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SKID ROW's DAVE 'SNAKE' SABO Is 'Not Interested' In Reunion ... (BLABBERMOUTH.NET)

In a recent interview with Ruben Mosqueda of We Go To 11, SKID ROW guitarist Dave "Snake" Sabo was once again asked about the possibility of a reunion with ...

The five of us go on that stage as a band and we all get paid equally. I need to be happy being in a band with the people I'm in a band with. He responded: "It would take those guys to realize that I have a lifetime manager. "We entertained the idea. Three years ago, SKID ROW bassist Rachel Bolan also confirmed that he and his bandmates "were entertaining the idea" of reuniting with Bach following Harnell's departure. And we are absolutely running out of bands — bands that can play in sheds," he said. I'm in a great place personally, and I think we're all in a great place as a collective." I love playing our music, and I love playing it with the guys that we're playing it now with. "The fact that we are all still alive and we are all in our 50s — some closer to 60 than others — but that, to me, is selfish that we're not together. Instead of throwing in the towel, the remaining members took a hiatus and went on to play briefly in a band called OZONE MONDAY. We dipped our toes in the water and realized that it didn't feel so good. "I am really, really happy where we are," Snake continued.

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Monster snake spotted swimming in pool (NEWS.com.au)

A traveller has shared the horrifying moment a monster three-metre-long snake was spotted in her hotel swimming pool.

The country’s sea snakes are highly venomous, though don’t usually attack humans. A traveller has shared the horrifying moment a monster three-metre-long snake was spotted in her hotel swimming pool. A traveller has shared the horrifying moment a three-metre-long snake suddenly appeared in her hotel swimming pool.

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Arkansas Garden Snakes: Identifying the Most Common Snakes in ... (AZ Animals)

Most Common Venomous Snake in Arkansas: The Northern Cottonmouth (Agkistrodon piscivorus). Cottonmouth Snake Cottonmouths are venomous snakes. ©Marcum Havens/ ...

Like other kingsnakes and rat snakes, speckled kingsnakes rattle their tails in the leaves like a rattlesnake. Want to discover the 10 most beautiful snakes in the world, a "snake island" where you're never more than 3 feet from danger, or a "monster" snake 5X larger than an anaconda? The most common snake in Arkansas is the western rat snake, which is also nonvenomous. We’ve covered the most common snakes, and now, here are a few more: Instead, they prefer the forests and edges of gardens where the [leaf litter perfectly hides them](https://a-z-animals.com/blog/can-you-spot-this-camouflaged-copperhead-snake-hiding-in-a-plain-sight/). They prey on anything they can stuff in their mouths, and their diet includes other snakes. They climb up the grout lines in a brick wall, cruise through garage rafters, and slither through the trees, all while on the hunt for their favorite food — rats and mice. They’re semiaquatic and are most at home in the water. This pit viper is the biggest species in the Agkistrodon genus and one of the most common venomous snakes in the southeastern United States. However, the pattern fades as they age, and the snakes become almost uniform in color, with the barest hints of pattern near their bellies. [eastern copperhead](https://a-z-animals.com/animals/copperhead/). Their pattern is a series of crossbands or hourglass shapes over a lighter base color, miming the shape of the fallen leaves where they hide.

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'Emotional support' snake not allowed on plane (Boston Herald)

The Transportation and Security Administration shared a cheeky public service announcement on Instagram after agents found a 4-foot boa constrictor hidden ...

Don’t get upsetti spaghetti by not understanding your airline’s rules,” the agency said, adding that airlines never allow snakes in carry-on bags, and just a few will allow them in checked bags — so long as the animal is packaged correctly. The traveler told security that the snake, named Bartholomew, was actually her “emotional support animal” and requested that he be allowed to fly with her. The Transportation and Security Administration shared a cheeky public service announcement on Instagram after agents found a 4-foot boa constrictor hidden inside a woman’s luggage.

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4-foot 'emotional support' snake found in luggage at Tampa ... (YourErie)

Security screeners spotted a scaly surprise while scanning a suitcase: a 4-foot-long boa constrictor making its way through an x-ray machine at Tampa ...

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Snake on a plane: 1.2m-long boa constrictor found in luggage in US (1 News)

The surprising find was made by officers after a traveller's carry-on luggage was screened at Tampa International Airport, in Florida, last month, Transport ...

Kennedy (JFK) International Airport, in New York, in November. [dog was found inside a backpack](https://www.today.com/pets/dog-x-ray-machine-airport-rcna60495) at the Dane County Regional Airport in Madison, Wisconsin. [cat was found trapped](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/nov/23/new-york-airport-cat-x-ray-bag) in a traveller's suitcase at John F.

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'Emotional support' snake found in passenger's bag at US airport (Stuff.co.nz)

Security officials share a cheeky public service announcement after agents find a boa constrictor hidden inside a woman's bag.

Don’t get upsetti spaghetti by not understanding your airline’s rules,” the agency said, adding that airlines never allow snakes in carry-on bags, and just a few will allow them in checked bags – so long as the animal is packaged correctly. *

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TSA finds 4-foot boa constrictor inside woman's carry-on luggage at ... (USA TODAY)

The "danger noodle" was inside a woman's carry-on on Dec. 15, and it was not allowed to fly after the airline was notified.

"Do you have asp-irations of taking a snake on a plane?" [TSA says ](https://www.tsa.gov/travel/travel-tips/taking-your-human-plane-what-every-pet-needs-know)they should never be put through the X-ray machine. Kennedy International Airport](https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/2022/11/23/cat-checked-bag-airport-tsa-x-ray/10761932002/) in November, followed by a [dog found inside a carry-on backpack "accidentally sent through the X-ray" at a Wisconsin airport](https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/2022/12/07/dog-carry-on-backpack-wisconsin-airport-tsa/10850373002/) in December. [A Virginia woman traveled to Kenya. When officers informed the woman of the snake's appearance on the X-ray, she told officials it was her emotional support pet. We really have no adder-ation for discovering any pet going through an x-ray machine."

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How Hummocky's (Mount Chappell Island) super-sized tiger snakes ... (ABC News)

Flying into Hummocky (Mount Chappell Island) and landing on the grass airstrip feels a bit like arriving at Jurassic Park — and just like in the film, ...

It was one of the most incredible things I've seen in my life." "The problem is … because there's no other food for the snakes," Mr Fearn says. "The island was bone dry and one day a shower of rain went over the island for 10 or 15 minutes, just enough to make all the grass and vegetation wet," Mr Fearn says. "Thousands of tiger snakes came up out of the ground everywhere and they were drinking off the grass. "He used to go there and pillage the island for snakes to milk for venom," Mr Fearn says. "People confuse toxicity, how potent the venom is, and the quantity of venom," Mr Fearn says. there are probably 40 islands in Bass Strait with tiger snake populations and none of the others have been studied much – there are probably other islands with snakes just as big." "He wrote lots of popular articles about it and made the island famous and the size of its snakes famous. Mr Stonehouse says stories about the number and size of snakes on Hummocky have "gotten out of hand", but the reptiles are plentiful and larger in size. The ranger describes the island's snakes as "twice as big" as their relatives in other parts of the country. "They don't want to use their venom on you, they want to use it on a feed," Mr Stonehouse says.

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Behind microwaves, under beds: snake catchers kept busy (Sunshine Coast News)

Mr McKenzie told Sunshine Coast News it was mostly pythons and tree snakes finding their way into places no one wants to find a snake – namely inside the house.

“When we arrived and finally found the snake we realised it was actually a female on eggs.” “It was a very sketchy job and at one stage I had to let go of the snake as it had the upper hand and I didn’t want to get bitten in the face.” “We had a decent-sized red-belly climb up on top of a water tank too, and I had to catch it at eye level,” Mr McKenzie said. He also said snake catchers had a call last week to a home where a “cheeky” tree snake was found under a young girl’s bed. “We’ve had a few snakes inside recently and we also found a tree snake behind a microwave.” “We are getting a few red-bellies and a few tree snakes too.

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PHOTO: Florida Woman Caught with 4-Foot Snake in Suitcase at ... (KFI AM 640)

Not on TSA's watch! Last month a Florida woman attempted to bring a 4-foot boa constrictor onto her flight out of Tampa International Airport. When TSA agents ...

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Woman claims boa constrictor in luggage is 'emotional support snake' (The Independent)

The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) shared X-ray images of the passenger's luggage, which was processed at Tampa International Airport, on ...

[tried and failed to bring an “emotional support peacock”](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/peacock-emotional-support-animal-dexter-flight-barred-artists-ventiko-newark-los-angeles-united-airlines-a8186671.html) onto a United Airlines flight from LA to Newark in New Jersey. [when they tried to bring an “emotional support squirrel” onboard](https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/frontier-airlines-america-flight-orlando-cleveland-emotional-support-animal-squirrel-a8577756.html). [boa constrictor](/topic/boa-constrictor) in her luggage was an “emotional support” [snake](/topic/snake).

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4-foot 'emotional support' snake found in luggage at Tampa ... (WIAT - CBS42.com)

Security screeners spotted a scaly surprise while scanning a suitcase: a 4-foot-long boa constrictor making its way through an X-ray machine at Tampa ...

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Monster snake spotted swimming in pool (msnNOW)

A traveller has shared the horrifying moment a monster three-meter-long snake was spotted in her hotel swimming pool. The British musician and TikToker, ...

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Monster snake spotted swimming in pool (New York Post)

The British musician and TikToker, who documents her travels under the screen name Elisabeth Elektra, was holidaying in Thailand when she discovered the ...

The country’s sea snakes are highly venomous, though don’t usually attack humans. The reticulated python can swim, and is sometimes found in the open ocean. “I’m on holiday in Thailand and there is a 12 foot snake in the swimming pool,” the on-screen text reads.

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Huge boa constrictor snake found in carry-on baggage (ksltv.com)

The bizarre yet fascinating menagerie of animals detected by TSA agents in carry-on baggage at U.S. airports carries on into 2023.

The person with the carry-on said the cat wasn’t his but came from his household. After the ordeal and the indignity of it all, Smells was “Do you have asp-rations of taking a snake on a plane? And technically, it never made it to the plane. Around Thanksgiving, poor Smells the Cat was found in a carry-on at John F. The incident happened on Dec.

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'Emotional Support' Snake Measuring 4 Feet Barred From Boarding ... (AviationPros.com)

No snakes on this plane. The Transportation and Security Administration shared a cheeky public service announcement on Instagram Friday night after agents ...

Distributed by [Tribune Content Agency, LLC.](https://www.tribunecontentagency.com/) Don’t get upsetti spaghetti by not understanding your airline’s rules,” the agency said, adding that airlines never allow snakes in carry-on bags, and just a few will allow them in checked bags — so long as the animal is packaged correctly. They made the alarming discovery on Dec.

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WATCH | Venomous snake hitches ride with Cape Town fire crew (News24)

A fire crew was caught off guard when they discovered a boomslang in one of the pipes of their fire trucks on Friday.

"There has been a spate of fires recently, especially in informal settlements and vegetation fires. "Crew members noticed a strange black and yellow hose on the truck that wasn't there before. - The City of Cape Town's mayoral committee member for safety and security, JP Smith, said the crew members were returning from a vegetation fire on the West Coast road when they spotted the snake while refuelling.

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Holidaymakers terrified after Brit spots three-metre snake in hotel ... (Daily Star)

Guests at a Thailand hotel were stunned to find a giant snake splashing around in the resort's swimming pool, with one horrified holidaymaker posting videos ...

[here](https://www.dailystar.co.uk/newsletter-preference-centre/). [animals](https://www.dailystar.co.uk/latest/animals). [reports news.com.au](https://www.news.com.au/travel/monster-snake-spotted-swimming-in-pool/news-story/ade8f6973c1bc2b4bce29f38d01155a7). [Battered Brits abroad topple huge beloved buffalo sculpture by trying to ride it](https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/battered-brits-abroad-topple-huge-28908654) [American mocked for 'drying out kettle' after making a cuppa](https://www.dailystar.co.uk/real-life/american-mocked-drying-out-kettle-28907671) [Pensioner 'forced to shoot rats with rifle' as vermin 'turning house into driving range'](https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/pensioner-forced-shoot-rats-rifle-28907622) [Stripper dates men so she can 'break their hearts' and says it's a 'fun hobby'](https://www.dailystar.co.uk/love-sex/stripper-dates-men-can-break-28907503) [Passenger smuggles boa constrictor onto plane to give her 'emotional support'](https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/weird-news/passenger-smuggles-boa-constrictor-onto-28908064) [Holidaymakers ](https://www.dailystar.co.uk/latest/holidays-from-hell)have sworn off visiting Thailand after a traveller found a giant [snake ](https://www.dailystar.co.uk/latest/snakes)in their hotel's swimming pool. [TikTok ](https://www.dailystar.co.uk/latest/TikTok)to share a video of the enormous beast as it swam around the pool, which was lit up by colour-changing lights. The one-minute video showed the caption: "I'm on holiday in Thailand and there's a 12 foot (3.6m) snake in the swimming pool."

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Snake River Fur Post: the epicenter of the Upper Mississippi fur ... (MinnPost)

The stockaded structure, supervised by veteran trader John Sayer, was a place where employees of the North West Fur Company came together with Ojibwe and ...

In 1963, the Minnesota Historical Society conducted field testing at the site on the advice of a local who believed the area to be the former location of the Snake River Fur Post. On April 26, 1805, the North West Company party left the Snake River Fur Post and returned to Fort St. The rowhouse was enclosed by a stockade with a main gate and a river entrance. Eager to expand its business and compete with the XY Company, the North West Company sent experienced trader John Sayer to the lands of the Snake River band of Ojibwe in 1804. They exchanged gifts, and the Ojibwe recommended that Sayer’s party build a post on the banks of Ginebig-ziibi. Their homeland and influence reached from the Great Lakes to the Great Plains in the west, and to the homelands of the Cree and Assiniboine in the north.

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Tourist horrified after spotting three-meter snake in hotel swimming ... (Dexerto)

A British tourist staying in Thailand went viral on TikTok after spotting a three-meter-long snake in her hotel swimming pool.

“Well, she or he just came to say welcome to Thailand and say hi to you, wish you a nice stay,” another one wrote. However, staff were eventually successful in fishing out the snake, as the video continued: “The hotel staff moved it to safety, one of them stroked its head as they moved it to reassure it.” “I’m on holiday in Thailand and there is a 12 foot snake in the swimming pool,” she wrote over the video, which has garnered 773,000 views.

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She was catching a flight in Florida. Then TSA noticed her ... (Miami Herald)

A passenger at Tampa International Airport in Florida tried to travel with an 'emotional support' boa constrictor in her carry on bag.

A pet fee of about $100 is required, and reservations for the animal must be made in advance. [A snake was discovered on a flight from Florida. “Do you have asp-irations of taking a snake on a plane? The reptile is lit up in orange, coiled up into a figure eight. She reportedly told guards that the boa constrictor, named Barthomolew, was “her emotional support pet.” Last month, a woman traveling through Tampa International Airport attempted to stow her boa constrictor in her carry-on luggage, according to the Transportation Security Administration.

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She was catching a flight in Florida. Then TSA noticed her ... (Raleigh News & Observer)

A passenger at Tampa International Airport in Florida tried to travel with an 'emotional support' boa constrictor in her carry on bag.

A pet fee of about $100 is required, and reservations for the animal must be made in advance. [A snake was discovered on a flight from Florida. “Do you have asp-irations of taking a snake on a plane? The reptile is lit up in orange, coiled up into a figure eight. Last month, a woman traveling through Tampa International Airport attempted to stow her boa constrictor in her carry-on luggage, according to the Transportation Security Administration. She reportedly told guards that the boa constrictor, named Barthomolew, was “her emotional support pet.”

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4-foot 'emotional support' snake found in luggage at Tampa ... (WJBF-TV)

Security screeners spotted a scaly surprise while scanning a suitcase: a 4-foot-long boa constrictor making its way through an x-ray machine at Tampa ...

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Boa constrictor snake found in carry-on baggage (KSL.com)

The bizarre yet fascinating menagerie of animals detected by Transportation Security Administration agents in carry-on baggage at U.S. airports carries on ...

After the ordeal and the indignity of it all, Smells was rewarded with a sumptuous Thanksgiving spread. The person with the carry-on said the cat wasn't his but came from his household. Snake on a plane? "Do you have asp-rations of taking a snake on a plane? And technically, it never made it to the plane. The incident happened on Dec.

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Florida woman sneaks snake in airport luggage as "emotional ... (Yahoo Entertainment)

Samuel L. Jackson probably would have been thrilled to be on this flight. TSA agents in Florida recently stopped a woman from boarding a plane with a 4-foot ...

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Woman Attempts To Board Plane With Huge Snake In Her Carry On ... (K104.7)

CBS says a woman attempted to board a plane in Tampa last month with a four-foot boa constrictor. The snake was in the woman's carry-on bag and was ...

Woman claimed the snake was her emotional support pet. The TSA refused to allow the snake on the plane and then tweeted; ”Do you have asp-rations of taking a snake on a plane? The woman claimed her snake, Bartholomew, was her emotional support animal.

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Snake on a plane? Boa constrictor found by TSA agent at airport ... (KPRC Click2Houston)

It seems like TSA agents can't catch a break during bag checks at the airport. From cats, dogs, raw chicken -- and now, snakes?

TSA notified the airline, which ruled that there was not going to be a snake on their plane! Woman claimed the snake was her emotional support pet. [@TSA]X-ray of Bartholomew, a boa constrictor who was in a traveler's carry-on bag at [@FlyTPA]last month.

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Chezzi Denyer praised for protecting children from a brown snake (Daily Mail)

The eastern brown snake is highly venomous and is responsible for about 60 per cent of human snake-bite deaths in Australia.

If possible, mark the location of the bite site (if known) on the skin with a pen, or photograph the site. Apply the bandage as firmly as possible to the limb. You should be unable to easily slide a finger between the bandage and the skin. It’s coming for the stairs' It’s coming for the stairs.' She shooed the reptile away with a pair of barbecue tongs (circled) after it approached the family dog

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Plans for 264-foot dam above Little Snake River spur conflict (WyoFile)

Above the Colorado-Wyoming border, the Sierra Madre Mountain snowpack holds water that ranchers say flows downstream too fast.

The Forest Service is “not for or against the project.” Medicine Bow land that would become the dam site must “not substantially conflict with established management objectives on adjacent Federal lands,” the Forest Service said. 70-step process that we have to go through for the land exchange,” Voos said. very much complicates the NEPA process,” he said, and an exchange “very much streamlines” potential development. State and federal officials agree a land swap would make approval of the 130-acre reservoir easier. All that “satisfies the environmental review requirements for the land exchange,” Voos said. “We will weigh in very heavily advising the Forest Service to absolutely not do this.” The study will determine whether trading the federal dam site to Wyomining “is in the best interest of the American public,” Medicine Bow spokesman Aaron Voos said. “Quite a few of them are either in or adjacent to [a] wilderness area or roadless areas,” said Jonathan Bowler, watermaster for the Savery-Little Snake River Water Conservancy District. The goal [of the dam builders] is to consume water and grow crops — it’s not to save the fish and wildlife and wetlands.” “We would like to have a project here because it’s good for our valley,” said Pat O’Toole, a former state representative who ranches along the Little Snake River. Forest Service will launch a separate “feasibility study” to decide whether it should take part in an estimated 6,282-acre land exchange facilitating construction of the dam.

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Eastern brown snake found in printer tray at Windsor Toyota (Hawkesbury Gazette)

Windsor Toyota Registration Clerk Jade Bowen had opened the paper tray to load it with more paper to print out a car registration, when she saw the snake hiding ...

"All snakes can climb, and all snakes can swim, but our venomous snakes choose not to do that. "If you encounter a snake, don't approach it. That's the second most venomous snake in the world." "I'm a bit of a prankster and she asked me about it and I said 'I didn't put it there'. They tend to stay on the ground," he said. "It was a dangerous situation for [the clerk].

Invasive pythons hide a parasite that has spread to Florida's native ... (Kansas City Star)

Surgery on venomous coral snake shows invasive pythons have introduced an invasive parasite into Florida's snake population.

along with Burmese pythons (Python bivittatus) in the 1990s,” the report states. [creating havoc in the environment ](https://myfwc.com/wildlifehabitats/profiles/reptiles/snakes/burmese-python/)by preying on native species, including endangered animals, according to the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission. “While (the parasite) is of limited clinical significance to the Burmese python, these invasive pentastomes are likely contributing to morbidity and mortality in native snake species,” the report states. The worms are native to southeastern Asia and Australia, and “believed to have been introduced into southern Florida ... [are not native ](https://www.facebook.com/WeSaveIndigos/posts/pfbid02hw69HmoMK9Xb4aFcFEkfGPi5eyE3Hh5Bxn3J2ArRrUwSiowuW6ySJyFKnugVqTw7l)to North America, according to the [Orianne Center for Indigo Conservation](https://www.centralfloridazoo.org/OCIC/?fbclid=IwAR0sS68COAPGYtsvnnea5cc3SfOoku_S1L1UBVLqOLF-VUry6vt4m9IqUac) at the Central Florida Zoo & Botanical Gardens. “The parasite ended up being the pentastome that is associated with the invasive Burmese python, which has become a concern for Florida snakes,” the center wrote on Facebook.

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Woman tries to sneak 4-foot 'support' boa constrictor snake past TSA ... (cleveland.com)

Agents for the Transportation Security Administration in Tampa discovered the snake, named Bartholomew, when a woman sent her carry-on bag through the X-ray ...

“TSA recognizes that for many pet owners, their animals are an extension of their family, and they want to travel together,” TSA Deputy Federal Security Director for Colorado Anne Cross said in the news release. The traveler told TSA the cat belonged to “someone else” that the traveler lived with. Among them: An inert grenade, a gun found inside a raw chicken and fentanyl pills in candy wrappers. “There’s a danger noodle in that bag …,” the post said. “Do you have asp-irations of taking a snake on a plane? Coiled up in a passenger’s carry-on was a 4′ boa constrictor!

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Copperheads in Raleigh in January? Looks like it. Local snake ... (Raleigh News & Observer)

We usually see copperheads and other venomous snakes in spring and summer, but what about cold weather months? NC Wildlife expert details behavior.

This can worsen the injury. “I was picking up sticks from the December winds and wasn’t really close enough to it to be threatened. 6 with the caption: “Copperhead sunning in the back yard this afternoon. Nextdoor poster Shirley U., who lives in the Blue Ridge Road/Glen Eden Road area of Raleigh, posted a photo of a copperhead snake camouflaged in pine straw and leaves on the social media site on Jan. In the photos, the venomous snakes were soaking up winter sun amid piles of dark, crunchy leaves. • Color: Copperheads are brownish-gray. Cut the bitten area to try to drain the venom. Suck or use a suction device to remove the venom. It’s better for the venom to flow through the body than for it to stay in one area. “Whenever temperatures rise and copperhead sightings become more likely, always keep in mind that snakes only bite humans in self-defense, so the best way to avoid a bite is to leave snakes alone,” Owens said. “In the Triangle the most common sightings are “I was completely taken aback when I saw the snake — did a double take and realized it was a copperhead,” she told The News & Observer.

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Man found snake crawling out of Colorado hotel toilet (FOX31 Denver)

A guest at a Denver-area hotel is sharing the story of a snake trying to make its way into the room, crawling out of the toilet.

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