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  • July 2008

    • Rattler Strikes Shopper at Fla. Wal-Mart

      Miami Herald  |  Jul 7, 08 4:18 PM CDT

      Rattler Strikes Shopper at Fla. Wal-Mart

      (Newser) - A Florida man has been released from the hospital after being bitten in the hand by a poisonous pygmy rattlesnake while browsing in a Wal-Mart garden department, the Miami Herald reports. Though potentially deadly to a child or elderly person, the bite "wouldn't have been fatal with an adult male. But you could lose a finger,'' said an officer with the antivenin unit. More »

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      Wal-Mart  • snakes  • rattlesnake

  • March 2008

    • Humans Wired to Fear Snakes

      LiveScience  |  Mar 5, 08 4:42 PM CST

      Humans Wired to Fear Snakes

      (Newser) - Evolution seems to have given humans a hard-wired ability to recognize snakes and spiders, LiveScience reports. Intrigued by the widespread fear of serpents despite the fact that most humans rarely interact with them, researchers showed groups of adults and 3-year-olds natural scenes containing various hidden animals. Both groups were consistently able to find snakes and spiders faster than other animals. More »

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      genes  • human evolution  • psychological research  • snakes  • spiders  • phobias  • natural selection

  • February 2008

    • Balmy, With a Chance of Pythons

      USA Today  |  Feb 21, 08 9:16 AM CST

      Balmy, With a Chance of Pythons

      (Newser) - Burmese pythons could rapidly establish a stranglehold on the southern US due in part to snake-loving global warming, according to a new government report. With climate change and more pet owners releasing unwanted snakes into the wild, the adaptable serpent could soon call home any area from Northern California through the Southwest, deep South and Atlantic Coast, reports USA Today. More »

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      climate change  • global warming  • Florida  • animal  • alligator  • snakes  • habitat  • burmese python

  • August 2007

    • Snakes on a Plane! Almost!

      Associated Press  |  Aug 12, 07 9:21 AM CDT

      Snakes on a Plane! Almost!

      (Newser) - Flyers could have found themselves reliving the scenario of cheesy horror classic "Snakes on a Plane" had security agents failed to nab a passenger with carry-on bags of live snakes headed for a jet leaving Cairo. Agents found a large number of reptiles, including at least one cobra, after a puzzling security scan, AP reports. More »

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      animal  • zoo  • flight  • plane  • Cairo  • snakes

  • July 2007

    • Snake Venom Accusation Dogs Horse Trainer

      New York Post  |  Jul 6, 07 3:24 PM CDT

      Snake Venom Accusation Dogs Horse Trainer

      (Newser) - Doping scandals in horse racing usually concern diuretics and other performance-enhancing drugs, but a controversy currently brewing in Kentucky and New York involves a substance with a far longer history: cobra venom. Authorities searched a barn at Keeneland last month and turned up evidence that has sparked an investigation of noted trainer Patrick Biancone, the New York Post reports. More »

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      snake  • snakes

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