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Brown snake bites boy
A boy is recovering today after being bitten by a Brown Snake at home near Sydney Australia. The boy was helping his father move some stuff when he disturbed the snake and was promptly bitten, Doctors say he is lucky that he was not invenomated by the bite.
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Pregnant or just plain fat?
Well I expected her to drop some babies a few nights ago but I am starting to wander if she just isn’t fat and not pregnant at all. What do you think?
Man Facing Charges in Connection with the Discovery of Deadly Snake
A man from Old Orchard is facing charges in connection with the discovery of a deadly viper snake from Africa behind a movie theater in Saco.
Thirty-five-year-old Karl Ramsdell is accused of keeping illegal wildlife in captivity and failure to have an importation permit for wildlife.
He faces up to a year in jail and 15-hundred dollars in fines.
The 5-foot long gaboon viper was found dead on a rock by a woman who was walking her dog.
It has the largest fangs and the most venom of any snake and is one of the most deadly types of snake in the world, even when dead.
House Evacuated for Eight Weeks after Pet Cobra Vanishes
Snakes, as every schoolboy knows, can go for quite some time between meals. Even monocled cobras — extremely poisonous, but hardly the hardiest of reptiles — can survive up to six weeks without a bite. Which helps explain why a house in the western German city of Mülheim is being sealed off and evacuated for two months.
The saga began over a week ago when amateur snake keeper Kevin O., 19, brought home his exotic new pet and installed it in a terrarium complete with the ventilation system necessary to keep the three-month old serpent toasty warm. Just a short time later, however, the snake tank was empty and its occupant was nowhere to be found. O. called the authorities.
What followed was one of the lengthiest and most expensive pet-hunts Germany has seen in recent years. The walls, floor and ceiling of O’s attic apartment were dismantled and the two units on the ground floor below were also carefully searched. Flour was strewn on the floor in the hopes of collecting tracks. Strong, double-sided tape was installed to perhaps trap the cobra baby. The fire department even brought in mini-cameras to search the tightest and most inaccessible corners.
To no avail. On Sunday, the search was called off and the renters were told they would have to find alternate accommodation for eight weeks — by which time, it is assumed, the snake will have starved to death. The house has been sealed off to cut off any possible reptilian escape routes, though the cobra is not likely to venture outdoors, say experts, due to chilly German temperatures.
A Hefty Bill
For Kevin O., however, the drama is far from over. In all, the search cost close to €40,000 — and that’s just for the fire department. There were numerous other agencies involved in the search in addition to the construction company tasked with stripping O’s apartment to the studs. The owner of the house is also unlikely to be pleased with the structure’s new look. Even if keeping poisonous pets is legal in Germany, it is considered likely that O. will be presented with a hefty bill.
In the meantime, the mini-cobra remains hidden. “We probably won’t find the snake even in a hundred years,” said a fire department spokesman on Sunday. “No matter what we do.”