Search Results for: pythons

Zoonotic infection: 8-cm live worm removed from woman's brain in world's 1st discovery

In a world's first such case, a team of Australian neurosurgeons has removed an eight cm-long parasitic roundworm from a patient who complained of forgetfulness and depression.

Aug 29, 2023

Customs Officials Rescue Different Species Of Wild Animals At Bengaluru Airport

Customs officials rescue different species of wild animals listed in 'CITES' at Bengaluru airport

Customs officials at the Bengaluru airport on Tuesday rescued 234 wild animals, including pythons, chameleons, iguanas, turtles, alligators, and a baby kangaroo, and arrested a man in this connection.

Aug 22, 2023

Indian tourist in Bangkok mistakenly takes a transvestite to hotel room, demands his money back, loses wrist watch too

When the tourist reported the incident to the Pattaya Police, the officer in turn informed him that he violated Thai prostitution laws

Nov 19, 2022

Mumbai airport handles 1,30,374 passengers, highest single-day figure since Covid-19 pandemic

Breaking its own single-day record, Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA), one of the world's busiest single runway airports, handled the movement of 1,30,374 passengers on September 17, the highest since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Sep 20, 2022

Four held for obstructing ACB's raid in Waqf Board corruption case

The accused were identified as Afsar (20) and Anwar (31), both residents of Batla House, Shakeel Ahmad (45), a resident of Jakir Nagar and Sikander (45), a resident of Jogabai Extension.

Sep 18, 2022

Passenger from Bangkok held at Chennai Airport with live animals

Passenger from Bangkok lands at Chennai airport with live snakes, pythons, tortoises, monkey

In an unprecedented incident, live animals, including a monkey and snakes, were recovered from the baggage of a passenger who landed at Chennai Airport from Bangkok, Customs officials said on Saturday.

Aug 13, 2022

All Modern Snakes Evolved from A Handful of Ancestors Who Survived Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Impact; Event Served As 'Creative Destruction' [Study]

According to a new study, modern snakes—comprising nearly 4,000 living species—began to diversify around the time of the Cretaceous–Paleogene (K–Pg) extinction event impact 66 million years ago.

Sep 15, 2021

Assam floods: 116 animals perished in flooded Kaziranga park so far, 143 rescued

With over 90 per cent of land and forest areas in Assam's Kaziranga National Park flooded by rainwater, at least 116 wild animals have been killed so far due to drowning or vehicle-hits even as 143 animals have been rescued, officials said on Tuesday.

Jul 21, 2020

Truth behind PUBG's moon map, 15X pistol, level 4 armor, vegan dinner & more

PUBG's imaginations are running wild in the Update 27a and make sure you read till the end for the surprise.

Apr 3, 2019

Can these hybrid 'Super snakes' pose a threat to Florida?

The study showed that most of the snakes were closely related to Burmese pythons but 13 of them had the genetics of the Indian python

Aug 25, 2018

Snake sex-party: Burmese python with tracking implant leads researchers to biggest 'aggregation'

The Burmese python called Argo was found with another 115 pound pregnant female and seven other male pythons, engaged in a record-breaking aggregation.

Apr 17, 2018

Video of snake drinking water goes viral, stuns Twitter users

Several snake owners posted their reptiles drinking water after a video of an orange-colored hognose snake drinking water from a bowl went viral.

Apr 1, 2018

Groundbreaking report reveals pythons make good moms

Python are surprisingly potective nesters, reveals a groundbreaking study of egg-laying snakes maternal care.

Mar 16, 2018

Mutant cyclops snake discovered in Mississippi has two eyes in one socket

Tyree Jimerson, who breeds reticulated pythons in Mississippi found a snake with two eyes in the same socket and no functional snout, looking like a serpentine cyclops.

Mar 13, 2018

Doctors puzzled as Indian man bites off snake's head and chews it in 'revenge'

Sonelal from India's Uttar Pradesh state claimed that the snake had bitten him and he wanted to take revenge.

Feb 20, 2018

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