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Dice snakes fake their own death, smearing themselves with blood and poop to make the performance extra convincing
Dice snakes theatrically stage their own deaths, using blood and feces to convince predators they've shuffled off their mortal coils.
The biggest snake in the world (and 10 other giant serpents)
From Titanoboa and Vasuki — prehistoric snakes as long as a Tyrannosaurus rex — to modern-day pythons and boa constrictors that can swallow humans whole, these are the biggest, heaviest and longest snakes to have ever lived on Earth.
50-foot 'king of the serpents' may have been the biggest snake to ever live
Giant, 47 million-year-old snake fossils pulled from mine in India may be the largest snake ever, potentially surpassing Titanoboa by around 15 feet.
The longest-living animals on Earth
The longest-living animals can survive for centuries and millennia, even pausing the aging process altogether. Here are the longest-living animals in the world.
Watch venomous snakes wrestling for wormlike creature in epic tug-of-war battle
First-of-its-kind footage captures two coral snakes fighting over a wormlike creature in western Colombia.
What does python taste like? Because it could be slithering onto our dinner plates.
A study conducted on two snake farms has found that breeding pythons for meat is more energy and resource-efficient than current livestock production, offering a viable protein alternative.
We're finally close to a universal antivenom that works against cobra, krait and black mamba snake bites, say researchers
A lab-made antibody can neutralize the neurotoxins in the venoms of cobras, kraits and black mambas, raising hopes for a universal antivenom treatment for snake bites.
Giant ball of Burmese pythons having sex discovered in Florida Everglades in record-breaking catch
In a record-setting expedition, conservationists in the Everglades captured and removed 11 invasive pythons from the environment.
