At the Midland Library, the Oregon Reptile Man – Richard Ritchey – shows his alligator, which he say
To support the summer reading program at Midland Library, they hosted an ice cream social, following an appearance by Oregon's Reptile Man at the library.
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Been a long trail for this Joe
"I plan to keep going the way I'm going 'til I can't," Joe said, after leaving a performance at County Line Elementary School in Barrow County on Friday afternoon.
Each year, Joe performs an average of 250 shows, reaching more than 950,000 people a year - a rigorous schedule he says he'll continue as long as he's able.Berkeley Boone, a naturalist at Sandy Creek Nature Center, remembers watching Joe on television when he was 7."I think it would be definitely something to mourn and to think about" if Joe doesn't return to Athens, Boone said. "It will definitely be a loss not to have him coming all the time."
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Boy Really Really Doesn't Like Snakes...
A man who shows snakes and other reptiles at schools, festivals and libraries says a boy who told the man he hated snakes stomped and killed the man's 10-foot-long python. Scott Braunstein said he was showing Popcorn, a nonpoisonous albino Burmese python, Sunday at the St. Bernadette Festival near Cincinnati."The next thing I know ... the kid raises his leg and stomps down on the snake's head," Braunstein said. "The snake started convulsing."
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For one AUB professor, snakes are nothing to fear
BEIRUT: Riyad Sadek shows a picture of a tiny snake wrapped around two of his fingers. "It is a dwarf snake," explains the American University of Beirut biology professor.
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Living with the wild
“There’s no glory getting bit,” says the animal wrangler, animal-stunt coordinator and showman who performs at snake exhibits and on television.Since childhood, this Punta Gorda resident has cultivated a reputation for being a maverick, a daredevil — like when he kisses cobras or wrestles wild alligators.“People call me the Evel Knievel of the animal world,” Weathers says with a laugh. “It’s an adrenaline rush.”He knows shows like “Jackass” and “Wildboyz” — which show people purposely getting bit by baby alligators, swimming with sharks and riding ostriches — seem exploitative.
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Maryland Reptile Farm
An excellent source for reptile books including some out of print or unavailable references. Larry can be found at most large reptile shows such as Daytona or you can conveniently order online.
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Reptile Nation
Here at Reptile Nation we strive to to bring
you the best Reptile Shows in the world while
attempting to educate in the process. We look
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Snake expert shares tips with first responders
Snake expert Jimmi Bonavita shows a copperhead snake to a group of rescue people, firefighters and police officers during a lecture he gave at Fentress Naval Auxiliary
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Snake shows take a bite
Snake-charmer Mohd Fazizi Awang was bitten on his hand while displaying his "skills" with a King Cobra.
He almost died as he went into respiratory shock after the 6pm incident.
The 23-year-old was rushed to the Tengku Ampuan Afzan Hospital, where he was treated with anti-venom vaccine.
Speaking from his hospital bed, he said he and two assistants were "playing" with the snake when it bit him twice.
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Snake, rattle and roll
Jackie Bibby, a world champion snake-handler, shows off his skills at the 35th annual National Rattlesnake Sacking Championship in Taylor, Texas, at the weekend.
The object of the championship is to get ten live rattlesnakes into a sack in the least possible time.
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Snakebite antidote shows results
Pinak has been prepared by Dr Geeta Pawar. Approved by the FDA last year, it has undergone a clinical trial at Sassoon General Hospital where the doctors tested it for effectiveness against snake bites. Bouyed by its success where this tablet helps reduce the dosage of anti-snake venom (ASV) injections and shortens the hospital stay, the directorate of health services is now planning a larger clinical trial.
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Snakebite Antivenoms Come Unstuck
Snake bite antivenoms contain antibodies that can agglutinate human red blood cells, shows new research by Costa Rican scientists. However, the same research reveals that pepsin digestion or ion-exchange chromatography fractionation can remove the agglutinating antibodies.
Leon and colleagues went on to see if they could reduce the agglutination of red blood cells by either treating or further fractionating their IgG antivenom preparations. They found that the addition of â-propiolactone to the antivenoms had no effect, but that both pepsin digestion and fractionation by ion-exchange chromatography using a basic quaternary ammonium cellulose membrane reduced the agglutination.
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Stanford snake venom study shows that certain cells may eliminate poison
Stanford, Calif. -- Death by snakebite is horrible. The immediate pain of the bite is followed by swelling, bruising and weakness, then sweating or chills, with numbness, nausea, blurred vision and possibly convulsions before it's all over. Such misery is produced by a veritable witches' brew of toxins in snake venom.
It's long been thought that the body's own immune system, rather than reducing the symptoms, may make things worse. But now researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have shown that the immune system really does side with the victim, at least in four kinds of venom that were used in their experiments. Their findings will be published in the July 28 issue of Science.
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Starving snakes devour own hearts
Some snakes can survive without food for two years at a time by digesting their own hearts, a new study shows.
Other snakes survive by growing bigger heads to broaden prey options during periods of famine.
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TAN YOUR SNAKE AND EAT IT TOO!
Of course, if I happen upon one of the serpents while riding or hiking in the desert, I let it slither on its way . . . but when a venomous reptile shows up too close to the house or barn, I feel obliged to kill it. Even then, however, I never simply discard the victim of my defensive action, because the serpents are just plain too useful to throw away.
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Video Shows Rattlesnake Bite Reptile Company Employee
A pet store employee was recovering, Thursday morning, from a rattlesnake bite. The Florida snake handler was rushed to a Miami-Dade hospital that specializes in snake antivenin. The Strictly Reptiles Company breeds snakes and other reptiles. Employee Tony Cruz was cleaning the cage of the rattlesnake when the snake struck his hand as he was holding the lid as a shield.Some people say that it's very similar to slamming your finger in a car door," Cruz said.
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