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NEWS ABOUT: pythons

pythons stories: 9 news summaries

(Newser) - A gang of young British toughs armed with snakes used a python to bite a teen they pinned to a wall, reports the Guardian. The 14-year-old boy is recovering with two puncture wounds in his hand. He suffered breathing difficulties, but paramedics say that was due to panic and not... More »

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crime • snake • Bristol • gang violence • Britain • teenager • pythons • snake attack

(Newser) - With Florida’s python population exploding, state wildlife officials are going on the offensive, hiring a team of trained hunters to track down the alarmingly large snakes and take them out, the Miami Herald reports. “There’s one way to do this: kill the snakes,” says Florida Sen.... More »

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Florida • snakes • hunting • Charlie Crist • Bill Nelson • Everglades • pythons

(Newser) - A 2-year-old Florida girl was strangled to death yesterday by a pet python owned by her mother’s boyfriend, the Orlando Sentinel reports. Charles Darnell noticed that his 8-foot-long albino Burmese python had escaped from its aquarium when he awoke yesterday morning. He found it on top of the... More »

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Fla. Eyes Loosing Bounty Hunters on Pythons

Some 150K snakes living in Everglades

May 29, 09 1:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - With pythons slithering amok in the Everglades, Florida wildlife managers are toying with the notion of employing bounty hunters to cull the population, the Miami Herald reports. “If we don't get on top of this, they're going to eradicate the indigenous species of the Everglades,” said one. Officials... More »

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Florida • snake • wildlife • Everglades • bounty hunter • burmese python • pythons

Snakes on a Plane 2: Baby Pythons Escape in Flight

The 12 non-venomous snakes were not found

Apr 16, 09 10:01 AM CDT
(AP) - Four baby pythons escaped from a container aboard a passenger plane in Australia, leading to a search that forced the cancellation of two flights, the airline said today. Twelve non-venomous Stimson pythons were being transported Tuesday on a flight from Alice Springs to Melbourne, but when the flight landed it... More »

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Australia • snakes • airline • Snakes on a Plane • airplane • pythons

 Python Attack Survivor: 
 'I Had to Bite It' 

Python dragged Kenyan man up a tree

Apr 15, 09 12:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Kenyan farm worker beat the odds last weekend, surviving an attack by a 13-foot python that dragged him up a tree, the BBC reports. "I stepped on a spongy thing on the ground and suddenly my leg was entangled with the body of a huge python," Ben... More »

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Africa • Kenya • animal attack • pythons • Ben Nyaumbe

(Newser) - So-called "python patrols" are scouring the Florida Keys for rogue snakes that gobble up endangered species, CNN reports. Conservation manager Alison Higgins started assembling the teams after pythons, some 20 feet long, were found eating birds, bobcats, and even alligators. The snakes are often released by pet owners... More »

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Florida • endangered species • snake • Florida Keys • pythons

 Forget Eve: 
 Naughty Serpent 
 Takes Bite Out 
 of Big Apple 

Python escapes NYC apartment; owner arrested

Jan 2, 09 4:10 PM CST
(Newser) - New York City police arrested the owner of a 7-foot python after he reported the snake missing at a friend’s apartment, the Daily News reports. The Queens man said he was worried the python would escape the fifth-floor residence, and cops later found it curled up in a hallway,... More »

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New York • snake • pythons

Cop Saves Woman in Python's Death Grip

12-foot snake attacks pet shop owner

Apr 19, 08 7:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - A cop and several firemen struggled to rescue an Oregon pet shop owner after she stuck her hand in a python's cage, the Eugene Register-Guard reports. Teresa Rossiter was showing off 12-foot Darla to customers when the snake bit her, wrapped around her, and knocked her down. A policeman came... More »

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