Snakes

USDA To Drop Poisoned Mice On Guam's Invasive Tree Snakes

by Creature Features

Invasive Brown Tree Snakes have been decimating Guam's native birds for decades but their reign of terror could soon be coming to an end. The USDA has announced a pilot program that will see drug-laced mice dropped over the island from helicopters.

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Cool Stuff – The Animal Table from Angry Squirrel Studio

Gr 10 combined with Ag makes a silverback gorilla.

by Arnold Carreiro

Did you enjoy memorizing all of the periodic elements to pass chemistry in high school? Me neither- But the creative team from Angry Squirrel Studio created a several cute posters that organize the canine, feline and entire Kingdom Animalia families into a clean, orderly and delightfully cartoony fashion based on that classic elemental organizing chart.

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What Would We Do Without Rubber Snakes? The Animal Video of the Day!!!

by John P. Barker

Truly, what would we do without rubber snakes? Nothing gets a more visceral reaction than surprising somebody with one of these fake, squiggly things. This is a good example of how well they work.

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Python Hunt Begins To Curb Infestation

by Laurie Kay Olson

Florida is no stranger to invasive, non-native species, especially when it comes to the Burmese python. There are an estimated 150,000 of the snakes living and hunting in the Everglades and surrounding areas. With no natural predator in the area they are decimating the native wildlife. On Saturday the state started a month long python hunt event to help curb the spread of the species.

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Cat Saves Toddler From Python

by Laurie Kay Olson

It was early on Sunday morning when an Australian woman was awakened by the sound of her cat hissing angrily. When she got up to investigate she found a six-foot python wrapped three-times around her two-year-old daughter's arm. The woman hates to think of what would have happened if the cat hadn't woken her up.

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Plane Panics As Carry-On Cobra Escapes

by Laurie Kay Olson

If you think you've been on a flight from hell because of a screaming baby or a talkative neighbor, you got another think coming. Ninety passengers on an Egyptian Air flight from Cairo to Kuwait last week were terrorized by a cobra that one of the passengers had smuggled on board.

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Oh, the Joys of a Rubber Snake -- The "Prank" Animal Video of the Day!!!

by John P. Barker

Who would have thought that a rubber snake on a string would cause so much fun? I'm guilty of pranks such as this (both on the giving and receiving end--a buddy scared the hell out of me with a giant fake rat). Be warned--there's a couple of naughty words said by the guy who gets pranked...

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