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During a warrant search of a home in Dora Creek, south of Newcastle, authorities found a mix of protected and dangerous wildlife. This included a coastal taipan — a species often described as ...

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The tropical city of Durban has beaches, thousands of city-dwellers, and hundreds of venomous snakes. Simon Keys is not your usual snake handler. His job is to hunt down the world ...

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Watch as this snake expert opens up a bedroom dresser drawer in an Australian home and discovers a live snake.