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Giant tortoise found in Bethel Township yard |
Malinda Smoker walked past her flower bed in front of her Bethel Township, Lebanon County, home Monday afternoon when something digging under a bush caught her eye.
"I was a little bit in a hurry, but I stopped and said ... 'Oh!... |
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Reptile food may have sickened people in 17 states |
WASHINGTON - Reptile owners who have been feeding rats, mice and chicks to their pets may be at risk for salmonella poisoning.
The company that sells the reptile food, Mice Direct, announced a recall of the frozen rats, mice and... |
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School janitor finds 3-foot python in locker |
NEWTON, Mass. - A custodian cleaning out lockers at a Massachusetts high school was so shocked when a 3-foot-long snake fell at his feet that he didn't even think it was real.
Ed Reardon tells The Daily News Tribune that at first he... |
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Tiny turtle causes taxiing plane to return to gate |
ATLANTA - A caged, 2-inch turtle traveling with a 10-year-old girl caused a crew to turn around a taxiing plane, take the girl and her sisters off the flight and tell them they couldn't bring their pet along.
The sisters threw the... |
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'Cave' becomes classroom |
June 25 - Bill Pambianco Jr. pulled the yellow python from its cage, then let it slide and glide over his hands.
"A snake is something you can hold," he said last week. "They like this."
Pambianco's family can sell 100... |
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3-ft-long alligator collared in Detroit suburb |
TRENTON, Mich. — Police in a Detroit suburb have picked up an unusual suspect: a 3-foot-long alligator.
Deputy Chief James Nardone says officers nabbed the reptile June 1 as it strolled along a suburban street in Trenton,... |
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Huge Brazil collection of snakes, spiders burned |
Officials say fire has destroyed what may be the world’s largest scientific collection of dead snakes, spiders and scorpions.
Members of the Instituto Butantan say the collection of nearly 80,000 specimens was the main... |
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Soldiers hunt Afganistan's snakes, scorpions as pastime |
| GHUNDY GHAR, Afghanistan — As night falls on this small hilltop base in the heart of Taliban country in southern Afghanistan, U.S. Army soldiers break out their knives and flashlights and go hunting for some of the country’s... |
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8-foot boa on the loose in Oregon town |
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GRANTS PASS, Ore. — If you see an 8-foot boa constrictor named d'Artagnan roaming around for a warm spot in Grants Pass, authorities would like you to call... |
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Crews contend with 19 pythons at Utah trailer fire |
ST. GEORGE, Utah — Crews responding to a trailer fire in southern Utah had another factor to contend with: snakes.
Kristeen Checketts, the animal control officer in St. George, says there were about 19 pet pythons... |
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Ron Devlin: Bally tries coming to grips with pythons |
When I think of animals in Bally, a quaint town in eastern Berks County, cows come to mind.
Longacre's Modern Dairy is right down the road in neighboring Barto. And the town is still surrounded by farms that, at least at one time,... |
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Possible python sited in Bucks County roadway |
Bucks County may have another snake scare.
On July 6, around noon, an 8-to-10-foot snake was seen slithering across Snowball Drive in Levittown.
Or at least that’s what a witness told police. |
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