For almost 30 years, the Ellen Trout Zoo and director Gordon Henley have worked to bring back North America’s rarest snake, the Louisiana pine snake. They haven’t had much luck yet, and experts say the snake may become extinct if efforts to save it don’t show success soon.
In the early 1980s, Ellen Trout Zoo became […]
Alabama police say that the person who removed 22 tree boa snakes from a garden shed was simply concerned about the welfare of the reptiles. Jacob Brooks of Prallville, Alabama, filed a theft report when he returned home and found his pets missing, the Montgomery Advertiser reported. The Amazon tree boas had total value of […]
LAHORE: The Reptiles Hunting Club, in collaboration with the Department of Medicine and Surgery of the University of Veterinary Sciences (UVAS), arranged a snake show on the college campus on Monday. According to a press release issued by the UVAS, Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr Muhammad Nawaz inaugurated the show, which exhibited various species of snakes, including […]
A new snake species was found in Australia, a country renowned for its unusual and often venomous animals. A single specimen of the central ranges taipan, a snake, was discovered crossing a dirt track in the scorching-hot, central desert region. After being bagged, it was sent to the Western Australian Museum where it was identified as […]
Here is a YouTube video of a woman who is getting some love from a snake. Apparently, her roommate’s pet python got loose and cozied up with her. In the clip, you will see the police trying to help her.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssbnW3uhPVc
I just finished reading this book and it is fascinating. It is based on the career of the American biologist Dr. Joe Slowinski, one of the leading experts on venomous snakes in the world. In 2001, Joe went on an expedition in the jungle of Burma, in search of rare species of snakes. It was the most […]