All news on the topic: Snakes

Dan Owen has shared his shock after encountering the 3ft black adder amid the 27C heatwave in Lincolnshire this week - although the businessman first thought it was a stick

A burmese python shocked guests at a holiday park when it suddenly appeared outside. The 'humongous' size of the snake was so large that it took three people to pick it up

WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES: Farida, 50, went missing on her way to sell food at the local market in Indonesia - her husband Noni, 55, sadly discovered her dead inside a huge python

It is not possible to visit Ilha de Queimada Grande, an island off Brazil as it is overrun with the golden lancehead snake which has venom five times stronger than its mainland relatives

Jemma Sayer and Lydia Ramsey-Stewart were left horrified after their room was invaded by the creatures while they were traveling in Asia for their gap year after finishing sixth form last May

Mum Sam Lythgo has warned other parents to be aware after her 11-year-old daughter was bitten by an adder during a day out at Fingringhoe Wick Nature Reserve in Essex on Sunday

A photo of a deadly snake has gone viral on social media as people are struggling to spot the venomous creature slithering in the grass in under 30 seconds — but can you see it?

Videos uploaded to Instagram from multiple accounts show men in khaki shirts “luring” and picking up or posing next to inland taipans - one of the deadliest snakes in the world

David Wall was on a walk with his son Hugo in Anglesey, Wales, when they were stopped in their tracked by a rare and distinctive black adder - and sightings of these creatures are on the rise

Supermarket workers at A Vecinal in Zaragoza, Spain, were horrified when they found a reptile hiding inside a fridge - luckily, they were able to retrieve the snake and no one was harmed

A video clip emerged of three men abusing a massive boa constrictor in Argentina as social media users blasted them as 'idiots' who should be 'swallowed' by the snake

The clip of the creature and its unusual markings were shared by Branden Nicholson, a self-confessed animal lover and breeder of reptiles- these kinds of markings on a snake are very rare

The gran showed lightning-fast reactions as she dashed to scoop up the little tot as the large snake attempted to strike the baby in his playpen at the home in Uthai Thani, Thailand

Danielle Denton was walking barefoot along a cliff-top when she stepped on a sunbathing adder - and ended up in hospital after she unsuccessfully tried to suck the venom out of her toe

Katherine Thornton, from Guisborough, has told how her daughter found freshly shed snake skin at their home and they believe the reptile has found its way into their house

Snake catchers found one of the world's deadliest snakes at a retirement home, where residents first found the venomous creature wandering the dining hall before disappearing

Among the predators which frequent Britain are some creatures which keep their distance. Here we round up the UK's creatures that can attack or bite if provoked

A huge gear stick knob had been trapped in a snake's stomach for so long that there was a hole worn through its skin - leaving vets no choice but to operate on him

An Australian woman was rendered terrified when she discovered a sinister snake attempting to strangle her cat to death, forcing her to perform an ill-prepared rescue operation

Meanwhile, half love watching their new furry friend learn to love its new family - and six in 10 even feel they have 'saved' their pet's life, the research found

The woman seriously freaked out when she realised she had a very unwanted visitor in her home - and that her pet cat was actually playing with it

A toddler in Brazil was saved from certain death by heroic police who stopped a terrifying attack from a yellow anaconda that had already wrapped itself around its victim

Experts believe the python was so exhausted after digesting a meal - understood to have been a goat - on October 19 that it could not move in Kubang Pasu, Malaysia

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RSPCA officers have been dealing with a number of snakes on the loose in the same West Sussex village - one of which was a staggering four feet long