By Clint
Apr 12, 2021
Video of a 10-foot green anaconda attempting to cross a busy road in Brazil, originally posted back in April 2019, is resurfacing online.
In the video, the massive snake can be seen slithering its way down the middle of the highway.
The green anaconda is the heaviest snake in the world and is much more at home in the water compared to land.
Luckily, some locals got out of their vehicles and helped stop traffic so the snake could cross safely.
Photo: Getty Images
By Clint
Apr 12, 2021
Video of a 10-foot green anaconda attempting to cross a busy road in Brazil, originally posted back in April 2019, is resurfacing online.
In the video, the massive snake can be seen slithering its way down the middle of the highway.
The green anaconda is the heaviest snake in the world and is much more at home in the water compared to land.
Luckily, some locals got out of their vehicles and helped stop traffic so the snake could cross safely.
Photo: Getty Images
Last week, I covered a research paper investigating the origins of venom. The research team dug deep into the genomes of various venomous species and discovered the core metavenom network that lies at the heart of all reptiles and mammals that produce oral venom. Oral venoms are collections of proteins produced in the salivary glands of reptiles and mammals.
All reptiles and mammals might share the basic architecture to evolve a venom under the right conditions. Still, no group has taken that pathway more than snakes. The types of proteins in their venom and the delivery mechanism snakes use have been heavily modified by nature.
Scientists Finally Know How an Ancient Reptile Lived With Such an Absurdly Long Neck
1 APRIL 2021
Make a crocodile out of taffy. Take its head and tug on it until its neck extends a good few meters from its body. If you squint, this could be what one odd-looking Triassic reptile called
Tanystropheus looked like. More or less.
This animal s assortment of ludicrously long fossilized neck bones has confused the heck out of paleontologists for nearly 170 years. By using CT scans to unpack the crushed skulls of the reptiles remains, researchers finally resolved some nagging questions surrounding this strange animal in August last year.
I continue my series of columns on outdoor legends with what I call real old-timer stories. These are from people, most well up in years, who can really spin a