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  Venom of deadly snake that hunts young cobra can be used to make painkillers: Study

  World | November 01, 2016 14:04 IST

  Scientists have claimed that the venom derived from the long-glanded blue coral snake - one of Southeast Asia's rarest and deadliest snakes - may be used to make painkillers that manage pain without the side effect of addiction.

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  Scientists discover 200 million-year-old reptile species

  World | September 11, 2016 11:31 IST

  Scientists have discovered an extinct reptile species related to crocodile that lived approximately 200 million years ago. Lead researcher at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech). Emily Lessner named the species Vivaron

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  See Pic! Researchers discover 'ghost snake' species in Madagascar

  World | September 06, 2016 11:04 IST

  Researchers have discovered a ’ghost snake’ — a new species of elusive, pale grey reptiles dwelling in Madagascar. The ghost snake was found within the Ankarana National Park in northern Madagascar in February 2014. The

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  Scientists develop new anti-venom to save dogs from snakebites

  World | July 08, 2016 11:30 IST

  Canberra :Australian scientists have developed a new anti-venom to protest dogs and other household pets from deadly snakebites. According to the researchers from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), this new more

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  Five-foot rat snake rescued from JNU campus

  India | July 08, 2016 7:00 IST

  New Delhi: A five-foot-long rat snake was recently rescued by two snake rescuers from the JNU campus after students spotted it outside the central library. The snake was found to be in good health and

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  Bihar Education Minister Ashok Chaudhary wraps a snake in his hand , photos go viral

  India | January 18, 2016 14:39 IST

  Bihar : Photos of recently appointed Bihar Education and IT minister in the Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's cabinet, holding a snake in his hands recently went viral on the internet. The minister has been seen

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  Snake stops play in Ranji Trophy match in Kolkata! (See pic)

  Cricket | November 08, 2015 16:44 IST

  A snake gave players a fright during the ongoing Ranji Trophy match between Bengal and Vidarbha at Jadavpur University's Salt Lake Campus Ground in Kolkata.The unwelcome intruder entered the ground while Vidarbha was fielding. It

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  Nitish's 'snake and sandalwood' tweet creates flutter

  Politics | July 22, 2015 22:03 IST

  Patna:  Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's tweet likening himself to “chandan” (sandalwood), which remains unaffected despite snakes wrapping themselves around it, has created a flutter in poll-bound Bihar as it is being seen as directed against

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  New snake species in Odisha

  India | September 28, 2014 12:54 IST

  Bhubaneswar: A group of volunteers from Odisha have claimed to have discovered a new species of snake which has been named after this coastal state as Lycodon Odishii.The new finding is the latest addition to

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  Snake found in mid-day meal, 54 children taken ill

  India | July 06, 2014 8:02 IST

  Sitamarhi (Bihar): A total of 54 students of a government middle school in Bihar's Sitamarhi district fell ill today after eating mid-day meal in which a ‘snake' was found.Sursand block development officer Vinod Kumar said

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  Snake found inside Amitabh Bachchan's home in Mumbai

  Bollywood | April 09, 2014 15:52 IST

  Mumbai: A snake was found in the backyard of Amitabh Bachchan's house here, said the megastar."A snake in our backyard at Jalsa...authorities informed...came caught it and put it out in the forests! Hmmm," the 71-year-old,

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  Bal Thackeray Alludes To Karnataka As A Snake

  India | April 16, 2012 17:49 IST

  Mumbai, Apr 16: Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray today alluded to Karnataka as a “snake” after expressing shock at Maharashtra Government's decision to share water with people in scarcity-hit districts in neighbouring Karnataka.  Thackeray also

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  Man Finds Snake Coming Out With Cash From ATM In Spain

  World | November 04, 2011 14:31 IST

  Madrid, Nov 4 : The Daily Mail London on  Friday posted a video of a hissing snake coming out of  the Caja Madrid Bank ATM in Llodio, in Spain's northern Basque country.The middle-aged man had

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  Snake Slithers Up SUV Windscreen In US

  World | August 02, 2011 22:53 IST

  Memphis, Tennessee, Aug 2 : A young mother Rachel Fisher was stunned to see a big snake slithering up her windscreen as she was driving her SUV at 65 miles per hour along the expressway