News tagged with snake
Venomous sea snakes play heads or tails with their predators
Aug 06, 2009 |
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In a deadly game of heads or tails venomous sea snakes in the Pacific and Indian Oceans deceive their predators into believing they have two heads, claims research published today in Marine Ecology.
A water snake that predicts which way fish will turn when it attacks
Jun 18, 2009 |
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Forget the old folk tales about snakes hypnotizing their prey. The tentacled snake from South East Asia has developed a more effective technique. The small water snake has found a way to startle its prey so ...
Snakes and how they helped our big brains evolve
May 01, 2009 |
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The threat of snakes gave primates superior vision and large brains -- and fueled a critical aspect of human evolution, UC Davis anthropology professor Lynne Isbell argues in a new book.
Portuguese wave-power snake dead in the water
Mar 24, 2009 |
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Opened in September as a world "first" in producing electricity from waves, a pioneering installation here is dead in the water having functioned for only a few weeks in a stormy process of research and development.
Largest prehistoric snake on record discovered in Colombia (Video)
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Feb 04, 2009 |
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Scientists have recovered fossils of a 60-million-year-old South American snake whose length and weight might make today's anacondas and reticulated pythons seem a bit cuter and more cuddly.
Report documents the risks of giant invasive snakes in the US
Oct 13, 2009 |
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Five giant non-native snake species would pose high risks to the health of ecosystems in the United States should they become established here, according to a U.S. Geological Survey report released today.
'Vicious' Giant Python Invading Florida
Sep 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- New studies suggest a 20 foot snake, the African rock python, is making its home in Florida and could soon invade the Everglades National Park.
The robot children
Sep 15, 2009 |
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The brains of the snake robots are still no more advanced than that of a one-year-old, but scientists at SINTEF (Norway) want to bring them up to the level of a teenager. At least.
Giant extinct snake may -- or may not -- shed light on ancient climate
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Aug 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Snakes coil up when they sense danger. Some snakes curl up in order to spring into action and strike. Snakes may also coil to preserve body heat, and this warming behavior could affect our understanding of ...
Burmese pythons slithering their way north?
Jun 24, 2009 |
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(AP) -- One by one, seven slithering Burmese pythons were dumped into a snake pit surrounded by 400 feet of reinforced fence at the Savannah River Ecology Lab in South Carolina.
$2.5B spent, no alternative med cures
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Jun 10, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Ten years ago the government set out to test herbal and other alternative health remedies to find the ones that work. After spending $2.5 billion, the disappointing answer seems to be that almost ...
Australia's most endangered snake might need burning
Mar 24, 2009 |
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Conserving Australia's most endangered snake might mean lighting more bush fires, ecologists have proposed.
Brown tree snake could mean Guam will lose more than its birds
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Aug 08, 2008 |
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In the last 60 years, brown tree snakes have become the embodiment of the bad things that can happen when invasive species are introduced in places where they have few predators. Unchecked for many years, ...
World's smallest snake found in Barbados
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Aug 03, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The world's smallest species of snake, with adults averaging just under four inches in length, has been identified on the Caribbean island of Barbados. The species -- which is as thin as ...
Study of isolated snakes could help shed light on venom composition
Sep 16, 2009 |
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While studying a way to more safely and effectively collect snake venom, University of Florida researchers have noticed the venom delivered by an isolated population of Florida cottonmouth snakes may be changing in response ...
