Read more about the article Customs Seize Live Snakes Hidden In Cargo Shipment Bound For The UK
Image shows the boa snakes, undated photo. They were seized by customs in Dresden, Germany, on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024. (Dresden Main Customs Office/NF/newsX)

Customs Seize Live Snakes Hidden In Cargo Shipment Bound For The UK

Customs agents have discovered live boas that smugglers had attempted to hide in a shipment of noodles and two lorry toys bound for the UK. The suspicious package reportedly arrived…

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Read more about the article Fearless Scientist Stepped On Deadly Snakes To Find Out How They Bite
Picture shows behavioral biologist Joao Miguel Alves Nunes, undated. He carried out research to discover when and why venomous snakes bite. (@joaao_miiguel/Newsflash)

Fearless Scientist Stepped On Deadly Snakes To Find Out How They Bite

A scientist has revealed how he stepped on some of the most deadly snakes in the world thousands of times to discover just how and when they bite. Behavioural biologist…

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Read more about the article Days Old Baby Cobra Nippers Are Already Up For A  Fright
Footage shows Siamese cobras hatched in an incubator in Moscow Zoo, Russia in May, 2024. Siamese cobras are rare and extremely poisonous. (Moscow Zoo/Newsflash)

Days Old Baby Cobra Nippers Are Already Up For A Fright

Cautious zookeepers in Russia show off a brood of highly venomous baby spitting cobras who already seem ready to see off any would-be attackers. The nine hatchlings emerged following two…

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Read more about the article Bus Passenger Caught With Hundreds Of Snakes, Spiders, And One Centipede In Suitcases
Photo shows one of the snakes, undated. Passenger was arrested with 90 snakes, 236 spiders and a centipede hidden in suitcases on a bus traveling to San Justo, Buenos Aires. (Ministerio de Seguridad/Newsflash)

Bus Passenger Caught With Hundreds Of Snakes, Spiders, And One Centipede In Suitcases

A man who was caught travelling on a bus with 90 snakes, 236 spiders, and a centipede stuffed in two suitcases has been arrested. The animals were discovered in the…

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Read more about the article Smuggler Detained After Border Control In India Find 47 Snakes And Two Lizards In His Trolley Bag
Photo shows of the 47 snakes Customs officials in Trichy airport seized. The reptiles were in a trolley bag of a passenger who arrived from Kuala Lumpur. (CEN)

Smuggler Detained After Border Control In India Find 47 Snakes And Two Lizards In His Trolley Bag

Customs in India have detained a smuggler carrying 47 exotic pythons and two lizards in his trolley bag as he went through an airport. The bizarre find was made after…

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Read more about the article Passenger Wrapped Snakes And Lizards In Tinfoil Disguised As A Snack
Photo shows a lizard that was smuggled into Israel from Hungary by a young Israeli and was seized during an operation at Ben Gurion Airport, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Jan. 2023. The Israeli man was arrested. (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development/Newsflash)

Passenger Wrapped Snakes And Lizards In Tinfoil Disguised As A Snack

Customs inspectors find a real-life snake and a lizard at an airport after being wrapped up in tinfoil and put in a lunch box to disguise them as a snack.…

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Read more about the article Ex-Marine Snake Breeder Helps Snakes Hatch Safely
Keary Molinaro, a snake breeder, poses with a snake in an undated photo. Keary usually keeps between 60 and 100 snakes. (Keary Molinaro; @molinaro_snake_lab/Newsflash)

Ex-Marine Snake Breeder Helps Snakes Hatch Safely

Keary Molinaro has a passion for snakes that he likes to share with others after keeping and breeding them at his Molinaro Snake lab. Speaking to Newsflash, he said: "I…

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Read more about the article Two New Deadly Snakes Species Found
Image shows the newly discovered Bothrocophias myrringae sp. nov., that lives in isolated, nearly inaccessible rain forests in South America. It was discovered by a South American team of scientists in October 2022. (Juan Pablo Hurtado-Gomez/Newsflash)

Two New Deadly Snakes Species Found

Two new species of deadly venomous snake have been discovered in Colombia by a team of international scientists. They have been named as Bothrocophias myrringae and Bothrocophias tulitoi, two new…

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Read more about the article Snakes In The Galapagos Islands Are Cannibals Say Experts After Looking At Reptile Faeces
A Western Galapagos Racer (Pseudalsophis occidentalis) that shows cannibal behaviours ​on Fernandina Island, Galapagos Islands.

Snakes In The Galapagos Islands Are Cannibals Say Experts After Looking At Reptile Faeces

A new study that involved scientists looking at poo from snakes in the Galapagos Islands has discovered that they are cannibals that eat each other when they are stressed or…

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