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South Africa's deadliest snake carries lead, arsenic, and a new way to test pollution

The results revealed a sharp divide depending on where the snakes lived.
The Cool Down on MSN

Cyclist spots alligator chomping giant Burmese python, then swimming off with the catch

"I probably would have ridden right past it, but I saw movement." ...
Discover Wildlife

"It kills prey by wrapping around its body and squeezing until the victim has a heart attack…" The 10 most dangerous, deadliest animals in Borneo

Discover nature’s top – most lethal – killers; World's 11 deadliest sea creatures: Meet the most dangerous animals in the ...
Science Daily

Dragonflies can see a color humans can’t and it could change medicine

Dragonflies may see the world in a way that pushes beyond human limits—and surprisingly, they do it using the same molecular trick we evolved ourselves. Scientists discovered that these insects can ...

After the catch: What some hunters do with carcass of pythons they catch

Preserving what's left of a python after its caught and killed requires a great deal of time, skill and patience.

Python meat should never be on the menu. Here's why

Hunters participating in the Florida Python Challenge in July will have an abundance of python meet. But it is advised that ...

‘Queen of snakes’ lifts lid on selling £100,000 serpents, nearly having thumb eaten & the species too dangerous to keep

LOOKING after more than 300 snakes on a rural farm, Augusta Sacchetta says she knows every one of her slithery critters’ ...
WDAF-TV

Flesh-eating New World screwworm can infect humans and pets. Here are the symptoms to look for

(NEXSTAR) – After decades of eradication, the New World screwworm is back in the United States. Cases of the flesh-eating parasite have been confirmed in Texas and New Mexico, and officials fear its ...