This video released by a forestry worker shows the release of a nonvenomous snake that is nevertheless so terrifying that it's not uncommon for people to die of a heart attack when bitten. https://youtu.be/QqRoYLyDWDQ The footage was obtained from forestry worker Arshad Alam, 29, who works for the Uttarakhand forest…
This is the moment a cool-headed school employee picks up a large snake with her bare hands in front of screaming students before bagging it up to remove it from campus. The fearless woman was filmed by an amazed student, named as Ms Yu in local media, at a college…
A team of scientists has discovered what they say is the first evidence in the world – dating back 47 million years – of a snake giving birth to its young. Image shows the Messel boa (Messelophis variatus) which is the world's first fossil record of a viviparous snake, undated…
An 11-year-old boy has died in intensive care 11 days after he was bitten by a snake in Brazil. Joao Victor Delfino Laurentino was playing with friends in Mogi das Cruzes, Sao Paulo State, south-eastern Brazil on 6th October when he was bitten. Joao Victor Delfino Laurentino, 11, poses in…
A young Malaysian man was bitten on the buttocks by a snake lurking in his toilet while sitting on the loo and playing a game on his mobile phone. It is unclear if Sabri Tazali, 28, was playing the classic phone game Snake when he was bitten on the behind…
