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# snakes

Last year
2022
Quiz: How much do you know about snakes?
Hisssssssss.
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Mar 20th 2022, 10:00 PM
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Woman found dead in US with python around her neck
The 36-year-old was found in a house where around 140 snakes lived.
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Nov 1st 2019, 8:00 PM
Salamanders and toad illegally posted to Ireland from Spain
The ISPCA has called for tougher regulations around the selling of exotic animals as pets.
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Jun 25th 2019, 1:17 PM
Australia halts cargo of snakes, vipers and tarantulas labelled as '2 pair shoes'
Australia’s Border Force cleared things up: “Things you can post to Australia…”
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Apr 4th 2017, 9:12 AM
It seemed like everyone in Ireland was glued to the brilliant Planet Earth II last night
THE PENGUINS.
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Nov 7th 2016, 7:42 AM
What would happen if snakes were brought "back" to Ireland?
Havoc. That’s what.
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Mar 20th 2016, 4:00 PM
Scientists discover worms as big as snakes... that may help reduce flooding
The worms were found in Scotland.
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Jan 18th 2016, 2:45 PM
This footage of a snake stealing an egg from a family's kitchen is freaking out the internet
GAH.
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Jun 3rd 2015, 7:46 AM
Woman plunges blocked toilet, pulls out 5ft boa constrictor
Not ideal.
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Jan 8th 2015, 6:03 PM
Zoo offers 'snake massages' from four giant, deadly pythons
No. Just no.
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May 22nd 2014, 6:00 PM
Woman traumatised after finding a python in her loo
She now can’t use the toilet in her own home. Naturally.
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May 12th 2014, 8:22 AM
Brilliant St Patrick's Day correction from the New York Times
Is there anything St Patrick CAN’T do?
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Mar 17th 2014, 10:33 AM
In Australia, look out for snakes on your windscreen wipers
This video contains extreme cursing.
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Nov 21st 2013, 10:30 PM
People are now paying to have snakes slither all over their body
‘Snake massages’ are the latest craze in an Indonesian spa.
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Nov 8th 2013, 6:00 PM
Let's all take a moment to be grateful that there are no snakes in Ireland
The actual size of this python a normal person encountered in their daily life in Florida is terrifying.
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May 21st 2013, 2:57 PM
The Daily Fix: Wednesday
All the day’s main news, plus a few bits and pieces you may have missed along the way…
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Jun 20th 2012, 7:48 PM
Why are there no snakes in Ireland?
Co Laois woman found three foot-snake under bed. Why aren’t we finding more of them?
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Jun 20th 2012, 5:30 PM
Man actually tries to smuggle snakes onto a plane
A case of life imitating art… kinda.
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Dec 28th 2011, 3:36 PM
Snakes unleashed in Indian tax office in anti-bribery protest
Two farmers who claim they were denied access to their tax records by officials who wanted bribes released dozens of snakes in the tax office yesterday.
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Nov 30th 2011, 8:57 PM
Snakes On A Plane! Man stopped at Miami airport with bags of snakes
A man was arrested in Miami last week as he attempted to fly to Brazil with seven snakes and three tortoises…eh, stuffed down his pants.
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Aug 31st 2011, 12:39 PM
Risky business: Man steals snakes... by stuffing them in his shorts
Eric Fiegel was either very brave or very stupid. Either way he got caught.
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Aug 25th 2011, 8:51 AM
Donegal man comes face-to-face with snake... in his toolbox
The two-foot corn snake had arrived from England – and isn’t the first unwanted visitor to these shores.
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Jun 20th 2011, 1:03 PM
Snakes on a train! Deadly cobras found beneath train seat in Vietnam
The cobras, protected by law in Vietnam, were most likely destined for the dinner table.
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May 31st 2011, 2:25 PM
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Nine things you need to know by 9am: Swine flu is back – and this time it means business; parents under the microscope and how Ted’s excellent adventure almost ended in tears.
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Jan 7th 2011, 8:41 AM
Snakes, sharks and crocs: the hidden dangers of the Oz floods
High water is flushing out deadly predators even though the floods appear to have peaked in Australia.
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Jan 5th 2011, 2:15 PM