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telegraph.co.uk at 10 Jun 2009 09:48 am
Indian children as young as two learn how to charm snakes.
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RARE SNAKE RETURNED
A two-headed, albino black rat snake is back in its home on August 24, after police arrested two suspects for stealing the snake from the World Aquarium at the City Museum in St. Louis on August 23, 2004. Curators from the aquarium noticed the snake missing and called police who later arrested workers from the City Museum, who tried to sell the reptile in Illinois. The World Aquarium says the snake which is extreemly rare is worth about $100 thousand. (UPI Photo/Bill Greenblatt)
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LEHIGHTON, Pa., Oct. 25 (UPI) -- A Pennsylvania animal rescuer says he is no longer able to care for more than 150 snakes, some of them venomous, abandoned by a dealer.
MIDDLETOWN, Del., Oct. 13 (UPI) -- A Delaware woman said she vacated her home after discovering at least six baby rat snakes in her bathroom, bedroom and burrowing under her rug.
PALM BEACH, Fla., Sept. 16 (UPI) -- A 22-year-old Palm Beach, Fla. woman says she panicked when she discovered two snakes sharing the water with her in her bathtub.
TOKYO, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- Tokyo police said they have arrested a man for keeping 51 venomous snakes in his apartment without the proper permits.
SOLLENTUNA, Sweden, July 3 (UPI) -- Officials at a Sollentuna, Sweden, preschool said they have discovered more than 20 snakes on the school grounds.
KELLEYS ISLAND, Ohio, June 9 (UPI) -- Researchers said the Lake Erie water snake has made a comeback and may soon be taken off the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's threatened list.
FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS, Ill., April 6 (UPI) -- Eleven snakes that slithered to safety when a car crashed into a house belonging to an Illinois breeder have been rounded up.
CARINGBAH, Australia, March 9 (UPI) -- An Australian bank branch in a town near Sydney closed its doors and called for a snake handler when at least two brown snakes were found inside.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., March 3 (UPI) -- Children's fear of snakes may be intrinsic, University of Virginia researchers say.
HANOI, Vietnam, Jan. 18 (UPI) -- A Thai Air flight out of Bangkok mirrored the 2006 horror movie "Snakes on a Plane" when officials found loads of live snakes aboard.
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telegraph.co.uk at 9 Jun 2009 06:36 am
Snakes can slither across flat surfaces without legs because their scales act as friction hooks which catch in rough points on surfaces a new study shows.
latimes.com at 2 Jun 2009 03:00 am
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telegraph.co.uk at 21 May 2009 06:07 am
Spanish police are involved in an unusual standoff in a Madrid suburb as officers refuse to storm a flat containing eight dangerous snakes after the owner was bitten.
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