Amy Schneider said she found a snake head when she opened the can of green beans on March 24, 2006. It was about the size of a golf ball, she said. picked by DemureArt 1 year ago

A man claiming to be a prophet and accused by police of rape in Zimbabwe created pandemonium when he reportedly made a deadly snake appear during questioning. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Roary the Staffordshire bull terrier turned lifesaver when he saw a deadly brown snake rear to strike three-year-old Ebony Davis.
Roary jumped on the 1.5-metre snake, bit it and swung it clear of Ebony and her father in the backyard of their home. But the family pet's bravery almost cost its life. picked by Marli 7 months ago

Teenage poultry farmer Dean Sambers was stunned when one of his hens laid a gigantic egg - weighing a staggering four times as much as a normal one. picked by AutumnLotus 2 months ago

A snake was saved by surgery in Australia after mistaking four golf balls for a meal of chicken eggs, a veterinarian said Wednesday. picked by dollyllama 9 months ago

First, researchers grew enough fungus to give dandruff to 10 million people. Next, they sequenced its genes. Then they found out that not only does an icky fungus live on your head and cause dandruff - but it could be having sex. On your head. Right now. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago

The two-headed, hermaphrodite rat snake died at the age of 8. World Aquarium, which tried to breed him/her with another dicephalic snake, will miss the beloved freak of nature. picked by VooDooPeacock 1 year ago

Remember the old computer game where you were a snake and every time you got food you grew longer and you had to avoid hitting yourself and the walls well, somehow these people have organized an entire dorm of people to create a game of snake on the outside of the building, and spectators watch in awe. picked by dork 3 months ago

A roadside toilet stop ended in pain, embarrassment and almost death for a tourist when a highly venomous snake bit the end of his penis. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

A Northern Ireland man bit his girlfriend's pet snake in half during a fight and remarked that it "tasted lovely". picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

A Long Island animal shelter is a temporary home for a 1-foot-long snake that a mother found coiled on her 7-month-old daughter's leg as the baby slept in a crib. picked by bevissimo 4 months ago

A woman checking her laundry found an 8-foot-long snake wrapped around the clothes inside the washing machine at her home. picked by arsphidius 3 months ago

When The Cairns Post revealed details of the bizarre encounter two weeks ago, the story attracted headlines worldwide. But the identity of the victim remained unknown until yesterday when Daryl Zutt came forward to tell how the brown snake took a near-fatal swipe as he relieved himself near Laura, 300km northwest of Cairns, on April 27. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

Step One: Steal a snake
Step Two: Return to scene of crime to ask for books on how to care for stolen snake
Step Three: Go directly to jail. Do not pass go. Do not collect 200. picked by murphyz 2 years ago

A teenage girl woke when a snake that had slithered into her bed and wrapped itself around her neck bit her on the arm. picked by AutumnLotus 5 days ago

"I was home sick on June 14, 2002, so I was able to capture the birth of 42 red-sided garter snake babies. It was, to say the least, a messy process, but a fascinating one." picked by MissWinkle 5 months ago

An Indiana woman said she'll be walking for a while after one tough snake took up residence under the hood of her car and refused to leave. picked by AutumnLotus 12 months ago

One doctor thought the bleeding, strange bumps on Aaron Dallas' head might have been a gnat bite. A specialist thought it was shingles. Then the bumps started to move. It turns out five bot fly larvae were living on Dallas' head, near the top of his skull. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

A British children's book writer and artist has offered his own head to replace a collection of shrunken heads that a museum may return to South America. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

There is a popular belief that goldfish only have a three-second memory span and every lap of their fishbowl is like seeing the world for the first time. But a 15-year-old schoolboy from Adelaide has just debunked that theory. He has conducted a simple experiment, which proves that the humble goldfish is smarter than we think. picked by AutumnLotus 8 months ago