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60 Minutes Australia Illha da Queimada Grande is one of the deadliest islands in the world, having been completely overrun by venomous snakes.  The island is located in Brazil, just south of Sao Paulo, but despite its beauty, it holds a dark secret. At first, it appears to be a luscious green 110-acre island surrounded with clear water, however if you were to step onto the island, you would be faced with a much darker reality – and even be at risk of losing your life. The island has been nicknamed 'Snake Island' due to being inhabited by countless numbers of golden lancehead pit viper snakes, Daily Star reported. While lanceheads exist on the mainland, their venom is nowhere near as powerful as the golden species that inhabit the island, with the golden lancehead pit viper's venom thought to be five times more potent. Subsequently, if you are bitten by one of the golden variety of the snakes, the chances of survival are pretty slim, particularly as the island is r

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The wildlife officer pops the metal lid off a can of powdered chocolate drink mix, releasing a rush of sour air that smells like excrement. Inside is a black sock crimped by rubber bands. Carefully unrolling the sock, she discovers a small, brown-scaled reptile—a shingleback lizard, barely conscious and severely dehydrated, with duct tape across its arms and legs to restrict its movement. Senior Forest and Wildlife officer Abby Smith takes photos for evidence of a shingleback lizard seized in February 2019 in Melbourne. Shinglebacks are one of the most popular reptiles in the international illegal pet trade. Please be respectful of copyright. Unauthorized use is prohibited. According to the delivery label, the can was part of a larger consignment—a box full of other tins and objects containing more reptiles—en route to Hong Kong, likely to be sold as pets. At the Australia Post Melbourne Gateway Facility in Victoria, where every piece of outbound mail is scanned, inspectors intercepted

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Sixth grader Jeremiah James lets a snake slither through his hair Friday at Jefferson Middle School in Columbia. "My mom's gonna make me take a shower when I get home. She hates snakes," Jeremiah said. Lily

Snake catchers were called to a family home in Queensland, Australia, to deal with a deadly snake found curled up inside a child's shoe. "Yes, that's an Eastern Brown Snake In A Croc!" Stuart McKenzie of Sunshine Coast Snake Catchers 24/7 said in a post uploaded to the team's Facebook Page on December 14. The snake, from a species that's the second deadliest on Earth due to its powerful venom, was slithering around the home, potentially endangering the occupants, including two children and a puppy. McKenzie went on to describe the incident in more detail: "We were called out to a job in North Buderim for a 'brown colored' snake on the move in a family's lounge room. When we arrived it had moved into the cupboard where the family keeps their shoes! "We opened the cupboard to find the stunning snake hiding inside one of the kid's croc shoes. Crazy!" The snake catcher believes that the snake, estimated to be about two feet in length

A family of seven spaniel puppies have all been rehomed in time for Christmas after they were found abandoned in a shipping container. The puppies and their mum, a female cocker spaniel called Bamboo were found living in hay in a shipping container in Buckinghamshire in October this year. The mum and puppies were found by Police and RSPCA inspectors and were taken to RSPCA Block Fen Animal Centre, in Cambridgeshire. Read more: Cambridgeshire news RSPCA Inspector Stephanie Law said: "The dogs were living in completely inadequate conditions shut inside a storage container. The door was shut tight meaning it was pitch black inside. They were all underweight and I'm not sure the puppies would have survived much longer in that situation." The puppies and their mum were found in a shipping container living in hay (Image: RSPCA) Stephanie added: "No one claimed ownership of the dogs and they needed urgent treatment. The pups had diarrhoea

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A huge number of us decided to welcome new puppies into our homes last year – Kennel Club figures show dog ownership soared by nearly 8 percent – and post-lockdown demand for four-legged friends remains high. There are a whopping 221 different breeds of pedigree dog to choose from, alongside numerous crossbreeds, so there's plenty of thinking to do before you select your family's latest addition. There's even academic guidance to seek out, with Psychologist Stanley Coren's book 'The Intelligence of Dogs' ranking breeds by instincts, obedience, and the ability to adapt. One thing to take into consideration is that some dogs are essentially self-cleaning, needing little more than a quick rinse if they get really mucky, while others have tend to get quite fragrant if they're not bathed regularly. And some just smell, no matter how many baths they have – flatulence can be a problem – but that doesn't make them any less adorable. Here are the 10 smelliest bre

Lizards appeared on the Earth about 200 million years ago, and there are approximately 5,000 species of lizards on the planet today. Most lizards have long bodies and tails, small heads, short necks, and moveable eyelids. Like many other reptiles, lizards are suffering from a combination of habitat destruction, climate change, predation, and the illegal pet trade. As a result, many are on the IUCN Red List. From the brilliant blue tree monitors to the expertly camouflaged Hidden Dragon lizards, there are many rare and fascinating types of lizards to discover. Gargoyle Gecko Maisna / Getty Images Gargoyle geckos ( Rhacodactylus auriculatus ) are polymorphs, which means that no two gargoyle geckos look exactly the same. What they all have in common, though, is they are fairly small, have round toe pads, and are good climbers. Gargoyle geckos hail from the southern parts of New Caledonia, east of Australia, and they are endangered.