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In Images: Hungry Python Eats Porcupine Whole
June 26, 2015 | ArticleEver wonder what might happen if a python ate a porcupine?
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Snake Ancestor Had Ankles and Toes
May 20, 2015 | ArticleMillions of years ago, the common ancestor of all living snakes — a long creature with tiny hind limbs as well as ankles and toes — could be found slithering over the damp soil of forests in search of soft-bodied prey, a new study finds.
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Male Snakes Spend Mega Calories When They Mate
May 06, 2015 | ArticleEvery spring, red-sided garter snakes leave their hibernation burrows to engage in a frenzied jumble of mating. But doing the deed is no easy feat for males.
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Fact or Fiction? Test Your Knowledge About Snakes
April 23, 2015 | ArticleTo get to the bottom of some of the assumptions about snakes in the United States and separate fact from fiction, Live Science talked to several snake experts. Here are some commonly held beliefs about snakes and whether they're true or false.
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Black Mamba Facts
December 22, 2014 | ReferenceThe black mamba is one of the fastest and deadliest snakes in the world. Two drops of its venom can kill a person.
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Facts About Cobras
December 18, 2014 | ReferenceCobras are large, venomous snakes with a trademark hood. They hiss and spit and can raise the upper part of their bodies high enough to look you in the eye.
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Rattlesnake Facts
December 12, 2014 | ReferenceRattlesnakes are found throughout North and South America. Their distinctive rattle warns intruders to stay away!
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Copperhead Snakes: Facts, Bites & Babies
November 19, 2014 | ReferenceCopperhead snakes are common in North America, and have the distinction of biting more people in the United States than any other snake.
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Biggest Venomous Snake Ever Revealed in New Fossils
November 06, 2014 | ArticleThe largest venomous snake ever known once slithered through the grasslands of what is today northern Greece some 4 million years ago, creating a mystery about how the 60-pound beast reached its gargantuan size.
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How Sex Organs Get Their Start
November 05, 2014 | ArticleNew research shows how external genitals arose from very different starting places for reptiles and mammals.
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