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Some 5,000 Pounds of Rattlesnakes Collected in Odd Annual Event
Offbeat  (tags: bizarre, humans, food, snakes, culture, Texas )

Giana
- 73 days ago - grindtv.com
An odd event takes place this weekend in Sweetwater, Texas. Or at least it would seem odd to most city folk who have never heard of such a thing. A rattlesnake roundup? What's that?
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Year of the Snake: 8 Freaky Facts About Serpents | MNN - Mother Nature Network
Offbeat  (tags: serpents, snakes, chinese calendar, off-beat, unusual, culture, myths )

Tamara
- 107 days ago - mnn.com
Whether playing the resident trickster in the Garden of Eden, curling around the head of Medusa, or taking the blame for the death of Cleopatra, snakes have a history of slithering in and staking their spot in our myths -- and in our minds.
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Six-Foot Boa Constrictor Dumped in Polystyrene Box
Offbeat  (tags: animals, environment, protection, snakes, abandoned )

Cher
- 289 days ago - rspca.org.uk
Staff at an RSPCA animal centre got a shock when they opened a polystyrene box left outside their front gate - and found a six-foot boa constrictor inside.
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Young Corn Snake Found in Porthcawl Garden
Offbeat  (tags: animals, environment, protection, snakes )

Cher
- 301 days ago - rspca.org.uk
We're appealing for information after a corn snake was found in a garden in Porthcawl, Wales.
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Albino Python Sent Through Post
Offbeat  (tags: animals, environment, protection, snakes )

Cher
- 415 days ago - rspca.org.uk
A live eight-foot snake has been found in a cardboard box sent by post from Harlow in Essex and bound for Exeter in Devon.
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Fears as Snakes, Crocodiles and Disease Threaten the Floodwaters of Thailand
Offbeat  (tags: Fears, as, snakes, crocodiles, disease, threaten, the, floodwaters, of, Thailand )

Agnes
- 570 days ago - dailymail.co.uk
Fears have been raised that snakes, crocodiles and disease could threaten locals and tourists as Thailand battles continually rising floodwaters. The main river coursing through the capital of Bangkok swelled to record highs today amid concern that flood
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U.S. Arrests Man With Snakes and Tortoises in Pants at Airport
Offbeat  (tags: snakes, turtle, americans, animals, bizarre, crime, ethics, humans, news, off-beat, photos, pictures, police, protection, society, unusual, wildlife )

Lindsey
- 631 days ago - cbsnews.com
(CBS News) U.S. officials arrested a man at Miami International Airport last week trying to board a Brazil-bound flight, after they found seven exotic snakes and three tortoises hidden in his pants.
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Two Snakes in Their Mating Ritual
Offbeat  (tags: Snakes, mating, Bangladesh )

Tarequl
- 668 days ago - thedailystar.net
Two snakes in their mating ritual. This rarely seen phenomenon was captured on camera at the Bypass area of Rajshahi city a few days ago
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ACTION ALERT: Tell Nail Lounge to Stop Providing "Pedicures With Snake Skin"! PLEASE ACTIONN !
Offbeat  (tags: snake skin, nail polish, snakes, exploitated, cruelty, pedicure )

Simone
- 699 days ago - all-creatures.org
Terri Silacci, owner of Nail Lounge (which is part of Euphoria Lounge Salon and Spa), who invented a brand new way of exploiting animals: turning snakes into nail polish. The "Pedicure with Snake Skin" goes for $300, and involves applying a layer of
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Man With 70 Exotic Snakes Pretends To Be Pet Adopter On Craiglist Instead Feeds Pets To Snakes
Offbeat  (tags: strange, bizzare, snakes, exotic snakes )

Hathawa
- 756 days ago - blogs.findlaw.com
There's no question that Craigslist is cluttered with strange things and strange people, but this story may just take the cake
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This Column Will Change Your Life: Written All Over Your Face?
Offbeat  (tags: Life, change, death, snakes )

Tarequl
- 848 days ago - theindependentbd.com
The notion that more people are scared of public speaking than death or snakes is one of self-help's favourite scientific-sounding claims. But even using only 10% of my brain (another bit of pop-psych horsefeathers), I can tell it's dodgy.
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Bush Warriors Photo of the Day: "Charming Snake"
Offbeat  (tags: snakes, photo contest, reptiles, venom, research, science, cobra, world, wildlife, unusual, technology, protection, pictures, photos, performance, off-beat, odd, news, interesting, humans, goodnews, funny, environment, design, bizarre, arts, animals )

Dori
- 862 days ago - bushwarriors.wordpress.com
PHENOMENAL photo caught by Sean Braine of a Western Barred Spitting Cobra! WOW! These snakes are known for their incredible accuracy in projecting their venom at perceived threats, but how do they do it? Find out at the link!
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I Take You, Python, to Be My Lawfully Wedded Python: Snake Wedding Ceremony Draws a Crowd in Cambodia
Offbeat  (tags: animals, environment, protection, snakes )

Cher
- 869 days ago - latimesblogs.latimes.com
Hundreds of villagers flocked to a wedding ceremony Monday between a 16-foot, 200-pound female python and her slightly smaller mate -- both believed to be magic snakes that bring prosperity and peace.
6 comments
'Left-Handed' Coiling Snails Survive More Snake Attacks
Offbeat  (tags: Snakes, snails, prey, discovered )

Tarequl
- 889 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Snails with shells that coil anti-clockwise are less likely to fall prey to snakes than their clockwise-coiling cousins, scientists have discovered.
17 comments
PETA Urges Jimmy Choo to Stop Skinning Snakes Alive For Shoes
Offbeat  (tags: animals, environment, protection, shoes, snakes )

Cher
- 905 days ago - animals.change.org
PETA has launched a campaign against Jimmy Choo, urging them to give up the use of exotic skins in their shoe line due to the extraordinary cruelty that reptiles suffer in the name of stilettos
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