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Sabrina Imbler

Two coral snakes in a tug-of-war over a worm lizard called a caecilian

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Point/Counterpoint: That’s My Lunch!

BRISTOL, ENGLAND - AUGUST 02: A King Cobra is displayed to the public at Noah's Ark Zoo Farm on August 2, 2016 in Bristol, England. Noah's Ark Zoo Farm has teamed up with the Reptile Zone in Bristol to bring a fortnight of educational shows which allows members of the public to see some of the world's most deadliest reptiles close up. The annual event showcases some of the world's most notorious snakes behind a specially constructed presentation room. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

Happy Snake Clitoris Day To All Who Celebrate

A tiny pink snake attempting to swallow a giant centipede.

Why Do Snakes Eat Things Big Enough To Kill Them?

Dave McKenna

A highly venomous Golden Lancehead snake is seen at the Butantan Institue -which supplies the Ministry of Health, with many snakes' venom for its ditribution countrywide- in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on November 12, 2019. - In 2018 nearly 29,000 people were bitten by snakes in Brazil, of which over a hundred were killed. Most of the cases were in the vast and remote Amazon basin, far away from hospitals stocked with antivenom. (Photo by CARL DE SOUZA / AFP) (Photo by CARL DE SOUZA/AFP via Getty Images)

Life's Rich Pageant

Lynlee Renick Found Guilty In Snake King Murder Trial

A 600g Royal Python sits on the scales at London Zoo on August 21, 2013 in London, England.

Prosecutors Got One Conviction In A Snake King’s Murder, And Now They Are Going After Another

A Centralian carpet python lies coiled at Sydney Wildlife World on September 11, 2009 which features Australian flora and fauna set amongst natural habitats and eco-systems. The non-venomous Centralian carpet python found only in Australia's Northern Territory, uses its colouring to help it blend in with the red sand and rock found in its usual arid desert habitat. Like other carpet pythons it is mainly nocturnal and feeds on small mammals, birds and reptiles. AFP PHOTO / Greg WOOD (Photo credit should read GREG WOOD/AFP via Getty Images)