MIAMI, Florida--TSA screeners at Miami International Airport ordered that a man be held for transporting an exotic snake and two tortoises. A strip search revealed that the man instead sported an extremely long penis and large scrotum.
Billy Sande...
A two headed Royal python has been discovered in an amphibian and reptile shop in Germany.
The snake was born a year ago, and has two spinal cords and two heads - and they're both active.
"The reptile has no physical problems or defects," say...
Alberta - Genetic efforts to find the missing link between the royals and their four-legged cold-blooded relations are set for a big boost.
The couple will visit The Alberta Reptile and Amphibian Society on Thursday in an unscheduled trip to conne...
King Cobra's are a delicacy in Vietnam and celebrity chef, Ruddy Gore, on a recent visit, ate a King Cobra.
Cobras are renowned as venomous. They spit and curse in a language only Slitherers can understand. The only trouble is that the effect of t...
Bernard Barnowl caused the world's longest traffic jam today when he put a lead on his pet Python, Monty, and took him for a walk down the A24 near Dorking.
Forty two foot reticulated python, Monty, is used to being taken for a constitutional alon...
Billy is a boa constrictor. He lives in a zoo. He doesn't do much, other than lie about on a tree branch all day making it difficult for visitors to spot him. He isn't overawed by fame, and he is a non-smoker.
This is his story:
Reddon: Hello Billy.
Billy: All right mate.
Reddon: So...what's happening?
Billy: Not much.
Reddon: Have you eaten today?
Billy: Nah.
Reddon: The z...
The missing, but then found, cobra has been given a name -- MIA. And on Saturday, at the Reptile House in the Bronx Zoo, she'll make her formal debut into society.
The snake has told friends the name MIA (for Missing in Action) doesn't make a l...
The snake captured the attention of the world when she was on the run for six days. But Thursday morning, she herself was captured when Bronx Zoo officials found her in a corner of the Reptile House.
"I was hoping to see the world but never qui...
The cobra is only 20 inches long, but it's dangerous. Yikes!
Supposedly it's somewhere in the reptile house, which is, for now, closed to the public -- until the snake is found. But then again, the cobra could have already just said, "I'm outta...
Brisbane - (Biblical Proportions): Millions of deadly brown snakes, tiger snakes, red back spiders, funnel web spiders, box and Irukandji jellyfish have been destroyed in the recent deluge.
The predators are often cited as one of the biggest turn-...
On a recent Sunday morning at the First Progressive Church of Gooseberry, Kentucky, Rev. T. Jerrome Stanley concluded his sermon titled "The Sins of Sean Hannity" by inviting his congregation to open up the boxes that were stacked near the altar. On...
Snakes are endangered worldwide and may be extinct by 2050, say wildlife experts. But, as zoologist Dr Patrick Sodderly points out, whilst they may be seen as evil poisonous slitherers, snakes are, in fact, a vital part of our world.
According to...
An experiment in Dewsbury has concluded that drunken chavs are more dangerous than a pit of snakes or hungry tigers.
A Chinese man who agreed to partake in the survey was first dropped into a pit of snakes and then into a large cage containing 3 s...
Reptiles have more uses than just pets - A company in the tropics where snakes and other reptiles are plentiful has come up with a product that has the fashion world all atwitter.
Snakes and most other reptile types shed their skin periodically an...
ongoose Mania has hit this arrogantly shabby, but serpent and mole challenged South Carolina resort community with a new pest removal service.
Snake B Gone, a cutting edge new company with a bite, was recently named most innovative new customer...
Prime Minister Gordon Brown today 'apologizered' for the letter he wrote to the mother of a dead war hero that contained a number of schoolboy 'misteaks'.
He told Mrs Janes (he had written to Mrs James) that because he only had one eye - his right...
Everglades City, Fl/ Peta Update - This sleepy Florida town, known best for harvesting stone crab claws, shrimp, and once having the dubious honor of having their entire population arrested for drug running, is again the center of controversy.
Flo...
Gang members of the world hear me now, the time to down arms has come. Drop those blades, put away the shooters and muzzle the black eyed staffys, there's a new weapon in town.
Yes it seems that the street youth of today have managed to out do the...