Mouse takes on a snake

Bizarre — October 21, 2008 at 15:32

We’ve already featured the confrontation between ninja cat and irritated dog and now we’re going to take it a little bit further. This time, a mouse has an argument with a snake. This is certainly not going as one would expect!

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What’s Inside a Huge Piton?

Bizarre — October 9, 2008 at 21:47

Maybe this is one thing you don’t want to find out, but we’ll show ya anyway. The snake snuck in, these guys got scared and killed it. The snake packed a lot of baggage in its stomach so these guys, naturally curious, cut it open to see what’s inside. It just ate around 20 smaller snakes. Eww!

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The Snake Taming Festival

Offbeat — August 25, 2008 at 11:37

Every year, people come from all over India to pay homage to the goddess of the snakes, Manasha, daughter of lord Shiva. Created to celebrate the mighty goddess, the Jhapan festival in Bishanupur is a freaky round-up of some of the best snake tamers in all the land. Each artists brings its assistants and sets camp on the street. He then starts charming the snake which leaves the box he was in slowly. He starts touching the snake, juggling with it and even kissing it. Surprinsingly, the snake never strikes. So here’s how the bunch of snake tamers look like!

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The Snake’s Feast

Featured — July 3, 2008 at 18:00

Everyone enjoys a good nature show once in a while, even if it’s animals mating or a lion hunting its prey. I particularly enjoy snakes swallowing their food whole - in this case, a small snake trying to eat the mouse out of a single bite. Here’s the feast!

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Snake Soup, Bon appetite

Featured — May 7, 2008 at 14:44

When most people see a dangerous animal or reptile attacking them, they kill it. Well, some people don’t stop there. They kill it, chop it, stew it or grill it. Water is boiled, some lemongrass and herbs are added and you get one of the oddest delicacies on earth. If it’s a female, the eggsack is given to the guest or to another member of the family for good luck. People say it’s delicious, I’ll take their word for it.

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Rare Two-Headed Snake Found

World News — March 30, 2008 at 13:53

A rare two-headed snake was found by a farmer in a village in Alicante. The snake with four eyes, two tongues and two sets of eyes is not studied by Spanish scientists. According to preliminary studies, the snake can use both of its heads at the same time. Further down the line, they are trying to see if the snake has two separate digestive tracts and if a head dominates the other.

Scientists say the snake is lucky to have survived the wild. Other two-headed snakes have been found in Honduras, the United States, Sri Lanka and Argentina. Thelma, one of these snakes, is held at the San Diego Zoo on the US west coast.

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