Black mambas are fast, lethally venomous and, when threatened, highly aggressive. Stories of their deadliness abound, and they have been aggrandized in African myth.
Flying snakes can’t actually gain altitude. They’re gliders, using the speed of free fall and contortions of their bodies to catch the air and generate lift.
Flying snakes can’t actually gain altitude. They’re gliders, using the speed of free fall and contortions of their bodies to catch the air and generate lift.
Flying snakes can’t actually gain altitude. They’re gliders, using the speed of free fall and contortions of their bodies to catch the air and generate lift.
The snakes flatten their bodies in the air and undulate from side to side at high speed creating an aerodynamic effect that allows them to 'fly' hundreds of feet from tops of trees.
A universal antidote — one that could treat any snakebite — would have to include antibodies capable of responding to all of the toxins from every snake in the world. That would be one heck of an injection!
A universal antidote — one that could treat any snakebite — would have to include antibodies capable of responding to all of the toxins from every snake in the world. That would be one heck of an injection!
A universal antidote — one that could treat any snakebite — would have to include antibodies capable of responding to all of the toxins from every snake in the world. That would be one heck of an injection!
Feeling tense? You can get a massage from a quartet of Burmese pythons at the Cebu City Zoo in the Philippines. The 20-foot constricting snakes are fed prior to the treatment so they don't attempt to eat you in the process!
Feeling tense? You can get a massage from a quartet of Burmese pythons at the Cebu City Zoo in the Philippines. The 20-foot constricting snakes are fed prior to the treatment so they don't attempt to eat you in the process!
Feeling tense? You can get a massage from a quartet of Burmese pythons at the Cebu City Zoo in the Philippines. The 20-foot constricting snakes are fed prior to the treatment so they don't attempt to eat you in the process!
What tidings will the Year of the Snake bring? The New Year's season is implacably festive, but given the destructive power of the snake sign, many worry that this year will bite.
Hong Kong's Mass Transit Railway was supposed to be the death knell for the century-old Hong Kong tram, which snakes slowly through the city’s heavy traffic. But the trams, perhaps surprisingly, are holding their own.
Hong Kong's Mass Transit Railway was supposed to be the death knell for the century-old Hong Kong tram, which snakes slowly through the city’s heavy traffic. But the trams, perhaps surprisingly, are holding their own.
Hong Kong's Mass Transit Railway was supposed to be the death knell for the century-old Hong Kong tram, which snakes slowly through the city’s heavy traffic. But the trams, perhaps surprisingly, are holding their own.
Hong Kong's Mass Transit Railway was supposed to be the death knell for the century-old Hong Kong tram, which snakes slowly through the city’s heavy traffic. But the trams, perhaps surprisingly, are holding their own.
Hong Kong's Mass Transit Railway was supposed to be the death knell for the century-old Hong Kong tram, which snakes slowly through the city’s heavy traffic. But the trams, perhaps surprisingly, are holding their own.
Flying snakes can’t actually gain altitude. They’re gliders, using the speed of free fall and contortions of their bodies to catch the air and generate lift.
The Gaboon viper is found in the rainforests and savannas of sub-Saharan Africa. The world's heaviest viper snake, it lies in waiting, ready to sink all 2.2 inches (5.6 cm) of its fangs into its prey.
The Gaboon viper is found in the rainforests and savannas of sub-Saharan Africa. The world's heaviest viper snake, it lies in waiting, ready to sink all 2.2 inches (5.6 cm) of its fangs into its prey.
The Gaboon viper is found in the rainforests and savannas of sub-Saharan Africa. The world's heaviest viper snake, it lies in waiting, ready to sink all 2.2 inches (5.6 cm) of its fangs into its prey.