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DiCaprio's snail-eating snake (Sibon irmelindicaprioae). This snake has an alternating striped cream and dark brown underbelly and alternating stripes of tan and dark brown on top. It also has a set of large orange eyes.

'Leonardo DiCaprio' snake with bright orange eyes discovered in Panama jungle

By Joshua A. Krisch published

Five species of previously unknown snakes with stunning eyes were discovered in jungle trees, and one was named after Leonardo DiCaprio. But mining threatens them all.

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A man measures the mouth of a snake.

7 strange snake stories from 2022

By Jennifer Nalewicki published

It's no surprise that snakes have always been creepy.

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Rough-scaled bush viper preparing to strike. It is coiled around some green foliage.

Scientists finally discovered the snake clitoris, and they're 'very excited'

By Joanna Thompson published

For the first time, clitorises have been documented in nine different species of snakes from four families.

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The alligator corpse shortly after being pulled out from the python's stomach.

Gruesome video reveals the moment a 5-foot alligator corpse was cut from the gut of a dead python

By Harry Baker published

In a viral Instagram video, pathologists remove a dead 5-foot alligator from the body of an 18-foot Burmese python.

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A venomous cobra was recently killed in India after it was bitten twice by a panicked 8-year-old boy.

Cobra bites boy, boy bites it back (the boy was fine, the snake wasn’t)

By Harry Baker published

An 8-year-old boy recently killed a venomous cobra in India after recieving a venom-free "dry bite" from the snake and then biting back in retaliation.

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A reticulated python (Python reticulatus), like the one pictured here, is likely the python species that killed and swallowed a woman in Indonesia.

Missing woman’s body discovered in the stomach of 22-foot-long python in Indonesia

By Joanna Thompson last updated

A 54-year-old woman in Indonesia was killed and eaten by a massive python

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viper, poison

Snakes on Planes? Serpents Accelerate Faster Than Fighter Pilots

By Charles Q. Choi last updated

Harmless rat snakes can strike their prey as fast as can venomous vipers, and both snakes reach accelerations that would make humans black out.

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A man measures the mouth of a snake.

Jaw-dropping study reveals how pythons can devour super-size prey

By Jennifer Nalewicki published

Biologists studied Burmese pythons to see just how wide the snakes could gape their jaws to swallow large prey.

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When a visitor to a state park on Key Largo found the snake, the dead reptile had a giant centipede stuck in its throat.

Rare Florida snake found dead after choking on a giant centipede

By Mindy Weisberger last updated

The rim rock crowned snake is the rarest snake in North America. And now there's one less, after a snake was found dead with a centipede stuck in its throat.

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Two wildlife officials, one in a parks uniform and one in a neon vest, pose with a clutch of invasive python eggs with young hatchlings in their hands; a second photo shows one official holding an adult python

19 python babies and their massive mom nabbed in Florida nursery raid

By Nicoletta Lanese published

Officials removed two breeding females and many hatchlings.

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