Category: Snake Information & News
Snake Cafe Opens In Tokyo And Its Not What You Think
Cafe’s where you can essentially view and rent cats while you sip your coffee have been around for years, but have you heard of a snake cafe? That’s r [...]
Two-headed Chinese Cobra Born At Snake Farm In China
A two-headed snake described as a Chinese cobra (Naja atra) was said to have been born at a snake farm in southern China. The snake was brought to the [...]
Judge to Hear if “Snake Infested” House Lawsuit Can Continue
Maryland couple is suing for $2 million over a $410,000 house purchase. [...]
Mark O'Shea Discovers New Guinea Worm Eating Snake At Harvard University
The snake sat mislabeled at Harvard University for more than 40 years. [...]
Monocled Cobra Found Inside Luxury High Rise Euthanized
Police captured the venomous snake with a broom and a pillowcase. [...]
Federal Lawsuit Targets Police Use Of Burmese Python In Alabama Jail
Inmate Trawick Redding told jail guards he is scared of snakes. [...]
Did You Know That Blind Snakes Decapitate Their Prey?
The blind snake removes the head of termites before it eats them. [...]
Four-Legged Fossil Snake Stirs The Evolutionary Pot
Tetrapodophis amplectus was discovered a few decades ago but it sat in a private collection out of the way of scientists [...]
Boa Constrictors Restrict Blood Flow To Organs To Kill
The restriction of blood flow to the brain causes the animal to pass out within seconds. [...]
San Diego Man Who Wanted Selfie With Rattlesnake Gets Bit with $153,161.25 Hospital Bill
A man in San Diego, Calif. who supposedly wanted to take a selfie with a rattlesnake got more than he bargained for when the rattlesnake bit him. Acco [...]
Coral Snakes Of The United States
Okay readers, here’s some snake trivia for you. What two venomous icons of the wild share the title of New World’s most widely distributed [...]
English Teen Falls 100 feet Off Cliff, Gets Bit by Adder and Survives
Teenager Brock Leach is surely counting his blessings after falling 100 feet off a cliff and then, on his way back up the cliff, got bit by the only v [...]
Removal of Sandstone Rock for Decorative Purposes Harms Australian Broad-headed Snake
The broad-headed snake (Hoplocephalus bungaroides), an endangered snake in Australia and once common in the suburbs of Bondi, Randwick, and Watsons Ba [...]
Plains Garter Snake Treated For Skin Cancer in Ohio
A plains garter snake (Thamnophis radix) that is part of a breeding program at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium has been successfully treated for melano [...]
Monocled Cobra Found Dead Near Texas Hardware Store
The monocled cobra (Naja kaouthia) that was the subject of an intense snake hunt over the last few days has been found dead, apparently hit [...]
Texas Police Looking For Monocled Cobra That Apparently Killed Its Keeper
An 18-year-old man in Texas was apparently bitten and killed by a monocled cobra (Naja kaouthia) July 14 and police are looking for the venomous snake [...]
San Francisco Zoo’s Baron’s Racer Found
The Baron’s racer (Philodryas Baroni) snake that “disappeared” from its enclosure July 12 at the San Francisco Zoo’s newly ope [...]
2016 Python Challenge Slated For Florida
In 2013 the state of Florida held a Burmese python (Python molurus bivittatus) hunt that netted 68 snakes from 1,600 hunters. The event&rsqu [...]
Baron’s Racer Missing From New Exhibit at San Francisco Zoo
The San Francisco Zoo opened a new exhibit over the weekend, the South American Tropical Rainforest Exhibit, but the zoo is missing one of its inhabit [...]
Real Estate Agent Who Sold “Snake Infested” Home Files Motion to Dismiss Lawsuit
Do you remember the couple who purchased a home in Annapolis, MD only to find more than 12 snakes living in it and later filed a $2 million lawsu [...]
Snake Makes Escape via Telephone Wire
If you happen to go outside and look up, you might expect to see a few birds hanging out on the telephone wire. For residents of a neighborhood in Ang [...]
Snakes Make The Perfect Comic Characters
If you were to pick up a newspaper and look at the comics section, chances are you’ll find a bunch of cartoon depictions of people, cats and dog [...]
Snake Devours A Bat At Australian Home
A carpet python feasted on a bat in the backyard of Mille Stoevring and Shane Turner in Sunrise Beach, a suburb of Noosa in Queensland, Australia. The [...]
Veterinarians In Brazil Remove Calcified Egg From 16-foot Reticulated Python
A pregnant reticulated python (Python reticulatus) that had trouble laying her eggs naturally got an assist from a team of veterinarians in Brazil. Zo [...]
