Read more snakes stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/4595/snakes.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 11:36:53 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/64450/florida-to-unleash-python-hunters.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith Florida’s python population exploding, state wildlife officials are going on the offensive, hiring a team of trained hunters to track down the alarmingly large snakes and take them out, the Miami Herald reports. “There’s one way to do this: kill the snakes,” says Florida Sen. Bill Nelson, who yesterday...http://www.newser.com/story/64450/florida-to-unleash-python-hunters.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 15 Jul 2009 10:54:56 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56347/snakes-on-a-plane-2-baby-pythons-escape-in-flight.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFour baby pythons escaped from a container aboard a passenger plane in Australia, leading to a search that forced the cancellation of two flights, the airline said today. Twelve non-venomous Stimson pythons were being transported Tuesday on a flight from Alice Springs to Melbourne, but when the flight landed it...http://www.newser.com/story/56347/snakes-on-a-plane-2-baby-pythons-escape-in-flight.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 16 Apr 2009 10:01:19 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/31840/rattler-strikes-shopper-at-fla-wal-mart.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Florida man has been released from the hospital after being bitten in the hand by a poisonous pygmy rattlesnake while browsing in a Wal-Mart garden department, the Miami Herald reports. Though potentially deadly to a child or elderly person, the bite "wouldn't have been fatal with an adult male....http://www.newser.com/story/31840/rattler-strikes-shopper-at-fla-wal-mart.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 07 Jul 2008 16:18:55 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/20820/humans-wired-to-fear-snakes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagEvolution seems to have given humans a hard-wired ability to recognize snakes and spiders, LiveScience reports. Intrigued by the widespread fear of serpents despite the fact that most humans rarely interact with them, researchers showed groups of adults and 3-year-olds natural scenes containing various hidden animals. Both groups were consistently...http://www.newser.com/story/20820/humans-wired-to-fear-snakes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 05 Mar 2008 16:42:45 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/19618/balmy-with-a-chance-of-pythons.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBurmese pythons could rapidly establish a stranglehold on the southern US due in part to snake-loving global warming, according to a new government report. With climate change and more pet owners releasing unwanted snakes into the wild, the adaptable serpent could soon call home any area from Northern California through...http://www.newser.com/story/19618/balmy-with-a-chance-of-pythons.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 21 Feb 2008 9:16:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/5711/snakes-on-a-plane-almost.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFlyers could have found themselves reliving the scenario of cheesy horror classic "Snakes on a Plane" had security agents failed to nab a passenger with carry-on bags of live snakes headed for a jet leaving Cairo. Agents found a large number of reptiles, including at least one cobra, after a...http://www.newser.com/story/5711/snakes-on-a-plane-almost.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 12 Aug 2007 9:21:17 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/3939/snake-venom-accusation-dogs-horse-trainer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDoping scandals in horse racing usually concern diuretics and other performance-enhancing drugs, but a controversy currently brewing in Kentucky and New York involves a substance with a far longer history: cobra venom. Authorities searched a barn at Keeneland last month and turned up evidence that has sparked an investigation of...http://www.newser.com/story/3939/snake-venom-accusation-dogs-horse-trainer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 06 Jul 2007 15:24:33 CDT