Snake

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'Temporary' Call Me Snake artwork comes down after seven years in ... (Stuff.co.nz)

The Call Me Snake sculpture by Judy Millar soon after it was installed on Armagh St · Millar and Scape director Deborah McCormick at the site of artwork Call Me ...

It would take a couple of months to fully deconstruct the artwork, she said. “I wouldn't be so keen to do public art anywhere else. The panels were covered in printed photographs of brushstrokes created by Millar and then magnified by ten. And those articles are free. “It has been a much-loved sculpture. The sculpture needed to come down because it had “come to the end of its life” and because the land had been sold to the Catholic diocese, which plans to build a new cathedral complex on the site.

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Georgia Man Films Snake Eating Bigger Snake on Walk to Mailbox (Newsweek)

Eighty two-year-old Haddock resident Tom Slagle spotted a kingsnake—a type of constrictor—devouring a venomous timber rattlesnake. Slagle managed to capture a ...

These venomous snakes can reach a maximum length of 7 feet long. Kingsnakes are resistant to venoms that would kill a human. Slagle managed to capture a footage of the event. Ashley Brock said: "And that's exactly why you don't kill the good snakes!! The kingsnake continues to move its jaws around the rattlesnakes body, swallowing it whole. Kingsnakes are not venomous and kill their prey with constriction.

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Georgia man films snake eating bigger snake in viral video (Atlanta Journal Constitution)

A Georgia man is going viral after posting a video of a kingsnake eating a larger, venomous timber rattlesnake. The Georgia Wildlife Resources Divisio.

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Clay County boy recovering after venomous snake bite put him in ... (WJXT News4JAX)

It was a close call for a 7-year-old Clay County boy who was bitten by a venomous snake.

“Please don’t ice where the snake has bitten,” McCormick said. A lot of the doctors went on their phones and pulled up different ones and every time he picked out one it ended up being the water moccasin snake,” Sanita Bustamante said. He said if you are bitten by a snake call poison control and get medical care immediately. Doctors gave him seven rounds of antivenom and he was kept in the ICU for four days. But the recovery process is going to take some time. He had to get a feeding tube.

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Behold the coiled beauty of this snake-like galaxy 80 million light ... (Space.com)

A spiral galaxy is curled up like a sleeping serpent in a striking new image from the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Atacama Large ...

Comparing those results across multiple readings lets astronomers investigate the processes that activate, enhance or restrict the dawn of baby stars. Analysis of the different wavelengths will reveal data on the galaxy's internal physical properties of stars, gas and dust, ESO representatives said in the statement. The blue-tinted regions indicate areas of older, more mature stars, all imaged by the Multi-Unit Spectroscopic Explorer on ESO's Very Large Telescope, located at the expansive ALMA observatory site, ESO representatives said in a statement (opens in new tab).

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Zookeepers give advice on dealing with snakes this summer (WVLT.TV)

With the weather warming up, more people will be spending time outdoors, which can increase the risk of encountering wildlife or even them encountering you.

That is the only treatment to stop the venom and a hospital is the only place that would have that.” If it is venomous then it requires anti-venom. That way you can solve the problem all while keeping your distance.

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