Snakes
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'Cobras on the loose': 900 snakes escape in China amid floods; 1 killed, several bitten | WATCH
World | Jul 09, 2026, 09:51 PM ISTFloodwaters engulfed a snake breeding facility in Hengzhou after days of relentless rainfall, allowing hundreds of snakes to escape into nearby areas. Local reports said the escaped reptiles included highly venomous cobras, along with king ratsnakes and water snakes.
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Devotees carry snakes in hands to Singhia Ghat in Bihar's Samastipur for Nag Panchami fair | Videos
Bihar | Jul 17, 2025, 05:21 PM ISTHundreds of devotees gathered at Singhia Ghat in Bihar’s Samastipur district to celebrate the traditional Nag Panchami fair. As part of the rituals, participants carried live snakes, often in their hands or draped around their bodies, while offering prayers to the local snake goddess, Mata Vishhari.
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World Snake Day 2025: 7 most venomous snakes in the world
Fashion | Jul 16, 2025, 12:54 PM ISTWorld Snake Day is celebrated every year on July 16. The day aims to raise awareness about the importance of snakes and their conservation. Snakes have always been the topic of discussion, either for mythological reasons or for their venom. Read on to know about the most venomous snakes in the world
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Man gets himself bitten by snakes hundreds of times, scientists studying blood
World | May 03, 2025, 10:18 AM ISTFor two decades now, Friede has withstood snakebites and injections and still has a refrigerator full of venom. According to experts, when the immune system is exposed to the toxins in snake venom, it develops antibodies that can neutralise the poison.
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Snakes being smuggled into India through these codewords, international racket busted
India | Nov 04, 2023, 03:55 PM ISTDuring the investigation, the agencies came to know that drug peddlers use special code words to deceive the agency.
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Over 90 snakes found under Northern California home
World | Oct 16, 2021, 12:30 PM ISTWolf, director of Sonoma County Reptile Rescue, said he crawled under mountainside home in Santa Rosa and found a rattlesnake right away, then another and another.
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2 sand boa snakes worth Rs 45 lakh recovered, man held in Maharashtra's Thane
India | Sep 11, 2021, 11:51 AM ISTOfficials of the property cell of the city police's crime branch arrested the accused, identified as Sujit Mohan Ghamandli at Khambalpada near Thakurli in the district on Sep 8, he said.
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Delhi University five-year research records 8 more species of snakes in Delhi
India | May 23, 2021, 11:38 AM ISTEight more species have been added to the national capital's list of snakes after an extensive five-year study conducted by researchers from the Delhi University.
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50 snakes in one house create scare in UP's Fatehpur
India | May 12, 2021, 05:34 PM ISTThe house owner Gaya Prasada said that he first saw a few baby snakes in his house on Tuesday afternoon and he caught them and released in his fields.
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Watch: Snakes take shelter on trees in Shivamogga as Tunga river swells
News | Aug 07, 2020, 11:15 PM ISTSnakes climbed up branches of trees on August 07 as water level continues to rise in Tunga river.
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Florida City partially shuts down park after snakes found mating in mass
World | Feb 16, 2020, 12:54 PM ISTSharing a photo of the lake shoreline, and a closeup shot of a brown snake nestled in leaves on its Facebook page, the Lakeland Parks & Recreation department wrote that a group of non-venomous water snakes congregated to mate near a traffic roundabout.
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18 Anaconda snakes born to a virgin snake mother in an aquarium- Video going viral
Trending | May 24, 2019, 01:10 PM ISTAnna, the female green anaconda, a resident of all female aquarium, gives birth to 18 baby anacondas.
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Indonesian soldiers drink blood from headless snakes in a bizarre video- watch
Trending | Jan 27, 2018, 10:18 PM ISTThe colourful demonstration of combat skills featured the soldiers performing a series of martial arts techniques, too, as speakers played Indonesian drums.
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Sex obsession is killing male snakes, study reveals
Lifestyle | Apr 05, 2017, 10:15 AM ISTA team of scientists has revealed a shocking fact about snakes. A hyperactive approach to the mating season is cutting the life of the male snakes short. The male snakes are dying earlier than their female counterparts.
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Florida enlists two snake hunters from India to catch pythons
World | Jan 27, 2017, 02:42 PM ISTTwo Indian snake hunters have been hired by Florida wildlife officials to get rid of Burmese pythons, which are wiping out small mammal populations driving some nearly to extinction in a tropical wetland in the US state.
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90 million-year-old fossil shows how snakes lost their legs
World | Nov 30, 2015, 06:31 AM ISTLondon: Snakes lost their limbs when their ancestors evolved to wriggle through burrows, and not in order to live in the sea, according to a new analysis of a 90 million-year-old reptile fossil skull.Comparisons between
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Australia: Snakes search for water in toilets
World | Sep 16, 2015, 01:10 PM ISTSydney: Snakes in Australia are hiding in toilets as a lack of rainfall in northern Queensland has them searching for water.Two carpet pythons have been pulled from two toilets in the north Queensland town of Townsville
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Snake Wine: Sip to improve eye sight, hair gain, sex life
Lifestyle | Jun 23, 2015, 04:28 PM ISTEver imagined a creepy, venomous creature nourishing your drink?Though not really deadly but yes, a lot of alcoholic beverages in China are consumed after being nourished with the venom of snakes and other small creatures
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Hundreds of snakes found at man's US home
World | Sep 20, 2013, 11:12 AM ISTShirley, New York : An animal-control officer had hundreds of snakes, including two 6-foot (1.8-meter) Burmese pythons, at his home, where he ran an illegal side business selling them, authorities said Thursday.There were 850 snakes
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For 'After Earth', Jaden Smith teamed up with snakes
Hollywood | Jun 03, 2013, 07:08 PM ISTLos Angeles, June 3: Actor Will Smith made son Jaden perform scenes with real snakes in their upcoming sci-fi movie "After Earth".The movie revolves around the time when everyone has fled the Earth and a