Snake Thread (formerly Cape York residents horrified and perplexed as deadly snakes make themselves at home)

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Missing grandma’s body found in monster python that swallowed her whole

 

A grandmother was swallowed whole by a 22-foot-long python in Indonesia — with shocking video capturing the moment her remains were found inside the cut-open beast.

 

Police told CNN Indonesia that a search was launched after the victim, only identified as Jahrah, 54, failed to return from collecting rubber from a plantation in Jambi province on Sunday.

Her husband searched the area, but only found his wife’s sandals, jacket, headscarf and knife, Betara Jambi Police Chief AKP Herafa told the outlet.

 

He returned to the same area with a search party the next day — stumbling across the giant snake with a swollen mid-section where it had eaten something large, police confirmed.

 

 

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[Xameil]

Fellows, let's be reasonable, huh? This is not the time or the place to perform some kind of a half-assed autopsy on a fish... And I'm not going to stand here and see that thing cut open and see that little Kintner boy spill out all over the dock.

[China]

That's potentially 28 Indonesian grandmothers saved:

 

Florida teen captures 28 Burmese pythons while hunting from "sundown to sunup," wins $10,000 prize

 

A 19-year-old South Florida man captured 28 Burmese pythons during a 10-day competition that was created to increase awareness about the threats the invasive snakes pose to the state's ecology.

 

Matthew Concepcion was among the 1,000 participants from 32 states, Canada and Latvia who participated in the annual challenge, which removed 231 of the unwanted pythons, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said in a news release.

 

For his efforts, Concepcion was awarded the $10,000 Ultimate Grand Prize courtesy of the Bergeron Everglades Foundation. Dustin Crum won a $1,500 grand prize for removing the longest python, at just over 11 feet.

 

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Missouri snake show ‘Venom Fest’ shut down after cobra disappears

 

It was a two-day event over the weekend here in Moscow Mills called ‘Venom Fest’. Saturday went off without a hitch, but Sunday’s show was cancelled after a deadly Egyptian cobra was unaccounted for.

 

The event organizer says strict safety precautions were in effect for the 200-300 snakes at the “Midwest Venom Fest” show. Snakes were not allowed out of their sealed containers for any reason.

 

He says before the doors opened for Day 2, a vendor found one of his containers had been moved and it was empty but it was still sealed.

 

“They’re all in sealed containers. That’s what’s making it very difficult to believe that this was a mistake,” said Micky Meyer with Show-Me Reptiles. “The snake didn’t put the lid back on and the snake didn’t move its container two feet.”

 

Both he and police believe the cobra snake is more likely stolen than escaped. He says a team of experienced keepers conducted a 6- to 7-hour search and plan another complete sweep out of an abundance of caution.

 

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[China]

Woman finds two pythons mating behind her microwave

 

A reptile wrangler was summoned to an Australian home where a resident discovered the cause of a moving microwave was a pair of mating pythons.

 

A video posted to Facebook shows Stuart McKenzie of Sunshine Coast Snake Catchers responding to a home in Buderim where a woman discovered two carpet pythons in the throes of passion in her kitchen.

 

 

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Boy rescued from Byron Bay pool with 3-metre python wrapped around legs

 

A five-year-old boy is recovering after surviving an attack by a giant python in his grandparent’s Byron Bay back yard.

 

Beau Blake was swimming with his brother yesterday afternoon, his father Ben said, when a 3-metre long python launched out of the nearby garden and latched on to Beau’s ankle.

 

“We were sitting down watching them swim, just about to jump in the pool, and all of a sudden: bang,” Ben said.

 

“[It was] like a black shadow came out of the bush.”

 

Ben isn’t sure if Beau accidentally trod on the snake or scared it, but once the snake had latched on, Beau rolled and fell into the pool, and the snake quickly curled around his legs. His 76-year-old grandfather jumped in almost instantly and quickly lifted him out.

 

“We both jumped up and ran to his aide,” Ben said. Once Beau was out of the pool, it took Ben around 15 to 20 seconds to pry the snake from his ankle.

 

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Polk County man denies offering to sell venomous snake following arrest

 

Delvin Sasnett was in denial mode Tuesday when it came to allegations he offered a venomous coral snake to an undercover officer.

 

“I did not have no venomous snakes,” said Sasnett, who was released on bond.

 

“What did you have?” asked reporter Staci DaSilva.

 

“I had corn snakes,” he replied.

 

He was one of eight suspects arrested in a years-long investigation by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission meant to disrupt a possible venomous reptile black market in Florida.

 

The agency seized nearly 200 snakes from all over the world including inland taipan, bushmaster, rhinoceros viper, African bush viper, Gaboon viper, green mamba, eyelash viper, multiple species of spitting cobra, forest cobra, puff adder and saw-scaled vipers.

 

Some of the people involved were alleged to be importing large shipments of non-native venomous snakes from all over the world.

 

“Extremely dangerous, since many of these snakes can cause serious bodily injury or even death,” said Major Randy Bowlin with FWC.

 

Also, if the dangerous, nonnative species escaped, they could easily live and breed in Florida’s subtropical climate, FWC said.

 

According to his probable cause affidavit, officials first identified Sasnett as a target of investigation in 2019, due to public complaints about him illegally capturing and selling wildlife.

He is accused of posting on Snapchat a picture of a venomous coral snake he had captured.

 

Sasnett did not have a permit allowing him to possess venomous reptiles.

 

Sasnett denies posting it on Snapchat.

 

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British tourist is rushed to hospital after being bitten by venomous snake: Aussies say the life-threatening bite could have been avoided if he followed one simple rule

 

A British tourist has been slammed as careless after he was bitten by what is believed to be the highly-venomous brown snake while walking without shoes through long grass.

 

Ben and his partner were holidaying on Faser Island/K'Gari, in Queensland, and had hired a car to do some off-road driving. 

 

He revealed the holiday was off to a good start before it spiralled into a life-threatening nightmare after the first night. 

 

The pair awoke early the next morning to watch the sunrise when Ben used his drone to capture footage of the surrounding landscape.

 

He crashed the remote controlled device into a tree growing at the top of a sand dune that was covered in long grass.

 

'I had to walk back down through this patch of grass and I stepped on something dark and I felt something hit my ankle,' he said.

 

Ben held his right foot to the camera revealing two puncture wounds to his ankle, believed to be from a brown snake.

 

It is believed Ben suffered from a dry bite, when the snake strikes but no venom is released. 

 

Dry bites are painful and may cause swelling and redness around the area of the snake bite. 

 

Social media users called out the tourist for walking through the long grass.

 

'From an Aussie: don't walk in the bushes,' one wrote.

 

'Bare foot in the towns, boots in the scrub,' another added. 

 

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[China]

Man Hospitalized After Stepping on 'Secretive' Snake in His Own Home

 

A man has been hospitalized after stepping on a highly venomous snake in his own home in Australia.

 

Before going to hospital, the man caught the snake in a jar so that he could show his doctors what had bitten him.

 

Snake-catcher Drew Godfrey was called to the scene in Hervey Bay, in Queensland, to remove the reptile, which he described as "very gentle and placid."

 

"We were told over the phone that it was a juvenile red bellied black," Godfrey said in a Facebook post. "Being late at night, our suspicions were that it wasn't a small red belly, but a smaller and much more venomous species, the eastern small eyed snake. Upon arrival our suspicions were confirmed."

 

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[China]

Reptile wrangler removes snake from toilet at Australian home

 

A snake catcher in Queensland, Australia, responded to a home to help with an unusual situation -- a 4-foot snake in the toilet.

 

Drew Godfrey of Hervey Bay Snake Catchers said his wife and fellow snake catcher, Katie Airey, responded to a Harvey Bay home recently where the owners found a snake in the bowl of their toilet.

 

 

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[China]

Snakes can hear you scream, new research reveals

 

Experts have long understood that snakes can feel sound vibrations through the ground – what we call “tactile” sensing – but we’ve puzzled over whether they can also hear airborne sound vibrations, and particularly over how they react to sounds.

 

In a new paper published in PLOS ONE, we conclude snakes use hearing to help them interpret the world, and finally dispel the myth that snakes are deaf to airborne sound.

 

Our research, which included 19 different snakes from seven species, reveals that not only do snakes have airborne hearing, but that different species react differently to what they hear.

 

Can snakes hear us?
 

Our study further debunks the myth that snakes are deaf. They can hear – just not as well as you or I. Snakes can only hear low frequencies, roughly below the 600Hz mark, whereas most of us can hear a much wider range. Snakes probably hear muffled versions of what we do.

 

So, can snakes hear us? The frequency of the human voice is about 100–250Hz, depending on sex. The sounds we played in our trials included these frequencies, and were played at a distance of 1.2m from the snakes at 85 decibels. This is about the amplitude of a loud voice.

 

The snakes in our study responded to this sound, and many significantly so. So it’s probably safe to say snakes can hear people speaking loudly or screaming. 

 

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[Bang]

So the frequency of our voice is higher during sex?

 

Oh, and cool for the snakes, too.

 

~Bang

[China]

Cops find hundreds of reptiles, dead man in PA home

 

Roughly 100 venomous snakes, a lizard, and a crocodile were removed from a home in western Pennsylvania.

 

Police in Beaver County say a roommate called 911 to report a 23-year-old unresponsive man. 

 

Police said when they got to the scene, the man was already dead.

 

While there, cops also discovered hundreds of reptiles inside the home, including two highly venomous black mamba snakes.

 

Code enforcement was called in to remove the reptiles.

 

Crews took one hundred snakes but left another hundred non-venomous ones.

 

The coroner says the man did not die from a bite.

 

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[BleedBNG]

 

[China]

17 minutes ago, BleedBNG said:

 

 

No problem...

 

 

[Jabbyrwock]

30 minutes ago, BleedBNG said:

 

 

[China]

Customs officials discover 22 snakes in airline passenger’s baggage

 

 

This woman took “snakes on a plane” to a whole new altitude, proving Indian customs officials are true guardians of wildlife.

 

Chennai Customs said they intercepted a female passenger with dozens of snakes in her check-in baggage.

 

The woman was arriving from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, attempting to smuggle 22 snakes of various species and sizes, officials said. A chameleon was also seized.

 

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[China]

Live snake found in bag of broccoli: 'Pretty frightening,' says grandfather

 

A grandfather received a scare when he opened a bag of broccoli — and found a live snake tucked inside it.

 

Neville Linton, 63, said discovering the young ladder snake, which is capable of a nasty bite, was a "frightening" experience, as SWNS, the British news service, reported of the incident.

 

He put it in the refrigerator before taking it out to prepare a meal three days later, he told SWNS.

 

That's when he spotted the snake.

 

 

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Large rattlesnake captured after interrupting pickleball game

 

Valerie Stuart and her three friends were playing pickleball Thursday morning at a Jefferson County park when they were rudely interrupted by an uninvited guest — a large rattlesnake.

"It's the fastest growing sport in the United States, as everyone is saying now," Stuart said. "But who knew that rattlesnakes wanted to play, right?"

 

The snake slithered across both tennis courts and into nearby lilac bushes, where it finally settled. Stuart said when she called Jefferson County Animal Control, she was told they were dealing with another snake in Golden, about 40 minutes away from where her group was playing at Robert A. Easton Regional Park.

 

"We weren't gonna let that snake play pickleball with us," Stuart said.

 

So the game continued.

 

"We like to get two hours of pickleball in, so we just kept playing with our eye over there," she said. "You know, it was one of those things."

 

As the game resumed, the rattlesnake didn't budge from its front-row seat in the bushes — but the ball sometimes wandered close to it.

 

 

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[China]

Reptile wrangler removes 20 rattlesnakes from Arizona garage

 

A snake wrangler called to an Arizona home removed 20 western diamondback rattlesnakes from the garage -- including one that was pregnant.

 

Marissa Maki, of Rattlesnake Solutions, responded to a home in Mesa at which a resident reported some snakes had been in his garage for a few days.

 

Maki ended up removing 20 rattlesnakes -- five adults and 15 babies -- from the garage, and noted that one of the adult snakes was pregnant.

 

Rattlesnake Solutions owner Bryan Hughes said it was a new record for the most rattlesnakes removed in a single call. 

 

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[China]

Python surprise! Exotic snake found hiding in car engine in Green Bay

 

Imagine checking under the hood of your car and finding a python slithering in your engine! That recently happened to someone in Green Bay.

"It's kind of scary, Ellen Chaudoir of Green Bay said. "I never thought anybody would be able to find a python underneath the hood of their car."

 

Chaudoir didn't find the exotic animal. But she lives near the 2300 block of Pecan Street where the snake was found.

 

"For one thing, I don't like snakes," Chaudoir said. "Another thing, it just seems so unreal."

 

"It's not a common thing that we see," Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary Curator of Animals Lori Bankson said.

 

As someone who's worked at the wildlife sanctuary for 25 years, Bankson said this rescue was a rarity.

 

"The owner of the vehicle was not the owner of the snake," Bankson said.

 

Bankson said the python somehow got loose. She said the snake was first seen in a garage before eventually being found under the hood of a car.

 

"Most likely, the snake crawled up into this person's engine to stay warm, and found a good place to hang out for a little while," Bankson said.

 

Bankson said the car owner safely drove over to the wildlife sanctuary with the reptile. Pecan Street is more than four miles away.

 

"They gave the OK that yeah, the snake should be fine if you drive the car over," Bankson said.

 

 

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[Fergasun]

Why did I click into this thread?  I am out.  

[China]

Amazon delivery driver bitten by venomous rattlesnake, hospitalized in very serious condition

 

An Amazon delivery driver was dropping off a package at a Florida home when she was bitten by a highly venomous eastern diamondback rattlesnake, authorities said.

 

The woman was hospitalized in "very serious condition," the Martin County Sheriff's Office said.

 

The incident took place Monday evening in Palm City, about 40 miles north of West Palm Beach. The snake, which was coiled up near the front door, bit the driver as she put the customer's package down and she "immediately became ill," the sheriff's office said.

 

 

The victim was last listed in serious but stable condition, a sheriff's office spokesperson said Tuesday.

 

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13-foot-long python survives five months eating cats in OKC trailer park

 

An expert hired to get rid of a snake seen slithering in a South Oklahoma City mobile home park found that the python was 13 feet long and had been in the neighborhood for around five months.

 

“We’re talking, that thing has been eating opossums, foot-long rats, and cats,” said Trevor Bounds of Red Beard Wildlife Control. “The mouth on that thing is the size of your foot and when it opens up you’re going to be able to fit something pretty large in there.”

 

On Friday, KFOR reported on the snake seen in Burntwood Mobile Home Park and how staff there told residents to be on the lookout throughout the week. The alert sent also said that they would be taking care of it soon.

 

Experts say that more than likely the snake was a pet that either got loose or the owner let it out.

 

“The constricting is what can be the dangerous part,” said Bounds. “You can’t have small children or pets going near this thing that’s why this should’ve been tackled a whole lot sooner. Things could have gotten much worse.”

 

Red Beard Wildlife Control was hired and started to check out the snake last week. Bounds said that it had been around that area since June and had survived since then.

 

“We were using our thermal camera last week to find it but because it is cold-blooded we had to just look for an outline of him,” said Bounds.

 

Bounds said that the snake is an albino Reticulated Python which is one of the world’s largest species of snake. He said that it looked to have crawled and survived underneath one particular home.

 

“They can get up to 24 feet if you let them, maybe longer. 

 

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