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Life

Python tried to eat sleeping woman while being tracked by biologists

A biologist tracking a 4-metre-long python in Australia warned local residents to be on their guard – but one woman woke to find the snake trying to eat her

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Flying snake

Environment

Flying snakes wiggle their bodies to glide down smoothly from trees

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Milking a snake

Health

Snake cells grown in the lab produce venom we could use as medicine

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This toad acts like a snake to scare off predators

Life

Giant toad looks and acts like a venomous snake to scare off predators

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squirrel

Life

How squirrels use their tails to square up to deadly cobras

Regulars

An Amazonian snake has two types of venom that kill different prey

An Amazonian snake has two types of venom that kill different prey

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Bacteria have even evolved to live in the venom glands of snakes

Life

Bacteria have even evolved to live in the venom glands of snakes

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These searing hot chilli peppers are in danger thanks to snakes

Earth

These searing hot chilli peppers are in danger thanks to snakes

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This snake knows how toxic it is and fights only when armed

Life

This snake knows how toxic it is and fights only when armed

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The cobra-preta

Life

'Invasive' snake is really a new species and should be protected

DNA analysis reveals that the cobra-preta snake, which was threatened with extermination as a pest, is actually unique to the West African island of São Tomé

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Earth

Sea snakes are turning black in response to industrial pollution

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