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x-ray video shows a boa constrictor using its ribcage to breathe as one portion of its body is constricted by a blood pressure cuff

How do boa constrictors avoid suffocating when they squeeze their prey?

By Nicoletta Lanese published

A new study reveals how the snakes breathe while squeezing prey.

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King cobras — which may be four distinct species — are the longest venomous snakes in the world.

Surprise! King cobra is actually a royal lineage of 4 species

By Cameron Duke published

The king cobra is not one species, but four independent ones, spread throughout the Asian tropics.

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A green Anaconda sunning itself on a tree branch

Anaconda: Habits, hunting and diet

By Callum McKelvie, Jessie Szalay published

Reference Everything you wanted to know about Anacondas including size, types, and conservation.

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The brown snake, Pseudonaja aspidorhyncha

Brown snakes: Facts, characteristics, habitat and diet

By Jessie Szalay published

Reference North American brown snakes are nonvenomous, unlike the Australian variety, which is among the most venomous in the world.

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A snake with its tongue out.

How do snakes hiss if they don't have front teeth?

By Ashley Hamer published

Here's how snakes can hiss even though they don't have front teeth.

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Black rat snakes are the largest species of rat snake.

Rat snake facts

By Jessie Szalay published

Rat snakes are medium-to-large, nonvenomous snakes that kill by constriction. Recent research has complicated the taxonomic classification of rat snakes.

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An African rock python

Watch a python swallow an impala whole in this jaw-dropping video

By Cameron Duke published

An incredible video shows an African rock python swallowing an impala.

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The Eastern brown snake is the second most venomous snake in the world.

Two extremely venomous snakes found mating in home drainpipe, yanked out by tails

By Ben Turner published

The male snake didn't take well to the interruption, nearly landing several deadly strikes.

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This photo does NOT show the rattlesnakes under the California home. Here, four gravid timber rattlesnakes basking at rookery area near their den.

Why did more than 90 rattlesnakes move into a California home?

By Stephanie Pappas published

More than 90 rattlesnakes were pulled from the foundation of a California home, where the snakes may have been gathering to give birth.

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Snakes have highly adapted fangs that help inject toxins into prey.

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.

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