Snakes on a plain? A Florida pizzeria owner is redefining the term “exotic pet trade” by accepting captured Burmese pythons as payment for a pie. “I’m the first place in the world to accept python as currency,” Dustin Crum, owner of Wildman’s Pizza, Pasta and Python in Everglades City, told NBC News of his bizarre … Read more
Horrifying footage has captured the moment a six-meter python dragged a tour guide underwater, just moments before coiling around his neck. Experienced snake catcher, Heru, was traveling down a river on the island of Borneo in Indonesia, when his group noticed the large reptile resting close to the riverbank. Footage shows Heru perched on the … Read more
When Dr. Jim Hotz attended medical school at The Ohio State University, an infectious disease specialist showed his class a slide of the bacteria that cause tuberculosis. “And he said, ‘You’ll probably not see another case of tuberculosis in your career,’ ” Hotz, 75, recalled to The Post. “I come down to Georgia, and it … Read more
Snakes don’t rattle him — in fact, he has long invited their bites. Wisconsin herpetologist Tim Friede, 57, spent two decades deliberately injecting himself with more than 650 strategically measured snake venom shots and letting dangerous snakes, including cobras and mambas, bite him over 200 times. “It always burns, and it’s always, always painful,” Friede told Science … Read more
A young grandmother’s body was found with her head gulped inside a 23-foot python’s mouth shortly after she disappeared while tending to the gardens near her home in Indonesia. Wa Siti, a 55-year-old grandmother, mysteriously vanished while she was out gardening, according to a report. One of her sons, Saimin, called family over to help … Read more
A slithering No.2. An Australian man found a python coiled inside his toilet — twice in one week. Although finding someone’s leftover business inside the toilet is repulsive, it might be preferred to find defecation rather than a scaly reptile hissing at you. Hervey Bay Snake Catchers in Queensland, Australia, received a call on Oct. … Read more
Leonardo DiCaprio is a snake. A newly discovered species of a toothy snake in the Western Himalayas has been named in the actor’s honor, according to an “ongoing study” published in the journal Nature on Oct. 21. A new snake species has been named after Leonardo DiCaprio. Stephane Cardinale – Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images Scientists … Read more
At one exercise studio, goat and puppy yoga are a thing of the past. Now, people can relax while having a snake slither up their backs. Clients at California’s LXRYOGA set aside any squeamishness to exercise with snakes. MediaNews Group via Getty Images LXRYOGA, a studio in Costa Mesa, California, offers the latest trend by … Read more
It’s a snake-eat-snake world out there, and the Georgia Department of Natural Resources has the photos to prove it. Those squeamish photos show a burly, 4-foot-long eastern indigo snake that had eaten not just one, but two other snakes – a young rat snake and a juvenile eastern diamond-backed rattlesnake. The fates of this trio … Read more
Fight or flight? A cobra and a mongoose treated an airplane runway like a boxing ring, viciously attacking one another and causing havoc in India. The airplane’s takeoff was delayed after the pilot spotted the creatures scrapping on the tarmac in Patna, Bihar, as seen in a viral video. The interspecies grudge match reportedly transpired … Read more
A non-venomous, two-headed snake’s statewide journey has come to a halt after the reptile underwent major surgery this month. Tiger-Lily, the rare western rat snake with two heads, was set to leave the Missouri Department of Conservation’s (MDC) Powder Valley Nature Center on March 18 until a team member discovered that Tiger-Lily had an “emerging … Read more
A photo of a giant python with a bulging belly has gone viral online and sparked a fierce debate about the contents of the snake’s mystery meal. Sunshine Coast Snake Catchers shared the post to Facebook on Monday after a local sent in the photo of a python lounging in his garage post-snack. “What did this snake … Read more
A Cameroon woman tragically died from a highly venomous snake bite mere hours after giving birth to her child, per a harrowing case study published in the New England Journal of Medicine. “A combination of the systemic envenomation from a carpet viper bite and the resulting complications led to the fatal outcome in the mother,” … Read more
An Australian family has had their road trip brought to a screeching halt after spotting something unusual lurking behind the dashboard airconditioning vent. The dad and his family were traveling along this week when he got the fright of his life. The dad “all of a sudden jumped” and quickly pulled over, telling the kids: … Read more
An Australian snake hunter discovered the second-most venomous snake in the world in a toddler’s underwear drawer. Mark Pelley, based in Melbourne, was asked to remove a 5-foot Eastern brown snake from a 3-year-old’s bedroom. “Mum went to get some clothes for her son and found a large five-foot brown snake instead,” Pelley wrote of … Read more
“The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes” stayed at No. 1 at the box office on Black Friday, retaining the top spot in its second week on the screens. The dystopian action film took in $11.4 million on a relatively slow night at the movies, according to IMDB’s Box Office Mojo. Ridley Scott’s … Read more
It was feast, not famine for “The Hunger Games” prequel. “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes” earned $19.1 million on Friday, its first night in theaters, according to Deadline. The Post said the dystopian action film, which is predicted to enjoy a $30-million opening weekend, leaves viewers “hungry for a meatier conclusion.” “Trolls … Read more
It was a dangerous case of mis-snake-en identity. An Australian hiker had to be hospitalized after being bitten by a snake he believed to be non-venomous while bringing it home to show his kids. Local serpent catcher Ray McGibbon detailed the painful ordeal in a post on his business’s Facebook page. “The hiker is feeling … Read more
This exotic ingredient has slithered its way onto a popular pizza. Pizza Hut and century-old restaurant Ser Wong Fun in Hong Kong have teamed up to offer customers shredded snake meat, along with black mushrooms and Chinese dried ham, CNN reported. The combination typically makes up a beloved snake skew usually eaten in the winter … Read more
This one belongs on OnlyFangs. An Australian porn star named Dani Dabello is opening up to her followers after a traumatic recent incident where her giant pet snake attacked a male scene partner in the privates. “I want to introduce you to Betty. She’s my centralian carpet python….She’s about 8-foot-long. I’ve never had an issue … Read more