Page 145 - Snakes News Today

If you've ever done some fishing in Florida it isn't unusual to see other wildlife around. Gators, Hawks, all sorts of stuff. Well this guy got a big surprise when he landed his lunker. A nearly 2-foot long snake crawling out of the bass's throat.

Herpetologist Graham Alexander told Newsweek that American garter snakes are harmless and passengers got "worked up over nothing."

The dramatic acting display, known as thanatosis, is performed by some snakes to deter would-be predators.

Lack of access to health centers, poor antivenom supplies and some of the deadliest snakes in the world all contribute to the problem.

Sea kraits are among the most venomous animals in the Indo-Pacific, making for one of the scarier photos in the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibit.

An Evansville woman recently posted to the Facebook Group 'Evansville Wy Neighborhood Watch/Community Connections' that her husband has had to kill four separate rattlesnakes on a very specific road in Evansville.

A photo of a police officer holding the snake generated conversation online: "That is definitely going above and beyond!!!"

"It was Ndakasis sweet nature and intelligence that helped me to understand the connection between humans and [other] great apes," the caretaker said.

An Evansville woman recently posted to the Facebook Group 'Evansville Wy Neighborhood Watch/Community Connections' that her husband has had to kill four separate rattlesnakes on a very specific road in Evansville.

"The right side is a little more aggressive than the left," owner Jimmy Mabe said. "So it wants to bite me more."