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Stale Batteries Are THE Leading Source Of Fatal Snake Encounters

A gentle reminder from the good people at Eveready, circa 1936.


November 28, 2009

Deadly Viper Killed By IRobot Roomba

There are worse things to worry about in the Middle East than a robotic vacuum cleaner, but to the viper who thought it’d be a cozy place to sleep, it proved to be the end of his violent, snakey existence.


August 22, 2009
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ATM Card Skimmers Go Low-Tech, Start Using Pythons

I used to worry about card skimmers in ATMs, but now I have a new nightmare: pythons. Six-and-a-half foot pythons like this one which was lurking in an ATM in Nis, Serbia


June 11, 2009

Exploding Surveillance Snake Robot Is Unsettling At Best

Nothing beats combining your fears into one, absolutely terrifying object. This is a robotic snake that, when necessary, can blow itself up. Yes, a suicide-bombing robosnake.