Animal enforcement officer B.J. Martin said she brought her work home with her over the weekend.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
No anti-snakebite vaccine at govt hospitals in Daska DASKA: Government THQ Civil Hospital Daska and Government Allama Iqbal Memorial DHQ Hospital Sialkot continues to report a marked absence of anti-snakebite vaccination, following which a bitten farmer Muhammad Yousaf of Village Mundeyki Goraya-Daska was forced to writhe in agony for 11 hours.He told reporters that he was first rushed to Daska THQ Civil Hospital after the snake bit him at 1:00pm where the doctors in emergency referred him to another hospital following non-availability of anti snakebite drug. On reaching the Government Allama Iqbal Memorial DHQ Hospital Sialkot, 'I was told the same thing,' he added. He said 'my condition worsened, the poison spread all over as I battled for consciousness for 11 hours.' "It was a private hospital that saved me," he added.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
No Funding For Snake Hunting Program A program on Guam to keep brown tree snakes out of Hawaii runs out of money. So far brown tree snakes have made it here six times and there are concerns no one will stop them if a snake detection program is not bailed out.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
No snakes - but 80 rats loose on a plane Passengers on an evening Saudi Airlines flight got a nasty surprise in the form of 80 rats roaming freely around their plane, reports said Friday. The 80 rats were on the loose on the plane Wednesday evening after eating their way out through a leather bag where they were kept, according to the Saudi Arab News newspaper.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Now a helpline for snakes! Four men in Bhubaneswar have formed a group to catch snakes that slither into people's homes and to release them in the forests.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
NZ man bitten by venomous brown snake Cedric Suifua, 22, of Auckland, was hiding lollies for a children's treasure hunt in a park across from Gold Coast's Main Beach on Christmas Day when he was bitten by an eastern brown snake. (those Christmas Day Lollies will do it every time !)	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Of rattlesnake fangs and hypodermics Nancy's bite was definitely not dry, her finger quickly swelled to resemble a sausage and turned very dark; her lips felt numb and she was tingly all over. The ER doctor informed us that Nancy would be receiving 6 vials of antivenin (the anti-venom drug) at a cost of over $8,000 per vial... Nancy received a whopping 627 micrograms of the mercury-based preservative, thimerosal through her IV tube delivering the snake antivenin. Perhaps the scientists who make the stuff missed the research showing that mercury is a poor preservative and tragically neurotoxic. (Excellent article by a Dr. on the extremely high profit that hospitals make on CroFab and the dangers of the mercury preservative in that product).	Edit?
Officers seize exotic snakes A MAN is facing prosecution after wildlife authorities seized two prohibited exotic snakes being illegally kept on a Melbourne property.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Oklahoma Police Kill 5-Year Old Boy While Shooting at Snake	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Once Bitten, Getting By: 'Snakeboy's' Love of Nature Persists Louis Morton entered the Reptile House at the National Zoo and headed straight for the Gaboon viper.	Edit?
Operation under way to treat teen snake bite victim A teenage boy has been bitten by a snake in northern Victoria. Rural Ambulance Victoria spokesman John Mullen says he is unsure what type of snake bit the 15-year-old.	Edit?
Opp Alabama Roundup Morgan can also be distinguished by her tools. She proudly wields her snake stick adorned with a pink ribbon. (rednecks are alive and well in Alabama)	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Orange Grove Area Rattlers: One Boy Is Bitten and Becomes a Hero Just yesterday, one of those rattlers wound up biting a five-year old boy, but there was much more to this story than meets the eye. A family was having a pool party to celebrate the end of school. Two kids asked if they could play on the slide and that's when a rattlesnake put an end to the party.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Ordinances force snake handler off Island July 17, 2005 — Sean Palmer thought his venomous snake-dealing business would fit in perfectly with the rock-n-roll image of South Padre Island. The 31-year-old Oklahoma native moved to the Island in August and nestled his shop among the tattoo parlors, bars and tie-dyed T-shirt shops of Padre Boulevard. The Cobra Garden shop featured more than 20 exhibits of cobras, vipers and other venomous snakes and reptiles.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Oregon Police Officers Credited for Saving Young Child Bitten by Rattlesnake police and medical responders were credited with saving the life of a 3 1/2 year old child after the child was bitten by a rattlesnake .....	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Ouch! Costly 'snake bite' for Mapleton Python breeder's damages claim to cost city at least $250,000	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Outback survivor released from hospital A 34-year-old Australian man who survived more than a month without food and suffered a snakebite while lost in a Queensland rainforest is expected to be released from hospital today.	Edit?
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Owner of 50 snakes ordered to pay fine CANTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) -- A man who kept more than 50 snakes in his Detroit-area home pleaded guilty to violating a township ordinance outlawing the possession of venomous reptiles.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Owner of 50 snakes ordered to pay fine CANTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) -- A man who kept more than 50 snakes in his Detroit-area home pleaded guilty to violating a township ordinance outlawing the possession of venomous reptiles.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Ozark teen catches snake that bit him, drives to hospital A 16-year-old Ozark boy bitten by a water moccasin while fishing caught the snake and drove himself to the hospital.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Painter eyes Guinness, snacking on snake It is normally a difficult task to satisfy Neeranjan Bhaskar when he is hungry. The reason sounds a bit startling but the 35-year-old man, who is a painter by profession, prefers his plate of snakes.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Pam sells Viper to save snakes Michael McGraw, a spokesman for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, said the group will use the cash to raise awareness about the cruel methods used to skin animals such as snakes and crocodiles, particularly in India. According to PETA, these animals, whose exotic skins are popularly used in handbags and shoes, are often skinned alive, and suffer for hours or even days before dying. (Although I do not like to see crocodiles and snakes used for leather, the PETA folks are lying again about the animals being skinned alive).	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Park's snakes tracked, but still attack My column Monday talked about how researchers are using technology to help track Michigan's massasauga rattlesnake sure struck a nerve for a visitor to the Orion Oaks park in Oakland County.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Passionate Florida snake charmer isn't giving up AS ONE OF THE BEST AND FEW PROFESSIONAL SNAKE HUNTERS LEFT IN FLORIDA, JIM WATT ISN'T READY TO GIVE UP ON HIS CRAFT. ''There's a lot of recreational snake hunters,'' Enge said. ``As far as people making a living off of it -- not too many. There's a lot more captive breeding going on so a lot more of the demand for snakes is met through captive breeding.''	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Penn State scientists answer question of snakes' origins Using DNA evidence, two Penn State University researchers think they have answered a long-standing question among scientists	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Pennsylvania Moves to Restrict Snake Hunts Organized hunts, in which snakes are caught, measured and then later released, are big fundraisers for a handful of volunteer fire departments, mostly in northern Pennsylvania. Seven hunts were permitted by the state this season, which ended July 31 - five by fire departments, two by sports clubs.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Pennsylvania woman used poisonous snakes to hold police at bay Jackson picked up two western diamondback rattlesnakes, a pygmy rattlesnake and two copperheads to try to keep police from taking her into custody,...... Jackson, who was raising the snakes for laboratories, received several bites during the standoff and was taken to a hospital after police subdued her with a stun gun.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Pet Python Has Surgery After Eating Queen-Size Electric Blanket A 12-foot-long Burmese python needed surgery after it swallowed an entire queen-size electric blanket — with the electrical cord and control box.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Pet snake survives fire in Racine A fluorescent light bulb in a pet snake's aquarium was cited as the cause of the fire, which caused $5,000 worth of damage to the upper apartment.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Pets & Vets: Warming up to pet pythons Some people like to keep snakes as pets. A Seattle veterinarian told me about a couple who had two pythons, one 15 feet long and another one 18 feet long.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Pioneer Valley man survives the bite from deadly brown Mr Scott narrowly escaped a potentially fatal brown snake bite on Wednesday morning. After being released from the intensive care unit at Mackay Base Hospital yesterday morning Mr Scott wanted to raise awareness that snakes, including the deadly browns, are out in force.Mr Scott narrowly escaped a potentially fatal brown snake bite on Wednesday morning. After being released from the intensive care unit at Mackay Base Hospital yesterday morning Mr Scott wanted to raise awareness that snakes, including the deadly browns, are out in force.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Pit bull dies saving 2 women from cobra the terrier’s owner, said Chief seized the venomous snake in the neck with its teeth and repeatedly slammed it on the floor until it died. But the cobra managed to bite the dog’s jaw. Chief died a few minutes following their battle,.........	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Planned herpetarium to aid work against extinction FORT WORTH — The oldest building at the Fort Worth Zoo is a plain cinder-block box with a leaky roof, shaky plumbing and paper-thin walls that make the place deafening at times. Yet the herpetarium — more often called the snake house — is also one of the most popular exhibits at the park, at least with one noticeable group. “Young boys,” said Michael Fouraker, the zoo’s director of five years.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Plants with anti-snake venom identified Scientists have identified certain medicinal plants which have shown to neutralise the effect of snake-venom, the ongoing Indian Science Congress here was told.	Edit?
Playing with robot snakes on Sunset But it’s the robot snakes Shapiro designs, like his Big Ben (pictured above, wearing a smile), that capture the imagination of onlookers. The snakes, he says, are not so unusual – these search-and-rescue systems are segmented, featuring different motors that can produce their own independent motion. The snake can slowly move through small pockets in a collapsed building to find trapped survivors, or work its way through pipes to find something as mundane as a blockage.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Poisonous frog caught in Maui residential area An alien frog related to species that secrete the poison used by native South Americans to make hunting darts has been found in a residential area of Wailuku.	Edit?
Poisonous snake man of Papua New Guinea David Williams clambered over a heap of discarded coconut shells, inspecting the husks gingerly for deadly snakes lurking within. Two highly poisonous Papua New Guinean small-eyed snakes - whose venom can kill a person in hours - had been captured and safely boxed away, ready to be transported to Mr Williams’ laboratory in the capital, Port Moresby. It was just another day at the office for Mr Williams, an Australian scientist who has devoted his career to saving hundreds of lives lost to snake bites in Papua New Guinea each year. For several months at a time, he criss-crosses the country, armed with a two-pronged “grab stick” and cloth sack, to capture some of its deadliest predators - death adders, Papuan black snakes, brown snakes and the worst offender of all, the fearsome Papuan taipan. (I wonder what the final results were for the contest we were voting on for David Williams last year ?)	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Poisonous snake was loose in Moody Gardens after all A story with more twists and turns than a snake on the loose has taken yet another twist. Turns out, the folks at Moody Gardens knew that a poisonous viper was missing from its cage earlier this month, but they didn't evacuate visitors from the popular Galveston tourist attraction. Moody Gardens' Animal Husbandry Manager Greg Whittaker told 11 News Thursday that the viper got out of the snake exhibit and slithered up to the ceiling near a light fixture. The snake was in the ceiling for 36 hours with visitors of all ages walking just a few feet away. (Sounds like the folks at Moody Gardens are not the sharpest crayons in the box ! )	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Police kill snakes in police statin	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Police Nab Snake Stealing Suspect A mother and son accused of stealing a snake from a pet store were arrested when they returned to the store and asked for books on how to care for the animal, police said.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Police stop driver speeding to hospital after snake bite Paphos man was almost fined for speeding until he managed to explain he’d been bitten by a snake and was rushing to hospital	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Police Taser Python Snake After Attacking Uniontown Man Police were called to a Fayette County home after a man was attacked by a snake on Thursday. Officers used a Taser gun to disable the reptile.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Poor Buzz bitten by adder again "Buzz was bitten by an adder three years ago and I have always been careful to check for them when we are out walking because I know where they tend to be. "I had been walking ahead of Buzz but then I let him go in front of me and the next thing I saw was his head whipping around and I thought, he's been bitten."	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Port St. Lucie man critical after rattlesnake bite Raymond Hunter, 44, something of a local guru on poisonous snakes, remains in critical condition today after one of his pets, a diamondback rattlesnake, sunk its fangs into his right hand early Saturday morning. Hunter has a doctorate in herpetology (the study of reptiles and amphibians), according to his Web site. The site also says he began immunizing himself against snake bites after discussing the procedure in 1991 with Bill Haast. Haast opened the Miami Serpentarium in 1947, extracting venom from snakes at the tourist attraction until 1985.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Port St. Lucie's Cobraman is feeling the bite Nearly 13 months later, Ray Hunter still experiences a tingling, "pins and needles" feeling in his right hand. But it could be worse, says Hunter, 45, a venomous-snake aficionado with a nickname of "Cobraman." "I didn't expect to live," said Hunter, recalling the October 2007 bite from an eastern diamondback rattlesnake, a monster at more than 5 feet he received through animal control officials days earlier. (has it really been 13 months allready ?)	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Protein in snake venom is anticancer agent California researchers report that they have identified a protein that appears to prevent cancer cells from spreading.	Edit?
Put antivenom before Viagra: Beattie SNAKEBITE antivenom should be subsidised ahead of the impotency drug viagra, Queensland Premier Peter Beattie said.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Pygmy Rattler Sets Off Police Chase A high speed chase ended at the emergency room of the Putnam Community Medical Center, where the driver told police she was driving recklessly because her husband had been bitten by a snake. As 57-year-old Brenda Rimes of Bostwick was placed in handcuffs, she told the officer her husband had been bitten by a snake. As Rimes was being placed of the back of the patrol car, the passenger door of the SUV opened. A man got out, holding a dish with the remains of a pygmy rattlesnake.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Python capture a fraud. The original story fueled legislative action. This guy should be jailed.	Edit?
Python devours family cat A FAMILY pet has been swallowed whole by a 2m carpet python in a Top End back yard - and now the family has the X-ray to prove it. Three other kittens from the same litter and five adult cats were looking on.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Python found in City Canal ANIMAL inspectors hauled a 15ft python from a canal - beside a busy footpath.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Python Snakes Into Jersey Back Yard LACEY TOWNSHIP, N.J. -- There is a huge, slithering mystery in South Jersey. A 10-foot-long python showed up unexpectedly in someone's driveway in Lacey Township.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Python Snakes, An Invasive Species In Florida, Could Spread To One Third Of US Burmese pythons—an invasive species in south Florida—could find comfortable climatic conditions in roughly a third of the United States according to new "climate maps" developed by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Python Study Just as everyone with any knowledge of Burmese Pythons predicted.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Python vs. Alligator in Swamp... Abandoned pet pythons wreak havoc in the everglades' eco-system.	Edit?
Quick thinking of snakebite boy A nine-year-old boy's knowledge of reptiles proved vital when he was bitten by a snake."He recognised it immediately as a female adder, and knew it was venomous and that there had been some fatalities in the past.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Rare animals die in island sanctuary fire UP TO 200 snakes, reptiles and other animals, including rare species, have died in a fire at an animal refuge centre in Skye.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Rare rattlesnake bites local canine Whoop the dog might have found a rare Eastern massasauga rattlesnake the hard way Friday.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Rare snake seen near site for IW cell tower Watch out for snakes. The canebrake rattlesnake, a venomous snake on the state's endangered species list, has been spotted within 11/4 miles of a proposed Cingular Wireless communications tower just west of Smithfield.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Rare snake sightings on the rise Sightings of a rare type of dwarf tiger snake are on the rise in the South Australian mid-north	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Rare, "Weird" Snake Survives in Louisiana The Louisiana pine snake (Pituophis ruthveni) is one of the rarest snakes in the United States.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Rattled snake handler relives bite scare Since living through a cobra attack in 2003, Weathers has been a regular on MTV’s “Wildboyz,” starred in the second “Jackass” movie. “My advice to anybody with snakes is this: Do not get bitten by a diamondback rattlesnake. Get bitten by a cobra instead.”	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Rattler Paralyzes SCV Teen "By the time they got to the hospital, he was paralyzed," she said. "He had no control over anything, and his muscles were contracted. He couldn't feel anything but just said he was in a lot of pain."	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Rattler roundup injects town with tourism dollars SHARON SPRINGS, Kan. — James White grabbed three prairie rattlesnakes by the tail, uncoiled them with a light shake and bit down on their tails.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Rattler's bite is UA prof's wake-up call Toso, a 50-year-old University of Arizona English instructor, writes about the snakebite and his recuperation from it in his first book, "Zero at the Bone: Rewriting Life After a Snakebite."	Edit?
Rattler: Behind the Fangs Rattler: Behind the Fangs” is the documentary about academic research involving venomous western diamondbacks and other rattlesnakes across the country. Aaron Krochmal a PHD graduate of ISU and ISU professor Dr. George Bakken came up with the new ideas about the snakes.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Rattlers at the Beach!!! it's scary to see soo many snakes at the Beach, Snakes found at Matagorda Beach	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Rattlesnake bite claims life of Chino Valley woman A 63-year-old Chino Valley woman has died after being bitten by a Mojave rattlesnake, authorities said Tuesday. The snake, identified as a Mojave rattlesnake, was located and dispatched by Yavapai County animal control officers, Quayle said.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Rattlesnake bite victim dies Oct. 12 Doug Hiler, the Cleveland man bitten by a rattlesnake more than a month ago, has died from the injuries he suffered in the incident. Hiler, 48, died Friday, Oct. 12, at Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Rattlesnake bite victims showing extreme symptoms The victim experiences extreme pain at the location of the bite, nausea, sometimes diarrhea. Then the mouth and throat swell, making it difficult to breath. The victim gets lightheaded, collapses and goes into shock – all within minutes of the strike.The potentially deadly symptoms used to be fairly rare, but toxicologists in Arizona, Colorado and California say they're seeing some or all of them more than ever, and that they could be contributing to an increase in fatal rattlesnake bites in Arizona.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Rattlesnake bites Lowes shopper Â	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Rattlesnake bites man eight times “He has been in ICU for 24 days,” Nancy Odom said. “The doctors are saying we are just taking it a day at a time right now.” (Just how does one manage to get bitten by a rattlesnake 8 times ?)	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Rattlesnake bites two Jones youngsters Two Jones County boys made that discovery after they picked up a rattlesnake Thursday and were bitten........	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Rattlesnake Derby 'wholesome' The derby's Butcher Shop featured snakes being beheaded, gutted and skinned for onlookers	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Rattlesnake in mailbox bites mailman NEW TAMPA - A mail carrier is recovering after being bitten by a poisonous rattlesnake that was hidden in a mailbox.He said the snake was an eastern diamondback rattlesnake, about a foot and a half long. Arango said he had to hit the snake repeatedly before it would let go. He said he wrapped up the wounds on his finger, and continued to deliver mail for about 10 to 15 minutes before he started feeling sick and realized he would need help.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Rattlesnake Round-Up offers a bite to eat The 50th annual World's Largest Rattlesnake Round-Up is under way in Sweetwater in West Texas. The weekend wraps up Sunday with a rattlesnake meat-eating contest. More than 10,000 pounds of snake is normal; the 1982 event set a record at 17,986 pounds.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Rattlesnake roundup raises money, controversy while Claxton is about to celebrate its 40th annual Rattlesnake Roundup Family Festival, plenty of people don't approve.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Rattlesnake symposium at Tanglewood Tanglewood Nature Center & Museum, 443 Coleman Ave. in Elmira, will host the 2009 Timber Rattlesnake Symposium from 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday, May 2. The symposium will feature Harry Greene, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at Cornell University with his presentation, "Suburban Timber Rattlers in the Southern Tier: Can We Live With Dangerous Animals?" William Brown, an associate professor emeritus at Skidmore College, will discuss the research he has done over the past 30 years and what he thinks the future brings for the protected species. Dr. Dan Keyler, co-director of toxicology at Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation and professor at the University of Minnesota will present " When a Timber Bites: Timber Rattlesnake Envenomation."	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Rattlesnake Warning A baby rattlesnake bit a young boy at Cypress Canyon Park on Sunday, June 3, during a Scripps Ranch Girls Softball League tournament. The victim—a 3-year-old boy from Irvine—was bitten twice, once on each leg, while playing on a hill surrounding the Cypress Canyon softball fields.the little boy is in ICU in stable condition at Rady Children’s Hospital and is expected to make a full recovery.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Rattlesnake's bite was 'like watching it in slow motion' For young Tripp Ryan, a hike in the woods he grew up exploring turned into a life-or-death experience when he was suddenly bitten by a large rattlesnake.The ordeal that followed, including 11 days in intensive care at Shands Jacksonville, was one for the medical record books."I had tightness in my chest, no saliva, my vision was going and I had the sweats," he recalled. On the walk out, he called his dad, Zac, on his cell phone. Then he called 911. Emergency personnel took him to Orange Park Medical Center and after five hours he was transferred to Shands. Doctors began giving him the snake antivenin serum.After 18 to 20 vials, Tripp was still suffering the effects of the bite, and was not responding to the serum. Doctors decided to switch to an outdated version of the venom antidote. Tripp relapsed three times during the course of treatment and eventually took an astounding 88 vials of antivenin.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Rattlesnakes Grow Even While Starving Even when they are starving, rattlesnakes grow, eating themselves from within to gain length while reducing girth. This finding goes against previous reports that reptiles shrunk during lean times, as would be expected. The western diamondback rattlesnake can go two years without food. Marshall McCue of the University of Arkansas studied 16 of the venomous creatures for 168 days, or more than five months.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Rattlesnakes Hiss Way To Texas Roundup The 49th annual rattlesnake roundup started Friday in Sweetwater. Organizers expect more than 10,000 pounds of the reptiles eventually will be slithering around the Nolan County Coliseum floor	Edit?
Rattlesnakes in Los Angeles: What to do? This past weekend at an Earth Day cleanup in the Valley, a few teenage boys came upon a rattlesnake while picking up trash. Unfortunately, the overzealous teens killed it, something you're not supposed to do (as the San Diego Zoo says, "these beautiful animals are important to the environment because they control rodent populations.")	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Red River Parish, LA man dies after bite from pet snake COUSHATTA, La. (AP) — A Red River Parish man who kept caged rattlesnakes in the back of his pawn shop died after one of the rattlers bit him in the hand while he was feeding it.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Reptile zoo staff saved snakebite victim A snakebite can take only seconds to release its toxins, and if not treated in time, can kill with deadly potency. This was the reality a man had to face who was bit by a South American viper Monday. Bry Loyst, the curator for the zoo, said he as soon as he found out about the incident he and an employee of the zoo immediately drove down to Toronto, grabbing all of their available antivenin.However, he added the man was treated at a Toronto hospital and required 10 vials of his antivenin and 15 antivenin vials from the Toronto Zoo, who also came to his aid.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
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Reptiles and snakes Last week a Wires carer was bitten by a red-bellied black snake whilst trying to retrieve it from a highly unsuitable environment.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Rescue beacon helps save snake bite victim Rescuers say a man who was bitten by a tiger snake near Lithgow could have died if he had not had a rescue beacon with him.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Rescue crisis at Snake Park Where is Noah? The Fitzsimons Snake Park might just need him. They have the task of moving the more than 250 snakes and 3 000 other animals in the next few days, which is just about the tallest order any animal sanctuary can be given and only usually happens in times of flood or earthquake.The problem is that the snakes, crocodiles and every other creepy crawly creature who know it as home, don't know any of this. So they are going to get a huge fright when the upheaval starts - and many might not survive the ordeal.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Rescuers Find Snake Bite Victim Nice Series of Videos about Snakes and Snake Bite on this page. Check them out.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Researchers welcome evolution of cane toad's predator Researchers at the University of Sydney say they have found two species of snakes in Queensland have changed their body shape to avoid being killed by the cane toad.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Reservists learn about snakes Expecting deployment to Iraq any day now, Army reservists based in Sharonville learned Sunday that something other than car bombs or mortars can take lives in that nation.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Retired anesthesiologist dedicated to sharing his passion for herpetology He's smuggled snakes on a plane, transplanted radio transmitters into dozens of rattlesnakes and can instantly tell you the difference between a boa constrictor and a Burmese python. A retired anesthesiologist and principal founder of the Tucson Herpetological Society, Hardy also has finished up a 20-year stint sticking radio transmitters into blacktail rattlesnakes and then tracking their moves near his summer home in Portal.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Return snakes to Evesham, 2 groups urge Two environmental groups are lobbying the state to return 10 juvenile northern pine snakes to their den in the Sanctuary, the upscale subdivision plagued by years of problems with snakes.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Robbers 'scarier' than snakes Pretoria - "Who cares about snakes, I'm much more scared of armed robbers," said snake handler Martin Smit, who had to watch helplessly as three robbers held up a snake park and fled with charity donations worth R50,000. Smit, also known as Mad Martin, has been living with 40 venemous snakes in a special glass cage for 85 days. He will spend 110 days in the cage in an attempt to break the world record. ( unfortunate for Martin, who visits this site, however, they should never have been displaying large sums of money out there for the public to view )	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Robotic Spyplanes have Medical uses too This isn’t the first time that we have reported on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), and most of the time, these are used for spying in enemy territory. It appears that UAVs have medicinal uses as electronic flying couriers. For example, you can send in a flyer into an area, get a medical sample of the patient, then send it back to a lab for analysis. The flyer can then send back the proper medicine for the case, such as anti-venom for a snakebite.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Rules constrict ability to own certain snakes But now, Burmese pythons, four other constrictor species and one species of lizard are at the center of a debate between state officials and snake enthusiasts.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Rural Rites: Get to know the snakes on your property The best way to avoid confrontation with a snake, poisonous or non-poisonous, is to make your home and yard as undesirable to the limbless reptile as possible.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Russell's Viper Litters '65' Young Ones A Russell's Viper which was being taken care at Reptile Conservation Centre run by Sheshavana Charitable Trust at Puttur has given birth to 65 young ones recently. This in itself is a record since the reported maximum is 65 in a single litter.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Safety board OKs clinical trials of Neurobiological Technologies stroke drug Viprinex, or ancrod, is made from the venom of the Malayan pit viper. Nordmark Arzneimittel GmbH owns and operates the plant for Neurobiological Technologies. It has room for up to 1,500 snakes. Each snake gets its own room, kept at 79 percent humidity and at 82 degrees Fahrenheit to reflect its natural jungle environment.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Sailor bitten by rare snake Reg Furlong learned an important lesson on Saturday night about snakes: stay away, especially if you don’t know anything about them. He also learned that if you are bitten by a poisonous snake, quick treatment is not a sure thing. A saw-scaled viper bit Mr Furlong, 61, at the Ras al Khaimah Sailing Club, where he is commodore. He is being treated at Saif Hospital for kidney problems attributed to the venomous bite on his finger, but his wife said he was turned away from two hospitals because they could not treat snake bites.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Sailor bitten by rare snake saw-scaled viper bit Mr Furlong, 61, at the Ras al Khaimah Sailing Club, where he is commodore. He is being treated at Saif Hospital for kidney problems attributed to the venomous bite on his finger, but his wife said he was turned away from two hospitals because they could not treat snake bites.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Sandy Creek Weekend Harper's lecture was part of Sandy Creek's annual Snake Day, an opportunity for children and adults to learn about and even touch the often-misunderstood creatures. A number of venomous vipers - copperheads, cottonmouths, rattlesnakes and coral snakes among them - call parts of Georgia home.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Scamp the dog survives snake bite attack in Malton town centre “Scamp was walking in the grass when he started jumping up and down on his back leg. I thought he’d been stung by a wasp, but I had a look in the long grass and I couldn’t see anything. He couldn’t walk, but we were only five minutes from our house so I carried him home.” “The vet said it was one of the worst cases of anaphylactic shock he had seen in a dog. It was frightening, because we weren’t out in Dalby Forest, or somewhere else you might expect wild animals. Scamp is a lovely little dog – very scampish – and it is terrible to think we could have lost him within half an hour if we hadn’t taken him to the vet.”	Edit?	Not yet rated.
School Snake Bite It had eight eggs, so they couldn't kill it; it just came up to me and got me." Trudie Alford was bitten not only once, but twice.When Trudie arrived, she received five doses of the proper anti-venom. her insurance covered the $125,000 medical bill. There is so much wrong with this story, gosh, where do I start ?	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Scientist find tarantula venom regulates heart United States medical researchers have isolated a compound found in the venom of the tarantula spider, that they claim can stop the heart from going haywire.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Scientist works to save highly poisonous snake from extinction Two 3-foot-long rattlesnakes are basking in the warm spring sun outside their burrow in a field at the Jennings Environmental Education Center near Butler, Pa.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Scientists put bite on snakes KEN Winkler knows his snakes. But has the physician and toxinologist ever been bitten? "Never. I take a low-risk approach. Get your collaborators to handle the snakes," he confesses, pointing to one such collaborator, doctoral student David Williams. That's 2.9 bites per 100,000 Australians. Winkel estimates that just a handful -- perhaps two, three or four -- Australians die each year from snakebite. He found PNG's annual incidence of snakebite was 561.9 cases per 100,000 people. Nearly 26 per cent of the victims died. Globally, about 5 million people are bitten each year, of whom up to 200,000 will die. Others will be maimed for life, suffering amputated arms and legs.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Scorpions to Snakes; Bites and Stings That Hurt the Most Certain members of the animal kingdom have a talent for torture, as those of us who have been unlucky enough to experience it can attest. Take, for example, the bark scorpion. Usually measuring in at one to three inches in length, it is a critter that still packs a venomous sting.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Sea Snakes Seek Out Freshwater To Slake Thirst Sea snakes may slither in saltwater, but they sip the sweet stuff. So concludes a University of Florida zoologist in a paper appearing this month in the online edition of the November/December issue of the journal Physiological and Biochemical Zoology. Harvey Lillywhite says it has been the “long-standing dogma” that the roughly 60 species of venomous sea snakes worldwide satisfy their drinking needs by drinking seawater, with internal salt glands filtering and excreting the salt. Experiments with three species of captive sea kraits captured near Taiwan, however, found that the snakes refused to drink saltwater even if thirsty — and then would drink only freshwater or heavily diluted saltwater. (cool research - it would seem that this should be obvious, but for years folks have had it wrong. Cro)	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Search For Car Theft Suspects Nets Illegal Snake HONOLULU -- Police searching for two teenage car theft suspects not only arrested them on Tuesday, they also discovered an illegal snake in the process.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Second Huddersfield snake attack “His leg had gone black, like it was bruised. “But the vet said he had been bitten by a snake.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Sergeant Wrestles Snake, Rescues Woman So at risk to himself, Nelson complied and began his rescue attempt by trying to wrench the snake's mouth off of the woman's finger -- the snake had begun its attack by biting onto the woman's finger, wrapping itself around her wrist, arm then shoulder and moving toward her throat, police said.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Serpent could slither into Hawai'i through budget gap WASHINGTON — A constant battle for money and unsuccessful efforts to control the brown tree snake on Guam threaten Hawai'i's fragile ecological balance.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Severed snake head found in Napier A severed snake head found by three children playing in a suburban Napier street last night has been rushed to a herpetologist for identification.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
She-male Porn Star and the Snakeman SNAKEBITE riddle Scot Garrick Wales was close friends with a 'she-male' porn star, it emerged last night.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Slash gets rid of pet snakes for son’s sake Former Guns ‘N Roses guitarist Slash gave up his collection of 80 pet snakes because he felt they may prove dangerous for his son. Slash mostly had deadly pythons and boas at home, but realised that it would be unsafe if one of them got into his son’s room.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Slippery contraband intercepted Police in Vietnam seized more than 2 tonnes of live snakes and 770 kilograms of tortoises about to be smuggled into China, officials say. "The wild animals had been illegally imported from Laos and were on the way to China," Trung said. "They might be bound for Chinese restaurants."	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Small snakes' adaptation would make Darwin proud The newts' bodies contain one of the most powerful nerve poisons known -- the same toxic chemical, called tetrodotoxin, or TTX, that kills people who eat carelessly prepared puffer fish, a pricey but dangerous Japanese delicacy. One group of the garter snakes has evolved immunity to the TTX poison, and when the snakes eat the newt, they retain enough poison to cause predatory birds to vomit and even die after eating the snake's liver.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snail Toxin May Help Nerve Pain Relief WASHINGTON -- Toxins from cone snail venom may help point the way to better relief of severe nerve pain in people, researchers report.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snake 'Whacking Day' comes to Sydney THE nation's biggest wildlife rescue organisation is calling for calm after an explosion of panicked householders carrying out a "vendetta" against snakes.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snake and bat turn up in isles Two illegal animals were found over the Thanksgiving weekend in two separate incidents on Oahu and Maui.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
SNAKE ATTACK A NARINGAL man was lucky to survive a bite from a copperhead snake which left him in hospital in intensive care for two days. Peter `Swampy' Wilkinson was clearing rubbish and plastic wrap from a Naringal property last Tuesday when he was bitten on the wrist by the deadly snake. ``I'm still counting my lucky stars . . . I didn't see the snake until it was biting me,'' he said. Only 15 minutes earlier a large red-back spider crawled across the farmer's hand but did not stop to bite him. ``I was very lucky, the snake bit me on the wrist bone which they (doctors) said probably saved me as it could not inject too much venom,''	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snake attacks teen handler in Fla. aquarium TARPON SPRINGS, Fla. - Aquarium visitors and a 14-foot python played a desperate game of tug of war with a teenage snake handler after the reptile bit the young woman and tried to drag her into its cage. The serpent wouldn’t release its grip on the young woman until a police officer zapped the reptile with a stun gun.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snake ban upheld Monday Since the city won't let Dr. Ilene Underwood and Nikki Badman bring their pets home, they might move their homes somewhere else.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snake bite at Wal Mart The Northwest Fire Department says the man was in the garden department at about 3:30 p.m. reaching for a bag of lava rock. That's when a 3.5 foot long Western Diamondback Rattlesnake bit him in the forearm.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snake bite is a 'neglected tropical disease' Cobras, vipers, black mambas and other venomous snakes take between 20,000 and 94,000 lives each year, and bite another 421,000 to 1,841,000 people. However, the economic toll of snakebites could be far greater than many infectious diseases, says Janaka de Silva, an epidemiologist at the University of Kelaniya in Ragama, Sri Lanka, who spearheaded the new report. De Silva is hoping the study will raise the profile of snakebites. "We want to get the snake bite classified as a neglected tropical disease," he says.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snake bite kills two Two people in Raghunathpur village of Simulia block died while two others have been shifted to hospital in a serious condition after being bitten by a snake. Mir Ayub was bitten by the snake while he was sleeping in his house on Saturday. Hearing his screams his sons woke up and were also attacked by the snake. The victims were reportedly taken to a village sorcerer first but when their condition deteriorated they were admitted to the Bhadrak Hospital. ( village sorcerer ? )	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snake bite prompts advisory in Dartmouth zoology curator with the Nova Scotia Museum, said it may have been a garter snake. People in Dartmouth are being told to be on the lookout for a big, black snake. Halifax Regional Police issued an advisory Friday after a man reported he was bitten on the toe while walking on a path in a wooded area near Fenwick Street in Dartmouth earlier this week. He was checked over at the hospital after suffering some effects from the bite. People should be cautious around garter snakes, Hebda said. If provoked they can be quite aggressive.....	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snake bite risk rises THE number of snakebites has risen sharply this summer, as experts warn that drought is forcing more snakes into suburban back yards in search of food and water.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snake bite sends Wharton student to ICU Though tiny, pygmy rattlesnakes can be deadly. Doctors already have given him 14 vials of antivenin and other medicine and expect he'll need at least another four. "It's burning and stinging and throbbing,'' Yokel said. "I mean, it's crazy the kind of pain I'm in and it's from one little reptile.'' (after 14 vials of CroFab, you would think that they would figgure out that it was doing no good at all)	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snake bite teenager dies "If he had applied the correct bandage technique or strips of clothing and compressed the bite area on the finger, it's almost a certainty that he wouldn't have become ill until he got to the hospital," Mr Weigel said. "That's the terrible thing, that kids don't know about this first aid treatment. They really should be taught these things in school."	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snake bite victim comes home Mary Lacy and friends were splashing around in a creek near their home in Troy when she brushed against the bank and was bitten on the thigh by an adult cottonmouth water moccasin. At Children's Hospital, Lusk said a team of excellent physicians, including the head toxicologist at UAB, who is also the head of the state poison control center, treated his daughter.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snake bite victim may lose finger or hand The Surrey man bit by his pet cobra says he would not be facing possible amputation if doctors at Surrey Memorial Hospital (SMH) administered anti-venom.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snake bite victim recovering in hospital Workers from the newspaper assisted the Indigenous man, who was lying next to a dead sea snake.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snake bite: no time to lose SYDNEY: The panic stricken snake bite teenager "signed his own death warrant" says one reptile expert as calls are renewed for basic first aid lessons.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snake bites 10-year-old boy A young Coral Gables boy bitten by a snake is in the hospital. Officials say the boy was playing with his dog in his backyard yesterday evening when the snake bit his leg. The boy was taken to the hospital. He was recovering there this morning.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snake bites 87-year-old, who kills it with her cane An 87-year-old woman was hospitalized Monday after she was bitten by a pygmy rattlesnake and beat it to death with a cane.The unidentified woman noticed what she thought was a stick just outside her Hunter's Green home and picked it up to move it, authorities said. The "stick" was a rattlesnake that bit her right hand. She used the cane in her other hand to beat it to death.(Someone ought to buy that old gal a pair of glasses)	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snake Bites Biology Teacher A high school teacher nearly lost his life during a biology experiment, reported Okaz	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snake bites increase in Austin, drought could be to blame According to a report by Dr. Ben Coopwood, University Medical Center Brackenridge's "resident expert on snake bites," the hospital treated 36 bites through the end of June—seven more than recent annual averages, which increased from 15 to 17 per year since Coopwood started tracking snake bites in 2000. Local surgeon tired of these motherf*ing snakes and their motherf*ing bites. (I am really surprised that you folks in Austin allow this Erik Adams fellow to publish stuff like that in your Onion newspaper, and also allow him to publish photos of garter snakes, and suggest that they are dangerous ! Wake up Austin, and get this nitwhit fired from that newspaper !)	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snake bites scare docs, too 18,000 people on an average are bitten by snakes and 900 of them die from the poison in the state’s rural areas every year, doctors at the primary health centres mostly suffer from lack of confidence in administering the right dosage of anti-snake venom.Dr Simpson said, snakebite victims are administered ASV on the basis of swellings on the victim’s body, though there isn’t any trace of venom in the body.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snake bites sleeping teen in bed Kim Findlay, a remote area nurse, started treating the bite before driving her daughter and the snake to Royal Darwin Hospital. "I knew they needed to identify the snake, but I didn't want to touch it," she said. "I gave the doctor my car keys and said, 'it's in the boot, you can get it'."	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snake Bites Wetumpka Woman Ginger Glenn felt the snake bite her on the foot. Ginger quickly kicked the Copperhead off and family members rushed her to the emergency room. Ginger's husband killed the snake and brought it with them. They're dangerous anytime of year, but our hot dry weather is sending snakes into territory a little too close for comfort.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snake bites woman in Huddersfield And unlucky Sue Rooker did not even know the snake had struck until she had got home and her foot began to swell.Adders bite their prey to inject venom to paralyse it – and that’s what started to happen to Sue’s foot.Sue understands from hospital staff that there have only been around 14 recorded snake bites in Huddersfield over the last 100 years.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snake doesn't slow ‘miracle boy' One fang sank into the middle finger of Benjamin's right hand. The other fang struck the ring finger on the same hand.Venom seeped from the pair of puncture wounds. Benjamin's hand began to swell.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snake eats its prey bite by bite CINCINNATI, Ohio (CNN) -- Snake-studying scientists have long thought the feeding behavior of the reptiles was simple to describe -- all snakes swallow their prey whole.	Edit?
Snake Eats Neighbors Cat INTERLACHEN, FL -- Nicole Salvatore saw something she'd never seen before when she walked to her neighbor's house Wednesday in Interlachen.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snake Eats Toxic Toad and Steals its Poison Where other snakes simply tolerate toxins secreted by their prey, “this is the only snake that’s truly known to use dietary toxins in its own defense,” said Deborah Hutchinson of Dominion University, lead author of the study.	Edit?
Snake expert shares tips with first responders Snake expert Jimmi Bonavita shows a copperhead snake to a group of rescue people, firefighters and police officers during a lecture he gave at Fentress Naval Auxiliary	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snake fetish helps police nab suspected child killer A back story of a crime boss with a mistress who incorporate snakes into her kinky sex was used to hook a suspected child killer into an undercover sting, court heard today.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snake found in Hawaii Kai home When his mother woke him Monday morning to tell him there was a snake in the house, Palen Ho said he did not believe her, until he saw the reptile for himself.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
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Snake in the house Police, firefighters, animal services and zoo officials descend on a Toronto home after a cobra moves in — all to no avail	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snake In Toilet Bites Woman (JACKSONVILLE, FL) - Going to the bathroom will never be the same for a Jacksonville woman, not since she was bitten by a water moccasin that was apparently hiding in her toilet. Alicia Bailey spent three days in the hospital. She's now at home but she's not resting comfortably. She remembers what happened the night she got up to go to the bathroom. "Walked in (to the bathroom) opened up the lid to the toilet and got bit by the water moccasin on the leg."	Edit?
Snake In Toilet Bites Woman Going to the bathroom will never be the same for one local woman, not since she was bitten by a water moccasin who was apparently hiding in her toilet. "Walked in (to the bathroom) opened up the lid to the toilet and got bit by the water moccasin on the leg." She was bitten once on the thigh, and given the size of the bite on her leg, many predict it was a very big snake. Alicia says, "His head was every bit of three fingers wide."	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snake kills brave pet A BLIND Bight boy will forever remember his brave dog after it was killed protecting him from a tiger snake.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snake kills IMT female student Miss Bibian Nnamonu was bitten to death by a mysterious snake. The victim was sleeping in between two other ladies when the cobra bit her leg. Her roommates immediately killed the snake, while some people, who have knowledge of unorthodox method of treating snake bites, moved into action to get her treated. Some people quickly procured what looked like a crude oil which they poured on her bleeding leg apparently to “neutralize the poison deposited by the cobra”, but the pains increased, forcing them to rush her to the Hospital. The snake was also taken along with the lady to the hospital. The student was said to have died two hours after the cobra bite. The mystery surrounding the incident has sent jitters down the nerves of some residents of the area, while some people suspected that the snake might have been sent by an evil and diabolic person to specifically attack the lady for reasons best known to the sender.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snake kills mother, daughter Tragedy struck a Mangochi family from Simon Village T/A Chowe on Monday when a cobra snakebite killed an eight months pregnant mother and her two-year-old daughter. “When she saw that the snake had followed them into the sitting room, she ran and hid into the bedroom but the snake still followed them there where it started biting the woman on her left shoulder and on the left lung of the daughter,” Maida said.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snake kills top racehorse TOP racehorse Marju Snip died of a suspected snakebite in the paddock of her trainer's Hahndorf property yesterday.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snake litigation earns a hiss It began quietly enough in 2002 and two years later was hailed as "Operation Slither," a multistate undercover sting to nab criminals engaged in the illegal possession or trafficking of reptiles. His crime? Possessing 27 rubber boas from out of state without a certificate of veterinary inspection. Eight months after the raid, Hoyer filed a civil suit against the state, alleging the DWR acted illegally, violating his due process by relying on rules that are unconstitutionally vague. He also contends the snakes were seized illegally. The suit is pending.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snake man fails to charm way through security Airport security staff recoiled in horror when a South African passenger revealed what appeared to be seven snakes strapped to his body on Sunday.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snake man feels the bite as money drys up IF Byron Bay snake catcher George Ellis doesn't get funding to pay his phone bill, his phone and pager service will be cut off. And if that happens who are you going to call when you have a close encounter with a venomous snake on the North Coast? "After the snake bite last week, my clothes had to be cut off me so that I wasn't moved about too much in hospital, so I lost a pair of pants and a T-shirt," Mr Ellis said. "I've caught twice as many brown snakes in the Byron Bay central business district than anywhere else.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snake man is master of poison and cure Bill Haast's 97-year-old fingers, withered by scores of snake bites, are too weak to handle cobras and pit vipers anymore. But he still wakes up each morning to turn snake venom from across the globe into freeze-dried powder for medical laboratories.The honor, bestowed by Miami's mayor, was delivered to Haast at his home east of Punta Gorda by members of the Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Venom Response Unit. With 43 types of antivenin, a diverse enough supply to treat 90 percent of all bites, the unit's antivenin bank supplies the U.S. military and hospitals around the nation -- sometimes the world.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snake man urges calm A LOCAL snake catcher is urging residents to stay calm if confronted by a snake after two people were bitten in separate attacks in South-East Queensland last week. The red-bellied black snake and eastern brown snake, among the world’s most venomous, call the Moreton Bay region home. If bitten by a snake, apply a compression bandage.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
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Snake Oil Salesman Has A Solution For Your Serpent (Satire) Don't Be Snake bitten With Other Expensive Snake Oils	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snake prankster faces fine, jail on fed charge DETROIT -- A Farmington Hills man who put a live snake in his mailbox to scare his postal carrier was led into federal court in handcuffs Tuesday before he was released to await trial on a charge of obstructing mail delivery.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snake puts the bite on Byron's snake man GEORGE the Snake Man is used to handling snakes. After a bite-free 12 years handling the slippery serpents, he didn't expect his first bite to come from a venomous red-belly black snake. George then did what he was trained to do. He grabbed the snake by the head in the correct manner and slowly pulled it out. "Suddenly as the snake let loose,"	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snake shows take a bite Snake-charmer Mohd Fazizi Awang was bitten on his hand while displaying his "skills" with a King Cobra. He almost died as he went into respiratory shock after the 6pm incident. The 23-year-old was rushed to the Tengku Ampuan Afzan Hospital, where he was treated with anti-venom vaccine. Speaking from his hospital bed, he said he and two assistants were "playing" with the snake when it bit him twice.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snake snacks on 11 guard dogs Ali Yusof, 35, who lost the 11 dogs - and suspects several more had also been eaten by the 25ft reptile - found it coiled up at the edge of a swamp near his mango orchard.	Edit?
Snake study tests cobras' hearing An international team of snake experts is in India to find out if cobras can hear humans.	Edit?
Snake triggers gas pipeline leak A liquefied petroleum gas pipeline at a gas separation plant of Trans Thai-Malaysia Ltd (TTM) in Songkhla province has leaked, but not to an extent that caused damages to operation of the plant, according to the company’s executive.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snake Venom Tells Tales About Geography Juan J. Calvete and colleagues point out that researchers have known for decades that venom collected from snakes of the same species from different geographic locations can differ in terms of their biological effects and symptoms on snakebite victims.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snake venom treating strokes? More often than not, people shy away from snake venom. But for some stroke patients, including one Bradenton woman who made a miraculous recovery, the venom of the Malayan pit viper may be more beneficial than harmful. The Bradenton Research Center is participating in a study to determine whether the drug ancrod is effective in treating acute stroke.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snake Venoms Share Similar Ingredients Venoms from different snake families may have many deadly ingredients in common, more than was previously thought. A study published in the online open access journal BMC Molecular Biology has unexpectedly discovered three-finger toxins in a subspecies of the Massasauga Rattlesnake, as well as evidence for a novel toxin genes resulting from gene fusion. A cocktail of recognized venom toxin sequences was detected in the library, but the venom also contained three-finger toxin-like transcripts, a family of poisons thought only to occur in another family of snakes (Elapidae).	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snake victim's fight for survival "The attack was over in seconds, but the recovery process is still going a year later," Mrs Philbey said 8 yesterday.The Eastern Brown snake has the second most toxic venom in the world and is the leading cause of snakebite death in Australia.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snake's bite puts a local family through an ordeal Bachman said Elly emerged from the bushes with three droplets of blood surrounding her ankle. Hospital nurses looked at the injury and incorrectly concluded that Elly's leg was fractured. (watch out for those SC nurses, LOL).At about 7:45 p.m., after a series of X-rays, a doctor examined Elly's leg, which at that point was purple up to her knee, and confirmed that it was a snake bite. Elly was given antivenin intravenously and transported to Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, where she would spend the next eight days and undergo three surgeries to release fluid built up on her calf muscle.(does the term Fasciotomy come to mind?)	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snake, lizard, iguana, scorpions now in state custody Under a state amnesty program, no questions were asked but surely eyebrows were raised yesterday when a 22-inch albino corn snake, a bearded dragon lizard, a 19-inch iguana and two emperor scorpions were delivered to state Department of Agriculture's Hilo office. All of them are illegal to own in Hawai'i.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snake, rattle and roll Jackie Bibby, a world champion snake-handler, shows off his skills at the 35th annual National Rattlesnake Sacking Championship in Taylor, Texas, at the weekend. The object of the championship is to get ten live rattlesnakes into a sack in the least possible time.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snake-bite victim faces heavy fine A 31-year-old man who nearly died after being bitten by a venomous African snake will now face a hefty fine after allegedly violating a city by-law barring people from having the creatures inside city limits. The man, who was not named by police, was reportedly released from St. Boniface hospital this week after being rushed there on Oct. 20 when he was bitten on the face by a Gaboon Viper. He was able to tell staff what happened before losing consciousness from the Viper's lethal venom. Antivenom had to be flown in from the Toronto Zoo	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snake-bite victim out of hospital Neurotoxins in the snake's saliva caused his middle finger to turn black and his arm to swell. Doctors told him there is a risk he could still lose the digit. Hansen said he takes full responsibility for the bite, and was upset by the public outcry over his right to own an exotic pet.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snake-Ridden Florida Island Provides Unlikely Haven for Birds "The population of cottonmouths on Seahorse Key is large and dense—I mean a lot of snakes," said Harvey Lillywhite, a University of Florida biologist who has been studying the island. About 600 vipers slither around the 165-acre (67-hectare) island, Lillywhite estimates—in some areas with an average of 22 cottonmouths on every palm tree-covered acre.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snakebite antidote shows results Pinak has been prepared by Dr Geeta Pawar. Approved by the FDA last year, it has undergone a clinical trial at Sassoon General Hospital where the doctors tested it for effectiveness against snake bites. Bouyed by its success where this tablet helps reduce the dosage of anti-snake venom (ASV) injections and shortens the hospital stay, the directorate of health services is now planning a larger clinical trial.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snakebite antidote tests likely at Sassoon Pawar has done research on the anti-snake venom and the herbal tablet Pinak was successfully tested on more than 300 people at Karad and Satara, he said.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snakebite Antivenoms Come Unstuck Snake bite antivenoms contain antibodies that can agglutinate human red blood cells, shows new research by Costa Rican scientists. However, the same research reveals that pepsin digestion or ion-exchange chromatography fractionation can remove the agglutinating antibodies. Leon and colleagues went on to see if they could reduce the agglutination of red blood cells by either treating or further fractionating their IgG antivenom preparations. They found that the addition of â-propiolactone to the antivenoms had no effect, but that both pepsin digestion and fractionation by ion-exchange chromatography using a basic quaternary ammonium cellulose membrane reduced the agglutination.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snakebite kills a woman in P’kula Panchkula, July 18: One Jeeto Devi, resident of Badona Khurd village of Panchkula district died of snakebite at Raipur Rani.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snakebite prompts examination of procedures Norma Jean Brearley, walking barefoot, was rolling her trash can to the curb the afternoon of June 5 when she accidentally ran over a baby rattlesnake and was bitten. But when Brearley got to Kaiser Richmond, there was no antivenin.CroFab, the rattlesnake antivenin of choice, comes in powdered form and must be "reconstituted," which can take from 20 minutes to well over half an hour.There is no formal protocol in Contra Costa County regarding the destination hospital for snakebite victims and how much antivenin each hospital must stock, and a quick search of other emergency systems in the state reveals they do not have such special protocols either, Barger said.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snakebite reaction causes death A Ridgeway woman died last week from what doctors are calling a severe allergic reaction to a snakebite.A state medical examiner reviewed the case and doctors told the family that it “likely was an extremely rare allergic reaction to the venom. They said ordinarily in a worst case scenerio, a copperhead bite would cause a loss of limb. They said she would have had to have been bitten by 20 snakes at the same time to have caused her death,” “Another possible scenerio is that at some point in her life she had a bee sting or other insect bite that deposited an enzyme” which the snake venom interacted with, causing the extreme reaction. The poisonous snakes in this area are copperheads, timber rattlesnakes and canebrake rattlesnakes, he said. “The poison from these snakes can cause certain people a lot of problems but an average healthy adult human should be able to survive a bite of either of these with no medical attention,” Boyce said.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snakebite scare was too close for comfort CALLUM Munro is a budding wildlife photographer and biologist, with plenty of practice at capturing animals and reptiles at their best. But it was a little too close for comfort when the plucky 12-year-old suffered a snake bite on Saturday morning. The Noosa District State High School student was about to settle down for a picnic breakfast on his parents' 15-acre Cootharaba property, around 8.30am when he jumped into some long grass and felt "something really stinging" on his leg. http://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/localnews/storydisplay.cfm?storyid=3674131&thesection=localnews&thesubsection=&thesecondsubsection=	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snakebite serum gets scarce NEW DELHI: The anti-venom serum for snakebites may soon be in short supply as a result of restrictions imposed on the use of horses for its extraction by a committee headed by former animal welfare minister Maneka Gandhi.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snakebite to the neck kills moshavnik Gil Borochevsky was bitten in the neck by a viper that he encountered on top of a dovecote in his courtyard. After waking from noise coming from the dovecote, he went outside to investigate and was immediately bitten by the viper.He was conscious and in moderate condition when he reached the medical center but suddenly deteriorated and died.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snakebite toll in India unacceptably high: Expert At least 50,000 Indians die every year from snakebites and yet, it remains a "forgotten medical issue", says a British expert who has come to Panaji to specifically study the problem.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snakebite victim 'lived in secret world' with porn actress A TRANSEXUAL porn actress who had a close friendship with snakebite victim Garrick Wales told yesterday of the "different world" they secretly shared before his death in America.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snakebite victim back on her feet hings are looking up for three-year-old Ronedine Lombard of Leeu-Gamka, who was rushed to Tygerberg hospital on Monday on a Red Cross mercy flight from Beaufort West after being bitten by a potentially deadly Cape cobra.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snakebite victim may face charge, DNR officer says LaPorte -- A man bitten by his pet rattlesnake was still hospitalized Wednesday and could be charged with possessing an illegal animal, authorities said.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snakebite victim recuperates from attack The caller, however, was erroneously told that Baystate had no such antivenin on hand. The hospital's toxicology division stockpiles various antivenin as antidotes for poisonous venoms from spider and snake bites. It has copperhead and timber rattler venom on hand. George J. Koller, chief executive officer and president of Noble Hospital, said his hospital had stopped stocking antivenin because it cost about $15,000 for the several vials of antidote needed for a single patient's treatment and it has a shelf life of only 90 days. (there is so much wrong with this article)	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snakebite victim's family sues -As a woman bitten by a rattlesnake during a church service in London struggled to breathe, hospital employees made derogatory comments about her religious beliefs rather than providing proper care, contributing to her death, a lawsuit charges. The case arises from the Nov. 5, 2006, death of Linda F. Long, 48, a London homemaker. Police said at the time that Long was handling a yellow timber rattler during a service at East London Holiness Church when the snake bit her on the right cheek.After being taken into the hospital at 8:09 p.m., Long said she was having trouble breathing, and asked for oxygen. Hospital employees gave her a portable, oscillating fan as they allegedly "snickered and made derogatory comments" to employees -- and Long's family -- about the religious beliefs and circumstances under which she was bitten.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snakebite victim, 7, critical A 7-year-old St. Augustine boy opened his eyes yesterday for the first time after being bitten by at least two rattlesnakes Monday morning in St. Johns County.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snakebite victims getting wrong first aid TWO out of three children bitten by snakes get the wrong first aid or none at all, a study has found.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snakebites are rarely deadly, can be avoided More than 5,000 snakebites are reported to poison centers each year in the United States. Often, people don’t know what type of snake has bitten them. Of the snakebites for which the species is known, moccasins are responsible for about 42 percent.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snakebites can be deadly if untreated Steadman didn't realize he had been bitten, which only exacerbated his condition because he didn't get to a hospital for at least seven hours after the bite, long after antivenom would have helped stem the flow of poisons into his system.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snakebitten Man Critical, Unresponsive To Anti-Venom PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. -- Doctors are trying to determine what kind of snake bit a man who was arrested on trespassing charges after acting erratically at a local elementary school. Late Friday afternoon, Damian Hernandez Rubio was in extremely critical condition at Memorial Hospital West -- though he was showing some slight signs of improvement.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snakes - Nature's Most Misunderstood Creatures Dr. Anand Titus Pereira has Ph.D. in Microbiology. His wife, Geeta Nanaiah Pereira has a M.S. degree in Horticulture from the Oklahoma State University, U.S.A. This Husband and Wife team own a model coffee farm on the foot hills of the Western Ghats in India. (Great article, buy your coffee from these folks ! )	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snakes Alive! New Arrival Unveiled A tiny Burmese python has become the newest arrival at a popular tourist attraction – against all the odds, it emerged today.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snakes alive! Want to adopt a python? Florida wildlife managers are looking for skilled caretakers for pythons and other exotic species to reduce the number of nonnative animals dumped into the delicate Everglades ecosystem.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snakes Alive... Look What I've Just Found! When Fiona McChrystal returned home from her holiday she expected to see a pile of letters in her hall.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snakes alive: Local gun club in Monroeton hosts annual hunt The tell-tale rattle of the rattlesnake could be heard up close and in person at the Monroeton Rod and Gun Club on Sunday as it was holding its annual rattlesnake hunt.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snakes are awake and on the march BENDIGO has become an oasis for deadly snakes, prompting warnings from a local wildlife controller.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snakes are awake and on the march BENDIGO has become an oasis for deadly snakes, prompting warnings from a local wildlife controller.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snakes are big business Snakes are fast becoming big business in South Africa, with a small imported snake costing up to R2000, while a fully grown snake could set you back by up to R1.4 million.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snakes are on the move PETER Carter’s herpetology skills are in demand.Long regarded as the local “snake man”, Mr Carter knows that when summer weather comes to Bathurst there’s more to worry about than how to keep cool.“I’m mainly finding browns and tigers [snakes] but there has been the occasional black snake. The tigers tend to hang around areas where there’s water because their favourite tucker is frogs. Browns go for mice and birds, so we’re finding them in the drier areas.”	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snakes can slither, but they can't hide Bruce George, the tattooed Australian star of Animal Planet's `Snake Buster,'tries to take the mystery out of snakes one show at a time	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snakes captured from Rajkot residential area Female sand boa,12 young snakes found at common plot in Gunatitnagar, later released	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snakes challenge nature vs nurture debate A study of how the size of snakes' heads change in response to the size of their prey has cast new light on the nature versus nurture debate.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snakes Chase Visitors From Park WOODSTOCK, Ga. -- Indiana Jones would hate Woodstock's Springfield Park. Jones, the fictional star of the Indiana Jones movie series, has a famous fear of snakes. Springfield Park is crawling with them. Others have called for the city to clear the park of snakes so humans can use it again.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snakes concern John Essex supporters LINDEN-Concerned parents and supporters of John Essex High School approached the Marengo County School Board Thursday afternoon to discuss some of the problems they have noticed with the school. One of the biggest concerns of the parents has been the presence of snakes in and around the school.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snakes fascinate curious kids at state park festival Children were lining up to craft and compete with snow snakes at the 2005 Winter Festival at the Bay City State Recreation Area on Saturday.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snakes for catching and for eating at round-up Rattlesnake lovers to gather in Sweetwater for 48th year By Elizabeth York Odessa American SWEETWATER It may not be pretty or clean or even completely safe, but it’s a time-honored tradition that looks like it’s gaining momentum with time. For the 48th year, the Sweetwater Jaycees of Sweetwater will host the World’s Largest Rattlesnake Round-Up from March 9 to March 12. The weekend will start with a parade, queen contest and dance, then move to snake hunting sessions, snake milking demonstrations and a cook-off featuring rattlesnake meat.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snakes for sneaks A dead snake was reportedly tied around one alleged cable thief's neck, in an apparent reference to the Eskom "izinyoka" advertising campaign, which depicts cable thieves as snakes.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snakes Found in Luggage at Ga. Airport A man flying into Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport from South Korea recently packed 30 dead snakes in jars and bottles inside boxes he checked as luggage....	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snakes found in storage Police in Florida find exotic, poisonous reptiles in an abandoned storage facility. WTXL's Brandon Beyer reports	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snakes have a savior Jim Dix knows what it's like to have a rattlesnake problem on your hands. His family once fled their home in California when he was a kid because a pet rattler got loose in the house. "My parents had to go to a hotel for a week until I found it," says Dix, grinning at the memory.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snakes Held At Zoo After Owner Dies From Viper Bite CINCINNATI -- Officials said about 20 deadly snakes are being held at the Cincinnati Zoo after their owner died Saturday from a viper bite, WLWT News 5 reported.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snakes In A House Here's a story that is sure to make your skin crawl: dangerous and aggressive snakes living right under foot. One Midsouth family was living that nightmare for years. Unpredictable and dangerous according to Brown who says a few of the snakes he found were poisonous Eastern CottonMouths. The snakes were released unharmed into the wild.(humm, Eastern Cottonmouths in Arkansas?)(humm, released unharmed after crushing their neck vertebra with those tongs?)	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snakes in Plateau Farms Some 35 deaths were said to have been recorded as a result of apparent snake invasion of Mikang local government council in the state.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snakes in San Diego: Potent, Powerful Venom Cause for Concern For the second year in a row, UC San Diego Medical Center toxicologists are reporting unusually powerful snake bites and unusually extreme patient reactions to those bites. Since January, several patients have suffered bites with severe symptoms, such as difficulty breathing, often after a bite from the Southern Pacific Rattlesnake.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snakes infest woman's home A woman has told of her horror as 13 snakes invaded her townhouse, according to the Sunday Territorian.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snakes invade railroad building More than 100 snakes invaded a Ukrainian railroad building, forcing workers inside to evacuate the premises and so halting rail traffic for several hours, according to a Tuesday Fakty newspaper report.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snakes invade Stockholm preschool Officials at the Vinbäret preschool in Sollentuna north of Stockholm were dismayed to discover the grounds were crawling with snakes.Both adders and grass snakes had taken up residence in a toy storage area, in the school yard, and in the walls of the building.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snakes let meat rest before serving Scientists say an Australian snake has somehow learnt that the secret ingredient needed to turn very dangerous frogs into a delicious dinner is allowing the meal to sit for exactly the right time before serving. It was thought that no snake could dine on either frog and live to slither away. But Professor Shine and a colleague, Dr Ben Phillips, now have video evidence that the northern death adder has discovered that patience is a virtue when pursuing dangerous prey.	Edit?
Snakes Locate Prey Through Vibration Waves It is often believed that snakes cannot hear. This presumption is fed by the fact that snakes lack an outer ear and that scientific evidence of snakes responding to sound is scarce. Snakes do, however, possess an inner ear with a functional cochlea. ....present evidence that snakes use this structure to detect minute vibrations of the sand surface that are caused by prey moving. Their ears are sensitive enough to not only “hear” the prey approaching, but also to allow the brain, i.e., the auditory system, to localize the direction it is coming from.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snakes lose charm for veteran reptile handler It was the last fang for Malaysian snake-charmer Bidin Mat Hashim when a cobra bit him in front of a Korean television crew: after 24 snakebites in a 50-year career, he decided to call it quits.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snakes On A Pier: PETA Decries Reptile Clothing In St. Pete Snakes are commonly nailed to trees or posts and skinned alive, she said, and alligators are often beaten to death with hammers or axes. Snook said if snakes and alligators are being killed in the way PETA described, "then that's wrong and it should be stopped." (more PETA lies)	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snakes on a Plane in a Theater Debate: Where Did They Come From? The 'Snakes on a Plane' in a theater debate rages on in Phoenix. The slithery debate has all of Phoenix buzzing as police and snake experts differ on exactly what happened and how a baby diamondback rattlesnake made its way into a theater complex where the film 'Snakes on a Plane' was being shown.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snakes on a plate In Vinh Son snake village around 70 percent of resident families breed snakes for a living, using them for both medicine and tasty treats.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
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Snakes on the move as drought worsens Struggling farmers, barren fields and increased food prices are the most obvious signs of drought. But Top End residents are being warned of an equally serious menace - and it slithers.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
SNAKES ON THE MOVE: Police respond to report of rattlers at apartment Some very unwelcome guests have reportedly moved into a Denmark apartment complex.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snakes Rattle Lake Visitors If you plan on fishing or camping at the valley's largest lake - WATCH OUT!!	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snakes show sign of imminent blast Meanwhile, the risk of snake bite has increased as poisonous Philippine Cobra snakes and other wildlife have been sighted leaving habitats in the area another risk that authrities are warning residents not to enter the danger zone.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snakes sighted often When Herb Ubbens' cat, Maggie, dumped a freshly killed copperhead on his back porch, the Durham resident realized his recent snake sightings were adding up.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snakes slither into the Darling Downs for summer IN news that would make Indiana Jones shiver, the snakes are slithering into Darling Downs over the summer. And while that might seem unpleasant for most people, for Toowoomba snake catchers Rynsly Mann and Richard Jarvis, it's just another day in the Downs. (In Australia, there crawling.......)	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snakes spell good things IS the sighting of a snake a good omen? I have been swamped with calls and emails from readers following the appearance of the king cobra at the Sri Maha Mariamman temple in Puchong, Selangor, which attracted thousands of people for two days early this week.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snakes spell good things IS the sighting of a snake a good omen? I have been swamped with calls and emails from readers following the appearance of the king cobra at the Sri Maha Mariamman temple in Puchong, Selangor, which attracted thousands of people for two days early this week.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snakes spotted in and around town Beware of snakes! This is a warning given by local law enforcement after several sightings in the Quinton area. Quinton police officer, Mike Apple, shot and killed a seven-foot cottonmouth at Wimberly’s parking lot on Main Street in Quinton.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snakes Stolen From Metro Store Snakes were recently stolen from an Oklahoma City store, but it's not just the missing reptiles that have its owner so worried.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snakes strike in Namibia Four villagers from the Ohangwena region have recently been admitted to Eenhana hospital suffering from snake bites.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snakes take over family home said she believed the snakes were "sent to her house by someone He said dark-coloured snakes were regarded as a bad omen when found inside a house	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snakes threaten residents in Biloxi Drainage ditch hotbed for snakes, pests	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snakes Vault Past Toxic Newts In Evolutionary Arms Race The snakes have evolved resistance to the blowfish poison, tetrodotoxin (TTX), by preying on rough-skinned newts, which also secrete the toxin. Some newts are so poisonous that they harbor enough TTX to kill a roomful of adult humans.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snakes visit Hilton Head public library HILTON HEAD ISLAND -- Snakes love to read, apparently. There have been at least three snake sightings at the Hilton Head Island library over the past four weeks, enough to cause the building to shut down for a few hours two weeks ago.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Snakes, lasers could buy time for stroke victims Venom from Malayan pit vipers and "healing light" lasers are being used on stroke patients in North Jersey in studies to develop safe new treatments for the nation's third-biggest killer.	Edit?
Snakes, Salamanders And Other Creatures Thrive In Areas With Higher Deer Populations Reducing the number of deer in forests and parks may unexpectedly reduce the number of reptiles, amphibians and insects in that area, new research suggests. Researchers found nearly three times as many red-backed salamanders and five-and-a-half times more snakes in sites with deer than those without deer.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Soldiers looking for snakes, scorpions and camel spiders in Afghanistan. Soldiers looking for snakes, scorpions and camel spiders in Afghanistan.	Edit?
Some slithering snakes safe “I was one of those people who would kill any snake he saw,” Tim Langley, Greenville Animal Control supervisor, said. His attitude changed after taking classes with Howard Vainright, park coordinator with the city of Greenville and snake expert.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Son's snake bite serves as lesson and reminder Our son Jacob was bitten by a pygmy rattlesnake.Initially, Jacob was taken to Mease Hospital. We assumed he would immediately be given antivenin, but apparently there can be side effects to this treatment and they use it with great caution, particularly in children. He was treated for his pain with morphine, and we waited and watched to see how far up his leg the venom would progress.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
South Korea craks down on snake soup restaurants	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Squirrels Use Old Snake Skins To Mask Their Scent From Predators California ground squirrels and rock squirrels chew up rattlesnake skin and smear it on their fur to mask their scent from predators, according to a new study by researchers at UC Davis.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
SQUIRRELS WARD OFF SNAKES WITH HOT TAILS But ground squirrels don't heat their tails for all snakes. While the squirrels heat up for rattlesnakes, they keep their tails cool when flagging gopher snakes. The difference in signaling is likely related to the fact that rattlesnakes can sense infrared radiation, while gopher snakes	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Sri Lanka Recorded Some 33,000 Snake Bites In 2008 The Sri Lankan government recorded some 33,000 snake bites in 2008, with most of the victims coming from remote villages, China's Xinhua news agency reported.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Stanford snake venom study shows that certain cells may eliminate poison Stanford, Calif. -- Death by snakebite is horrible. The immediate pain of the bite is followed by swelling, bruising and weakness, then sweating or chills, with numbness, nausea, blurred vision and possibly convulsions before it's all over. Such misery is produced by a veritable witches' brew of toxins in snake venom. It's long been thought that the body's own immune system, rather than reducing the symptoms, may make things worse. But now researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have shown that the immune system really does side with the victim, at least in four kinds of venom that were used in their experiments. Their findings will be published in the July 28 issue of Science.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Stann Creek farmer dies of snakebite According to police, he went to see a local "snake doctor" whose remedies did not seem to work	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Starving snakes devour own hearts Some snakes can survive without food for two years at a time by digesting their own hearts, a new study shows. Other snakes survive by growing bigger heads to broaden prey options during periods of famine.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
State Forest Picked For Reintroduction Of Rare Snake SNOW HILL, Md. -- A rare snake is coming back to Worcester County. The county has been selected as the first site for the reintroduction of the northern pine snake to the Delmarva Peninsula.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
State officials worry through rattlesnake season as antivenin supplies dwindle There's never a good time to get bitten by a rattlesnake, but now that already grim prospect is worse than ever.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Steve Irwin dies from stingray barb Steve Irwin, dead at the age of 44 from a freak accident with a stingray while filming a documentary off the coast of Australia.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Student Bitten by Snake A Billings first grader was in the hospital Friday afternoon after a rattlesnake bit her during school recess in the morning. Eagle Cliffs principal Lorrie Wolverton says she believes this is the first snakebite they've ever had at the school.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Study tries to quash fear of slithering snakes Psychology thesis exposes subjects to reptiles	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Sub-standard Drug Forces Closure of Anti-dote Service The Koshi Zonal Hospital has stopped treatment for snake-bite after it found that the medicine it has received is sub-standard. The hospital receives 10 to 15 snake-bite patients everyday. Suspicion arose over the quality of the anti-snake bite venom after the doctors in the hospital had to administer as many as 211 vials of anti-dote on a 25-year-old patient when just 25 vials of the medicine should have been enough. ...there has been no such complaint from any other hospital regarding the same lot of supply of anti-dote manufactured by Bharat Serum and Vaccine Limited in Amarnath of India,....	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Supermarket worker stung by scorpion in bananas A supermarket worker is recovering after being stung by a scorpion hidden in a consignment of bananas.	Edit?
Tai man suffers scrotum snake bite A Taiwanese man was bitten on the scrotum by a snake when he sat down on the toilet last Friday. "I felt an excruciating pain in my lower body, like someone had stabbed me with a knife, shortly after sitting on the toilet bowl. I stood up immediately and saw blood oozing from my crotch. "It was the snake's signal for help when it bit me. If it hadn't, maybe it would have been stuck in the septic tank and either suffocated or starved to death. It looked like an accident but it was actually fate."	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Taipan Venom No Snake Oil A blood-clotting protein in taipan venom has been identified to stop excessive bleeding during vascular surgery and major trauma.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Tampa Postman OK After Getting Fang Mail From Likely Rattler Joe Pittman, a registered nurse at the hospital and a snakebite specialist for the Florida Poison Control Center, administered pain medication to Arango but no antivenin because Arango's symptoms weren't severe. He considered keeping Arango overnight to ensure he was in good health. Pittman said Arango identified the snake that bit him – brown with yellow spots – by indicating a photograph of an eastern diamondback rattlesnake. In Florida, bites from these snakes cause the most fatalities, he said. "It's not the first time I've heard of a snake in a mailbox," Pittman said, noting that snakes will seek a high perch after rain. "Snakes can get into amazing places. They'll flatten their bodies right out."	Edit?	Not yet rated.
TAN YOUR SNAKE AND EAT IT TOO! Of course, if I happen upon one of the serpents while riding or hiking in the desert, I let it slither on its way . . . but when a venomous reptile shows up too close to the house or barn, I feel obliged to kill it. Even then, however, I never simply discard the victim of my defensive action, because the serpents are just plain too useful to throw away.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Tecumseh Resident Remains Critical After Four Snake Bites A Tecumseh man remains hospitalized in critical condition after being bitten four times by two different snakes.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Teen bitten by snake fully recovered Durban's latest snake bite victim has fully recovered after she was bitten in her garden in Queensburgh last week. Even though it is unknown what type of snake bit the 13-year-old, she was rushed to the Malvern Medical Centre where she was kept under observation for hours before being sent home.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Teen bitten by venomous snake at Cameron Park Omar Fagerberg’s hand was swelling up fast, and the pain was becoming unbearable. The 17-year-old Lorena High School junior didn’t even know why his hand was swelling up as it was — to two, then three times its normal size. Soon, his arm followed — all the way up his forearm, past his elbow and then up to his bicep. Something was seriously wrong. Omar had surely been bitten, they said, by a copperhead snake — the most common venomous snake in Central Texas.	Edit?
Teen in hospital after snake bite The 15-year-old boy and a friend were walking along a path through the Wilson Botanic Gardens at Berwick about 3pm (AEST) when they saw the snake moving away, Ambulance Victoria said. The victim said he saw puncture marks in his leg and raised the alarm.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Teen Recovers After Getting Bit By Rattlesnake "I went to go grab the clay pigeons and something nicked my finger," Ditus said. "So I whipped my finger back and I saw two puncture wounds." Ditus said he knew immediately he'd been bitten by a rattlesnake and he felt the venom beginning to work. Ditus needed anti-venom at Poudre Valley Hospital, which costs as much as $10,000 a dose.Ditus had 13 doses. (another crooked hospital charging 10 x their cost for CroFab !)	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Teen Snake Handler Recovering After Frightening Attack A Florida snake handler was recovering Tuesday from a frightening attack. The 18-year-old said she was taking the giant python out of its cage for a daily show when the snake suddenly attacked.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Temperatures rise and SC snakes begin to slither out "This will be the fourth snake in the last two weeks I've come across the yard and they were in my neighbors backyard and then the two in my house."	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Texas tries to control invasion of exotic snakes And beginning April 1, any person in Texas possessing or offering for sale any venomous snake not native to Texas or any of five species of non-native constrictors will have to obtain a permit from the state. Acting on a mandate from the 2007 session of the Legislature, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission this past month adopted rules creating a "controlled exotic snake permit." Under terms of the regulations, any person possessing or transporting a venomous snake not native to Texas, a green anaconda, or any of four species of python (African rock, Asiatic rock, reticulated, southern African) must buy an annual permit from TPWD. Private owners of the regulated species will be required to annually purchase a $20 "recreational controlled exotic snake " permit.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Texas warning: Here there be snakes Man finds nest of reptiles in a Denton park; animal control officers shoot 7. So one of the officers grabbed a shotgun and shot and killed seven snakes — all that could be found, Dr. Jonathan Campbell of the University of Texas at Arlington, who specializes in the study of reptiles and amphibians, said he would be “absolutely amazed” if the snakes were water moccasins.	Edit?
The Lessons of Poison Prevention Week For example, the American Association of Poison Control Centers received 4,624 total venomous snakebite reports in 2006, but many experts believe that this number is underreported. However, thanks to the availability of antivenom, together with widespread educational efforts and heightened media attention, only about a dozen deaths from North American crotalid snakebites are reported each year. ( I can see the 12 Crotalid deaths, however, the almost 5000 venomous bites per year is suspicious. And the government agencies web site just happens to be down, so I can not research the figures. Humm.....I wonder what would happen if someone went to the web to find the phone number of their poison control center in an emergency ???? Cro )	Edit?	Not yet rated.
The night a tiger attacked Bite felt like 'prongs puncturing my foot' One thing Moraig McKenna, of Gundaroo, wasn't counting on, however, was to be bitten by a tiger snake in her front yard while seven months pregnant.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
THE PAIN WAS LIKE FIRE Seaside teacher sucked the venom from a snake bite and helped save a life. “She came and got me because the snakes didn’t look like water moccasins and she wasn’t sure if they were poisonous.”Normally Rick would just grab his shotgun and take care of business, but he was out of shells, so he had to resort to using his .22.“I shot each of them twice.”The snakes were still squirming, so Rick just pinned the first snake’s head down and picked it up in his right hand while bending down to pick up the second snake.“The one in my left hand sunk its teeth in and bit all the way through my thumb,”(sounds like he got what he deserved)	Edit?	Not yet rated.
The snakes are here What makes the Mojave rattlesnake unique is that, like black mambas and cobras, the venom is neurotoxic, Banashek said. That means it can potentially alter the nervous system of a person who is bitten. As a member of the pit viper family, they can lunge and hit their prey as it's moving by - sensing it through their tongues - rather than striking downward like a cobra.	Edit?
The U.N. World Health Organization is increasing access to treatment for snakebites "We need to boost local manufacturers' capacity and improve the delivery of products to remote rural areas,"	Edit?	Not yet rated.
THERE are more and more brown snakes around these days. In the past 10 years he has caught 1854 brown snakes and only 225 red-bellied blacks. He described the situation as an ‘ecological disaster’.	Edit?
There's a new venomous spider in town – it's brown Like their more notorious black arachnid cousins, brown widows (Latrodectus geometricus) are venomous. Brown-widow venom is twice as potent as black-widow venom, though less is injected in a bite. The primary symptom is severe pain.There are other possible symptoms, including difficulty breathing, muscle cramps, heartbeat irregularities, high blood pressure, sweating, nausea and vomiting. (This invasive tropical widow spider has become established through much of the Southern US )	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Three-year-old child in Jay bitten by a snake Lifeguard Ambulance Service responded yesterday to a three-year-old child bitten by a snake in Jay. The injury caused significant complications requiring admission to Sacred Heart Hospital.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Timber rattler’s bite tough to overcome Luckily for me, the emergency room doctor had interned in Texas and had treated many snakebites. He said he didn’t want to use antivenin because it kills more people than the actual snakebite. Instead, he dosed me with steroids to control swelling and antibiotics.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Toddler in hospital after snake bite A two-year-old boy is in a stable condition after being bitten by a snake at Langwarrin, south-east of Melbourne, this afternoon.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Toddler Undergoes Extraordinary Treatment For Rattlesnake Bite The 2 ½-year-old boy was in critical condition May 4 when he arrived at Providence Tarzana, transferred from West Hills MedicalCenter, with a snake bite to his ankle and in need of pediatric specialists. The youngster was lethargic, and swelling spread from his ankle to his upper thigh. Blood tests showed the venom caused abnormalities in his blood, liver and muscle. Two orthopedic surgeons at Tarzana, who also are on staff at Children's Hospital Los Angeles, performed surgery to relieve the swelling, normally a controversial procedure, but necessary in this case. Over the course of boy's hospitalization, physicians used 40 vials - about $90,000 worth - of antivenin to combat the poison.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Tommy Goff takes down Lucky Strike “Snake-Man” A Lucky Strike man, Gilbert “Baldhead” Usher, received a dangerous dose of venom in his face around noon today as he was showing off his fer-de-lance viper (known locally as “yellow-jaw Tommy Goff,” a venomous snake) to a tourist family in front of his home in the village on the Maskall Road (Belize District). Ummm... Freehandling a fer-de-lance ???	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Toxic Brown Recluse Spiders Pose Danger As They Look To Move In For The Winter As the cold weather creeps in, so do brown recluse spiders. True to their name, the brown recluse is a shy, reclusive spider looking for a warm home. Drawn to clutter, closets and complex storage environments, the spiders actually want to stay away from humans. But, if care is not taken, people could find themselves sharing their home with one of 'the big three,' according to a University of Missouri entomologist. The brown recluse is one of three spiders in the United States considered venomous – the other two are the black widow and the hobo spider. (it is unfortunate that they did not use the term "dangerous to humans," as all spideys are "venomous." Cro )	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Tragic snake bite death Yep, it is tragic that the little Australian girl died of a brown snake bite. It is also tragic that the twits who wrote the article are using a photo of an American Brown Snake, Storeria dekayi, instead of the photo of an Australian Brown Snake!	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Trainers turn to rattlesnake poison Rattlesnake poison is becoming racing's new secret weapon. Shipments are being imported from America to help runners beat a serious physical problem so that they can produce their best form.	Edit?
Transmitters track snakes' every move Technology is helping Michigan's small but hardy population of the Eastern massasauga rattlesnake thrive.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Tunnels under highway leave snakes fat, happy NARCISSE, Man. - Hissst. Have you heard the latest? It's a great time to be a garter snake in Manitoba's Interlake region. The harmless garden-variety snakes are fatter and healthier than they've been in a decade in Narcisse where their population has rebounded thanks to a dozen tunnels dug under Highway 17 by Manitoba Hydro in 2001.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
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TV's Wild bunch Bear Grylls can turn elephant dung into a refreshing drink.I'm certainly not a person who relishes eating yak eyeballs or goat testicles, but it is part of survival.Snake all taste pretty much the same. A few weeks ago, I caught a big one and ate that straight away, just raw. It's sort of blood and guts and meat. Dr Brady Barr describes himself as lucky. Watching his TV show, Dangerous Encounters With Brady Barr, he's more than a little crazy too. While the python bite didn't kill him, danger is at the core of his show and despite "I'm scared" being one of his favourite lines, you can tell he thrives on it. "We were in the Congo and we had a group of pygmies guiding us," he deadpans, "and they just thought we were a bunch of folks from the States who didn't know what we were doing. But then we came across a gaboon viper, a really deadly snake, the longest of any deadly snake, and these guys [the pygmies] were terrified of it and I just ran up there and grabbed it. Man, they just thought I was the toughest man on the planet and I was their best friend." ( Strange, I wonder why does Barr think the Gaboon is the longest venomous snake ?? Defenatly not longest, LOL, Just more proof that Barr is not very good with snakes ! Cro )	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Two persons suffer habu bites in Haebaru A housewife was bitten by a habu snake that had entered her house, and a policeman who came to investigate was also bitten by the same snake in Tsukazan, Heabaru Town on Saturday.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Two-for-one snake sale? The World Aquarium in St. Louis has been home to We, a one-of-a-kind two-headed albino rat snake, since 1999	Edit?	Not yet rated.
UK student killed by black mamba snake bite in South Africa A British wildlife student has died in South Africa after being bitten by a deadly black mamba. Nathan Layton, 27, of Wing, Buckinghamshire, was bitten by the snake as he walked in long grass with a group of teachers and fellow students. “Within minutes, he was dead."	Edit?	Not yet rated.
University Of Georgia Student Questions Why Snakes Cross Roadways ATHENS, Ga. -- Kimberly Andrews is no ordinary student. When challenged by University of Georgia ecology professor Whit Gibbons to come up with a research project that would add to the scientific literature on herpetology (the study of reptiles and amphibians), she came up with a twist on the old riddle: "Why do snakes cross the road?"	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Unlocking The Psychology Of Snake And Spider Phobias Hundreds of thousands of people count snakes and spiders among their fears, and while scientists have previously assumed we possess an evolutionary predisposition to fear the unpopular animals, researchers at UQ's School of Psychology may have proved otherwise.“[In the past, this] has been explained by saying that people are predisposed by evolution to fear certain things, such as snakes and spiders, that would have been dangerous to our ancestors. “[However], people tend to be exposed to a lot of negative information regarding snakes and spiders, and we argue this makes them more likely to be associated with phobia.”(this means folks are "conditioned" to fear snakes, which I have always thought to be the case)	Edit?	Not yet rated.
US runs low on snakebite antidote Americans and visitors to the United States are being warned to take extra care to avoid snakebites this summer.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Velvet bean, sandpaper, common cures for snake poison Snake bites remedies are of interest since antivenom is unavailable in remote rural Africa and so they more or less result to using different plant materials. Many studies have tried exploring these plants used in treating snake bites with the view to validate the anecdotal field reports, corroborating and selecting promising plants for alternate venom antidotes which could accompany or substitute conventional antivenoms.	Edit?
Venomous Fish Outnumber Snakes It's a good thing fish wouldn't survive long if loose on a plane. A new study finds there are more venomous fish than venomous snakes.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Venomous Sea Snakes Play Heads Or Tails With Their Predators In a deadly game of heads or tails venomous sea snakes in the Pacific and Indian Oceans deceive their predators into believing they have two heads, claims research published August 5 in Marine Ecology.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Venomous Shrew And Lizard: Harmless Digestive Enzyme Evolved Twice Into Dangerous Toxin In Two Unrel Biologists have shown that independent but similar molecular changes turned a harmless digestive enzyme into a toxin in two unrelated species -- a shrew and a lizard -- giving each a venomous bite.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Venomous Snake Count Rises Dramatically A newly identified deadly snake in India is one of several now challenging the long-held concept that there are only four dangerous snakes in the country, sometimes known as the land of snakes.	Edit?
Venomous snake puts man in hospital The snake bit Wilson near his elbow, and the veteran officer knew immediately that it was a venomous water moccasin and radioed for help.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Venomous snakes may be key player in visual advancement A biological arms race, spurred by a lethal arsenal of poisonous snakes, led to the evolution of advanced eyesight in early primates, according to a hypothesis proposed by UC Davis anthropologist Lynne Isbell.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Venomous snakes rare in WMass It is perhaps the only "fatal accident" due to a snake bite - and certainly the only one in Massachusetts - that has been immortalized in an American folk song, one that is now more than two centuries old.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Victim Making Demands Of Wal-Mart After Snake Bite The snake was caught after the attack at the Wal-Mart on Wickham Road in Viera. Now, the victim is demanding that Wal-Mart acknowledge that poisonous snake bites occur more frequently than they have in the past.....	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Video Shows Rattlesnake Bite Reptile Company Employee A pet store employee was recovering, Thursday morning, from a rattlesnake bite. The Florida snake handler was rushed to a Miami-Dade hospital that specializes in snake antivenin. The Strictly Reptiles Company breeds snakes and other reptiles. Employee Tony Cruz was cleaning the cage of the rattlesnake when the snake struck his hand as he was holding the lid as a shield.Some people say that it's very similar to slamming your finger in a car door," Cruz said.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Viper bites owner BUCYRUS -- A 43-year-old Crawford County man remained hospitalized Sunday after his deadly rhinoceros viper snake bit him.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Viper Kills Month And A Half Old Baby Fearing that the venomous snake might come close to the children, he kicked the viper with his foot, but the snake jumped and landed directly in the stroller in which his son lay and bit the baby on the chin.......	Edit?
Viper's venom is tailored to its prey A snake has venom adapted to kill its favoured quarry, new research suggests.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Viper's venom may help Emeryville biotech treat stroke The future of Neurobiological Technologies Inc. may rest squarely in the jaws - or shall we say venom - of the Malayan pit viper. The 19-year-old firm is pouring millions of dollars and much of its resources into developing a stroke drug derived from the venom of these deadly Southeast Asian snakes. The gamble - like most in biotechnology - is a highly risky one.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Wake up, Floridians, to this cold-blooded killing It is as if the results of the sixth day of Creation, when God made "every thing that creepeth upon the earth," were being canceled out, erased around the edges. Hordes of new people are putting some of Florida's humblest residents to flight, wiping them out in hundreds of thousands, a new biological survey reports.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Warm balls wrap she-males Female impersonation makes male snakes hot, say researchers.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Water Snake Startles Fish So They Flee Into Its Jaws Forget the old folk tales about snakes hypnotizing their prey. The tentacled snake from South East Asia has developed a more effective technique. The small water snake has found a way to startle its prey so that the fish turn toward the snake's head to flee instead of turning away. In addition, the fish's reaction is so predictable that the snake actually aims its strike at the position where the fish's head will be instead of tracking its actual movement.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
We almost trod on venomous snake The last thing you might expect while walking along the Norfolk coast is to come face to face with a venomous and potentially deadly serpent. Adders will only use their poison as a last means of defence, usually if caught or trodden on, and no one has died from an adder bite in Britain for more than 20 years.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
WELCOME TO BERUS MAGAZINE The aims of the the magazine are to promote a greater understanding for amphibians and reptiles in nature and in terrarium environments, to encourage research to stimulate the development of sound and healthy techniques to maintain and propagate amphibians and reptiles in captivity, and to initiate and support measures to protect threatened species.	Edit?
West African Green Mamba Snake Two West African Green Mambas, both males, were hatched from the same clutch of eggs last summer at a Zoo in Texas. Reptile Keeper Tim Trout says he's glad they were born in captivity. "Mambas from the wild can be very aggressive, really tough animals to handle," he said. "When you get babies like this, that were born in captivity, they're a little bit calmer, and it's just a heck of a lot safer to handle them." (yep, got to watch out for those mamba snakes)	Edit?	Not yet rated.
West Rutland author peers into secret lives of rattlers "Timber Rattlesnakes in Vermont & New York: Biology, History and the Fate of an Endangered Species" by Jon Furman (University Press of New England, 2007, 208 pages, $24.95 paperback) Every once in a while a book comes along that defies categorization. Such is the wonderful slithering conundrum that West Rutland author Jon Furman poses for booksellers with his "Timber Rattlesnakes in Vermont & New York."	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Western brown snake on front lawn kills man He died late on Tuesday from the bite of a western brown, one of Australia's deadliest snakes, which claims a life each year on.....	Edit?	Not yet rated.
What to do in the event of snakebite For the doctor, it is important to get the right tools to handle snakebite. “In Pakistan, a supply of 10cm glass test tubes that are new, clean, and dry, are vital. These are inexpensive and allow accurate coagulation tests to be taken by the bedside, which is the key indication if anti-snake venom (ASV) is required in a viper bite. If the blood is still liquid after being undisturbed for 20 minutes, then ASV is required,” Ian disclosed. It is important to remember that cobra and krait victims actually die because they stop breathing! “If you keep them breathing with a resuscitation bag, particularly if helped by improvised nasopharyngeal airways improvised from size 5 rubber endotracheal tubes, the victim will survive,”	Edit?	Not yet rated.
When Delhi swayed to the music of snake charmers Scores of snake charmers truly charmed their way into people's hearts here by doing what they do best - playing their traditional 'been' or bulbous flute. Called "A Hundred Charmers", a music concert by the Joginath snake charmers, originally from Rajasthan, drew huge crowds to the India Habitat Centre amphitheatre here Sunday evening.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
When snakes invade, call the wranglers KEY LARGO -- In Python Catching 101, a few principles are paramount: Stay out of strike range. Don't let a 12-footer wrap around your body and squeeze. And beware of gushing snake poop -- a harmless, but smelly, reptile defense mechanism, instructor Jeffrey Fobb warned a group of wanna-be snake catchers.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Where there's smoke, there's a smoking transformer and a dead 5-foot snake Workers at the Archdiocese of New Orleans called the Fire Department because they smelled smoke Wednesday afternoon.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Which snake is more deadly? Can snake man David Williams provide us some updated facts on how he arrived at the conclusion that the Papuan Taipan is the world’s most deadliest gaigai?	Edit?	Not yet rated.
WHIT GIBBONS: We need to help protect sea krait population “Sea snakes are strange and wonderful critters distributed primarily in the Southeast Asian and Australian region. Related to the venomous cobra family, sea snakes have two main subgroups. The first includes the 'true’ sea snakes; these species are specialized for a fully aquatic existence, have live birth, and never leave the water. The second group includes about a half dozen amphibious species known as sea kraits, which hunt their food in the water but move into terrestrial shoreline habitats to digest food, mate, shed their skin and lay eggs.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Whittier, Calif., Professor Tests Snake Venom on Stains You could say chemistry teacher Devin Iimoto put a little of himself into his latest research project.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
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Why doesn't its venom kill the cobra? The first time Zoltan Takacs was bitten by a venomous snake was during his sophomore year in high school."It was a long-nosed viper," recalled Takacs, 38, a natural toxins researcher at the University of Chicago. "It had shed its skin, and I was stretching the skin out next to the viper to compare the lengths. That was a mistake. Most of the time when you get bit, it's your mistake that does it." He'd have liked to seek out exotic, tropical species, but travel was largely forbidden outside the Eastern Bloc countries in those days, so the Cold War limited him to gathering only socialist snakes. He has been to 116 countries, pretty much the entire venomous itinerary of Earth, including places such as Yemen, New Guinea and the southern Philippines where local strife has meant that snakes aren't the biggest danger. "You rent a soldier or two for security," he said. "They're cheap."	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Why'd it have to be snakes? Ask Animal Planet's new guru NEW YORK -- Animal Planet has a new snake in the grass, and his name is Austin Stevens.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Wildlife officers take bite out of Ky. snake trade FRANKFORT, Ky. --Wildlife officers have arrested 10 Kentucky serpent traders and confiscated more than 100 rattlesnakes, copperheads, water moccasins and cobras.Wildlife officers made the arrests on Thursday, concluding a nearly two-year undercover investigation into Kentucky's snake trade. Those arrested were charged with illegally possessing, importing, buying or selling reptiles.Undercover officers purchased more than 200 illegal reptiles during the investigation, some of which were advertised for sale on Web sites. One such Web site lists copperheads for $50 each. Cobras for $450.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Wildlife officials confirm alien snake population in south Ga. Brahiminy blind snake, a native of Southeast Asia, is nonpoisonous and is considered harmless. As small as some earthworms, it prefers to burrow underground and eat the eggs and larvae of termites and ants, officials said.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Wildlife officials tighten rules for snake owners The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is putting the squeeze on python owners. The agency voted Wednesday to tighten restrictions for those seeking to own a python, green anaconda or Nile monitor lizard. Starting Jan. 1, 2008, anyone owning one of these reptiles will be required to obtain a permit and microchip.....	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Wimberley woman killed by snakebite A missing Wimberley woman whose body was found Friday on a ranch near San Marcos was killed by a snakebite, according to preliminary autopsy results.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Witch doctors come of age A year-long training programme for witch doctors and quacks to treat snake bite victims in the Sunderbans has been undertaken by the Sunderban Development Board and the World Wildlife Fund. WWF has launched a programme to impart training to quacks regarding the proper method of dealing with snake-bite cases. It is a year-long programme where doctors and snake experts like Mr Dipak Mitra will train the local people on the right way to deal with snake bite victims and treat them with anti-venom serums.	Edit?
Woman bitten by copperhead snake A Lancaster woman almost died from a copperhead snake bite, and experts say such bites are on the rise in North Carolina. At first, doctors thought it was an allergic reaction to a bug bite. When the pain got worse and her liver failed, they sent her to Carolinas Medical Center. After surgery on her hand to drain the venom and eight days in the hospital, doctors confirmed she had been bitten by a copperhead snake. (Humm...A fasciotimy to drain vemom ?? And now she has lost the feeling in her hand...)	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Woman Bitten By Copperhead Snake Hospitalized A Fayette County woman was bitten by a poisonous snake while she was riding her all-terrain vehicle and then taken to the hospital, reports said. The woman had been riding alone along a road in Georges Township, when a copperhead snake bit her.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Woman critical after snake bite A woman has been taken to hospital in a serious condition after she was bitten by snake in Melbourne's west. Paramedics were called to a home in Wales Court, Hillside, just before 11am after a woman in her late 30s was bitten by what is believed to be either a brown or black snake.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Woman dies after snakebite during church service Snake handling is based on a passage in the Bible, in the Gospel of Mark, that says a sign of a true believer is the power to "take up serpents" without being harmed.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Woman doing OK after water moccasin bite "All of a sudden I felt something like a fang or a claw slam my foot. I yanked my foot out and ran in the house very quickly," Crevasse said. "It was pretty painful. It was like a really hard shot. It immediately started going numb and tingling."	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Woman Finds Python In Mom's Garden (HOBART, Ind.) -- Brenda Boozer usually looks out for snakes in her mother's garden. But she couldn't believe it when she found an 8-foot-long Burmese python under a Colorado spruce tree in her mother's northwestern Indiana yard on Tuesday.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
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Women busted for stealing six-foot snake YARMOUTH, Mass. -- Police arrest three girls gone wild after finding a pilfered Burmese python at their place of residence as well as other stolen goods. Lori Marhefka, 42, and her two daughters have been charged in connection with three, recent break-ins at Yarmouth's Flax Pond Recreation Area.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Wonderful stories from the ‘snake man’ of Wellsville “Twentynine years ago, I found a hollowedout cavity in some soft earth made by a female black rat snake. In it were 16 eggs. But by the next day, a bulldozer had crushed the nest. All but one of those eggs were broken. I took that egg home, created a sawdust nest for it in an aquarium and watched it for weeks. Ives also told me about Pennsylvania rattlesnake hunts in which he participated. Unlike those Texas hunts in which hundreds of snakes are killed, these are carefully controlled. The snakes must be carefully captured alive, measured and marked so that records may be kept of their distribution. Then after the contest, the snakes are returned to where they were found.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Workers Find 5-Foot Snake Living In Texas TV Station Crews Make Discovery During Reconstruction	Edit?	Not yet rated.
World's first universal herbal-based antidote discovered in Sarawak Dr Patau Rubis claimed that the herbal antidote, derived from various leaves from the jungle and based on the traditional Bidayuh healing practices, could cure anyone who have been attacked or bitten by poisonous snakes, insects, bees or wasps or those who accidentally drink chemically-made poisons such as paraquat and weedkiller. "One cup of this herbal antidote has relieved four people from snake bites, wasp and caterpillar urine." Refusing to divulge the details of the ingredients for fear that outsiders will try to patent it, he said he had written to the Sarawak Health Department to conduct research on the herb and proposed that the Bau Hospital be the research centre. (I find stories like this interesting - what if this fellow has actually found a product that blocks venom receptor sites - just like a kingsnake does to be immune to snake venom ? )	Edit?	Not yet rated.
WORLD'S LARGEST SPITTING COBRA DISCOVERED IN KENYA This highly venomous snake, which has been recognized as a new species and named the Naja Ashei, reaches almost nine feet and has enough venom to kill 15-20 people in a single bite. The findings were finally verified through blood and tissue samples by Dr. Wolfgang Wuster at the University of Bangor in Wales and published earlier this year in the scientific journal, Zootaxa by Dr. Wuster and Donald Bradley.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
World’s First Oral Anti-Snakebite Herbal Drug Passes Screening Pinak, which is composed of four different drugs, is the first snakebite medicine in the world that is taken orally and is dubbed the world leader in oral Ayurvedic antivenin.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Young bite victim who died 'with a smile on his face' "[Snakes] were his passion in life and, to this day, I believe he died with a smile on his face," he said. "If it hadn't have been a snakebite, it would have been from wrestling crocodiles."	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Young boy bitten by snake An eight-year-old boy bitten by a brown snake has been flown to a Sydney hospital.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Zoo snakes await new quarters The El Paso Zoo's Reptile House was demolished Tuesday to make way for a new $1.2 million building for snakes and turtles	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Zoo trip returns to bite suspect The 12-foot albino Burmese python and an African Sulcata tortoise were taken from the Norman zoo about Sept. 21.The cruelty charge stems from a kitten being placed in the python’s cage and eaten by the snake, according to police.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Zoo's Antivenin Saves Snakebite Victim A Columbus man bitten by one of the world's deadliest snakes is lucky to be alive, because the Cincinnati Zoo had some rare antivenin.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Zoos, Aquariums and Poison Centers Debut New Web-Based Antivenom Index to Speed Antidote Delivery; U A collaborative effort by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) and the American Association of Poison Control Centers (AAPCC) uses new technologies to get treatment to the patient faster. Launched today, the Online Antivenom Index is a web-based database allowing doctors, poison control centers and hospitals to access up-to-date information about antivenom stocked at AZA-accredited zoos and aquariums. In addition, the Antivenom Index offers information about what antivenom to use and allows coordination of delivery to the patient.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
Zoos, owners of dangerous animals subject to a few new rules The rules, adopted Thursday by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, will require owners of venomous snakes and other dangerous animals such as lions, tigers and bears, to keep a list of names and addresses for all contiguous landowners and neighbors. Animal owners also must have a disaster plan, describing what they will do if a hurricane, flood or fire occurs.	Edit?	Not yet rated.
‘The pain is still excruciating’ “I looked down, and there was this snake attached to my calf,” the Longmont man said of his April 28 encounter with a rattlesnake on Rabbit Mountain.	Edit?	Not yet rated.

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