Snakes

King cobra rises from bathroom bowl at Philippine resort, startling holidaymakers

The snake was described as roughly 1.2 meters long and tangled in the plumbing.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
King cobra emerges from toilet.
An early ancestor of both snakes and lizards?

167 million-year-old enigma: scientists explore the 'false snake of Elgol's unique traits

The new species looked like a lizard with a short body and four limbs but had snake-like jaws and curved teeth like pythons, showing a mix of traits from both lizards and snakes.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Red-bellied Black Snake. (illustrative)

Man in critical condition after being bitten by snake in Jordan Valley

MDA paramedics provided the man with life-saving medical treatment, which included oxygen and medication, and evacuated him in serious but stable condition to HaEmek Hospital in Afula.

|ByWALLA!
Cobra snake.

Indian toddler bites venomous cobra to death

The toddler lost consciousness after biting the snake but is now in good health.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

Israeli girl makes a splash with her pet snake

Sarit Regev, Inbar's mother, said the two grew up together.

OCTOBER 8, 2020ByREUTERS
Inbar Regev, an eight-year-old Israeli girl, holds her pet python while swimming in her backyard pool in Ge'a, southern Israel October 7, 2020. Picture taken October 7, 2020

6 Interesting Tips on How to Care For Pet Reptiles

JUNE 25, 2020ByLEO GIOSUÈ

Archaeologists reveal ancient Israel ‘prehistoric snack’

The findings of their research were published in the academic journal Scientific Reports on Wednesday.

JUNE 10, 2020ByROSSELLA TERCATIN
A yellow pit viper snake drinks water droplets on a flower at the Dhupguri snake park

New genus of pit viper discovered in India named after Salazar Slytherin

The house symbol of Slytherin is a snake and the colors are green and silver. Slytherin himself was a Parselmouth meaning he had the ability to converse with snakes.

APRIL 23, 2020ByZACHARY KEYSER
A yellow pit viper snake drinks water droplets on a flower at the Dhupguri snake park

Is the Bible right? Newly discovered fossils show snakes had legs

A new study published in Science Advances on Thursday has shed light on the life of ancient legged snakes.

NOVEMBER 25, 2019ByROSSELLA TERCATIN
A snake is seen while a tract of the Amazon jungle burns as it is cleared by loggers and farmers in Porto Velho, Brazil August 24, 2019