Breast-biting snake killed by model’s silicone implants
A snake has died of silicone poisoning after biting a model’s surgically enhanced breasts during a photo shoot. Read More »
Saddam’s snake-biting, puppy-stabbing gift to Rumsfeld
Former US defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld has published a bizarre video which he received as a gift from Saddam Hussein in which female soldiers bite the heads off snakes and a puppy is stabbed to death. (WARNING: THIS STORY CONTAINS GRAPHIC VIDEO FOOTAGE) Read More »
Tigers, pythons and tortoises rescued from burning house
Firefighters in Manila have expressed shock after rescuing a bizarre menagerie of animals including tigers, tortoises and pythons from a house fire in the Filipino capital. Read More »
The newfound species facing instant extinction threat
A treasure trove of previously undiscovered biodiversity including a slug-sucking snake and 30 species of rain frog has been found in an unusual region of Ecuadorian rainforest – but scientists fear the creatures may become extinct before they have even been properly studied and described. Read More »
Man bites python in three-hour snake fight
A Kenyan man survived a three-hour struggle with a four-metre python by biting the snake’s tail as it prepared to swallow him whole. Read More »
Dog-eating python devours pet pooch
An Australian woman has spoken of her horror after discovering a python in her back yard – with her pet dog inside it. Patty Buntine, who lives in Australia’s Northern Territory, had stepped outside to give Bindi the Maltese terrier-cross her breakfast, little realising that the giant reptile had already breakfasted on Bindi. Read More »
When giants slithered the earth
Sufferers of ophidiophobia* look away now. Paleontologists have discovered the fossilized remains of what is believed to be the biggest snake ever to slither the earth. Read More »