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![Snakes have highly adapted fangs that help inject toxins into prey.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/NhqWeaycuyQ6RHhEn6xoYe-320-80.jpg)
Which came first: Snake fangs or venom?
By Jennifer Welsh published
Snakes have evolved highly adapted fangs that act as a delivery system for toxins.
![The Western diamondback rattlesnake, one of the species of rattlesnake known to use frequency jumps to trick the ear.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3nUB3tnjHQKeHLr4k3xavM-320-80.png)
Rattlesnake rattles use auditory illusion to trick human brains
By Ben Turner published
Snakes use an audio trick to cause approaching mammals to underestimate their distance to the snakes, creating a safety buffer region between themselves and a potential threat.
![A pair of olive sea snakes (Aipysurus laevis).](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HuzfrbSYxZ2NB3kzW5qjRE-320-80.jpg)
Sexually frustrated sea snakes mistake scuba divers for potential mates
By Harry Baker published
Sea snakes, particularly males, are more likely to interact with scuba divers during mating season because the snakes can't distinguish the divers from potential mates, a new study has found.
![Indian Python swallowing a Spotted Deer, Yala National Park Sri Lanka.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/CuGqTkJZjcPfoMcFWnNDCM-320-80.jpg)
Snake photos: Pythons swallow crocodiles and other animals … whole
By Jeanna Bryner published
Here's a look at the gruesome ways pythons take down their prey, from rats and mice to spotted deer and crocodiles. See photos of the snakes in action.
![The new krait species Bungarus suzhenae, also known as Suzhen's krait.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ETjBhpNqCFQqVzQnPZat88-320-80.jpg)
Masquerading, deadly snake discovered and named after shape-shifting Chinese goddess
By Harry Baker published
Scientists in China have discovered a new species of deadly snake and have named it after a shape-shifting snake goddess from Chinese mythology.
![The brown tree snake, which is nocturnal, was accidentally introduced to Guam in the late 1940s or early 1950s.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xWeQGFMZrWTjGaNphZLQx8-320-80.jpg)
Bizarre new type of locomotion discovered in invasive snakes
By Harry Baker published
Researchers believe the new locomotion is behind the success of invasive snakes in Guam and hope to use this information to create countermeasures.
![Wildlife biologist Jenny Ketterlin Eckles and wildlife technician Edward Mercer, both with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, hold a Burmese python during a press conference in the Florida Everglades about the non-native species on Jan. 29, 2015 in Miami, Florida.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ddoJ9izj5AM7VJ8VPhTkE7-320-80.jpg)
Would you eat a python to save the Everglades?
By Patrick Pester published
Invading pythons are causing problems for the native wildlife in Florida. Should people start eating them and are they even safe to eat?
![Dos, the two-headed snake](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/umsvusGFZTYVwquGgWUBN3-320-80.jpg)
Rare, 2-headed snake discovered by Florida house cat
By Brandon Specktor published
A rare, two-headed racer snake turned up in Florida, after being caught by a curious house cat
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