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Wild Tarantula Eats a Foot-Long Snake in a First
January 09, 2017 | ArticleWhen scientists in southern Brazil turned over a rock looking for tarantulas, they came across something they'd never expected: a spider eating a snake.
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In Photos: A Tarantula-Eat-Snake World
January 09, 2017 | Image AlbumA tarantula (Grammostola quirogai) chows down on a Almaden ground snake (Erythrolamprus almadensis) in southern Brazil. And here are the gory photos of the feat.
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Uptight Snakes More Likely to Strike
January 03, 2017 | ArticleBaseline stress, not the trauma of capture, influences if snakes bite.
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Ravenous 14-Foot Python Caught with 3 Deer in Its Gut
November 30, 2016 | ArticleA Burmese python in the Everglades with a penchant for venison gulped down three whole deer — one doe and two fawns — before wildlife officials captured and euthanized it, a new study reveals.
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Photos: This Python Chowed Down on 3 Deer
November 30, 2016 | Image AlbumA Burmese python treated the Florida Everglades like an all-you-can-eat buffet after it ate three deer in a mere three months, a new study finds.
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Mistaken Identity? Debate Over Ancient 4-Legged Snake Heats Up
October 28, 2016 | ArticleA critter heralded as the first four-legged fossil snake on record may actually not be a snake, new research finds.
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Venomous Snake Bites on the Rise in Kids
October 21, 2016 | ArticleMore than 1,300 kids are bitten by snakes each year in the U.S. — and an increasing number of these bites come from the venomous copperhead snake (Agkistrodon contortrix), a new study finds.
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Snakes Used to Have Legs and Arms … Until These Mutations Happened
October 21, 2016 | ArticleThe ancestors of today's slithery snakes once sported full-fledged arms and legs, but genetic mutations caused the reptiles to lose all four of their limbs about 150 million years ago, according to two new studies.
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Rattlesnake Ancestor Was Venom Factory
September 20, 2016 | ArticleRattlesnake ancestors had venom that attacked the blood, muscles and nerves.
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Frog Embryos Speed-Hatch to Escape Danger
June 16, 2016 | ArticleIf predators come calling, a red-eyed tree frog embryo can drop out of its egg to safety in a matter of seconds.
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