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Devotees carry snakes in hands to Singhia Ghat in Bihar's Samastipur for Nag Panchami fair | Videos
Bihar | July 17, 2025 17:21 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 & Lifestyle | July 16, 2025 12:54 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 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 | November 04, 2023 15:55 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 | October 16, 2021 12:30 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 | September 11, 2021 11:51 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 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 17:34 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 | August 07, 2020 23:15 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 | February 16, 2020 12:54 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 13:10 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 | January 27, 2018 22:18 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 | April 05, 2017 10:15 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 | January 27, 2017 14:42 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 | November 30, 2015 6:31 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 | September 16, 2015 13:10 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 | June 23, 2015 16:28 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 | September 20, 2013 11:12 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 | June 03, 2013 19:08 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
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Indian village, where kids from age of 2 are taught to handle snakes
India | December 17, 2012 8:45 ISTNew Delhi: In southern Gujarat, is a nomadic tribe called Vadi, where children at the age of two are taught to become snake charmers. This amazing tribe take great pride in their association with the
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