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17-Foot Python Menaces Family Picnic

Tom Blunt — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 22:00:06 +0000

This enormous Burmese python was killed by Florida park rangers this week after it crashed a family’s holiday outing. The snake was still in its death throes as this video was taken. You can hear one of the rangers comment that for a snake of this length, it’s surprisingly skinny. Oh really? Because to us [...]

Huge Snake On Car Windshield Takes Couple For Wild Ride [VIDEO]

Rod Prahin — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 12:53:34 +0000

I consider myself to be somewhat of a brave guy, not a superhero or anything like that, just your average brave guy. But when it comes to snakes, you better get the heck out of my way, because I'll run right over you to get out of the room. How about you, how would you feel if you had a snake crawling on your windshield? Hit the jump and watch the 'snake on car' video.

Talk About An Odd Job; Try Cleaning A Cobra Pit [VIDEO]

Rod Prahin — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 14:57:35 +0000

Some people would say what I do for a living is an odd job, not everybody talks on the radio for a living, I agree, but not as odd as this job. There are so many different things that people do for a living that most of us never even think about. Like cleaning a Cobra pit. Read more and catch the video after the jump.

Dangerous Cobra Gets Loose at New York's Bronx Zoo, Is Still Missing

J. Patrick — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 11:43:32 +0000

A highly poisonous Egyptian cobra got loose this weekend at New York’s Bronx Zoo, sending guests, zoo neighbors and zookeepers alike into a nervous tizzy. The 20 inch-long snake forced the zoo to shut down and stay closed through Sunday. Zoo officials released a statement, saying, “Based on our knowledge of the natural history and [...]

Snake Found After a Month on a Boston Train

J. Patrick — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 13:01:05 +0000

Melissa Moorehouse lost her pet boa constrictor Penelope a month ago when it slithered out of her jacket as she was riding the red line train in Boston.

Initially, train officials took the car Penelope was lost in out of service, so they could search for the three-foot snake. They weren’t able to find her, but she turned up a month later in an adjacent car. A train attendant who also owned a snake spotted Penelope and put her in a box.

Now Melissa and Penelope are reunited. Boa constrictors can go months without eating, and Penelope probably remained on the train because it’s kept warm 24/7.