Western Cape snake catcher @Bolandsnakeremovals captures massive African Python scaling dry tree, leaving bystanders shocked ...

“The snake stayed in the tree for two hours until I got there,” Heyns said. ... Heyns, who has removed hundreds of snakes from South African homes, said that bites from a boomslang are rare.

'Twas not yet the night before Christmas, but there was a creature stirring in a certain house in South Africa: one of the most poisonous snakes in the country. The Wild family in Robertson, South ...

Rob and Marcela Wild were in for a surprise when they found a boomslang — one of South Africa's most venomous snakes — in their Christmas tree, CNN reports.

African rock pythons, ... African rock python: The snake species that hunt in groups. African rock pythons, with the reptiles, ... or between rocks and trees.

Africa's largest snake, the 20-foot-long (6.1-meter-long) African rock python can't be easily tamed like other snakes, such as the more commonly kept Burmese python, Krysko said.

These rankings are based on LD50 values (median lethal dose; lower means more toxic) and venom effects combined with actual ...

There’s usually a sense of excitement about what lies beneath the Christmas tree, but for one festive family the biggest surprise was lurking in the branches up above.

Rob and Marcela Wild discovered a boomslang, one of Africa's most venomous snakes, in their Christmas tree. ... "The snake stayed in the tree for two hours until I got there," Heyns said.

Rob and Marcela Wild discovered a boomslang, one of Africa's most venomous snakes, in their Christmas tree. ... "The snake stayed in the tree for two hours until I got there," Heyns said.