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Zoo lets you name a snake after an ex, just in time for Valentine’s Day

sudshr47 February 5, 2019

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You might already describe an ex as a snake. So why not name a reptile after them?

An Australian zoo has launched a competition where you can do just that, allowing for a brown snake named after your former lover as its top prize.

The competition run by Wild Life Sydney requires entrants to explain why their ex deserves it, and also donate to its conservation fund, which aims to help Australian native wildlife by funding research and educational programs. 

The zoo’s general manager, Mark Connolly, said in a statement that the competition could give “someone unlucky in love … something else to celebrate on Valentine’s Day this year.” Read more…

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Cane toads hitch a ride on a python and it’s the stuff of nightmares

sudshr47 January 2, 2019

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What’s one of the worst things you could stumble upon in the middle of a rainy night? Say, a handful of lousy cane toads hitching a ride on a python? 

That’s exactly what a farmer in the Western Australian town of Kununurra stumbled upon on Sunday.

According to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, farmer Paul Mock was casually checking his dam late at night when he came upon the frankly horrifying sight. 

Mock’s dam had reportedly seen a large build up of water after heavy rainfall during the night, which caused thousands of cane toads — a poisonous, vile Australian pest — living in burrows around the edge of the dam to scurry to higher ground, according to the news outlet. Read more…

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The snake ‘accidentally donated to Goodwill’ has been reunited with its owner

sudshr47 November 6, 2018

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Good news everyone: Toki the snake has been reunited with his family after he was accidentally donated to Goodwill. Whoops! 

Toki the snake had been missing for six whole months before he eventually turned up at the local Goodwill in Fort Worth, Texas. His owner, Austin Pair, left him in his covered tank with plenty of food when they vacationed in Hawaii. When Pair came back, Toki was gone.

“I had to kind of makeshift a lid for it,” Pair told the Star-Telegram. “He’d gotten out before, so I’d taped it, reinforced it, put weights on it — but he pushed the light fixture over and disappeared.” Read more…

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New York Times issues correction after mishap with ‘Millennials to Snake People’ Chrome extension

sudshr47 March 7, 2018

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Still using that “Millennials to Snake People” Chrome extension? Here’s a PSA: remember to turn it off if you’re writing a piece for the New York Times.

In what is perhaps my favorite editorial correction ever (okay, fine, nothing will top Pimpin4Paradise786), the Times clarified Wednesday that its reference to “the Time of Shedding and Cold Rocks” in a fact-check of President Trump’s claims on trade was accidental. 

Turns out, a staffer had left their “Millennials to Snake People” extension on — and because the quote (which originally said “Great Recession”) was copied and pasted from another Times piece, it was published undetected. Read more…

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People are mesmerised by this snake’s elegant movement along a fence

sudshr47 February 15, 2018

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Snakes move in mysterious ways, but perhaps not always as mesmerisingly as this.

A video posted on the Facebook page of Bangor Vineyard Shed in Australia shows a Tasmanian tiger snake trying to navigate a thin fence line, which looks to be pretty challenging.

“I guess when you are a snake for a living then it’s quite cool to get a perspective from a new angle now and then. But that really does look like an awkward way to get around!” the post reads.

This Tasmanian tiger snake certainly has an interesting way of getting around @bangorfarm! #WildOz pic.twitter.com/Y0OPQtuboM

— Wildlife Land Trust (@wlt_au) February 14, 2018 Read more…

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