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More than 2,000 snakes returned after smugglers intercepted in Hong Kong
1. Wide of customs officers placing boxes containing snakes on grass
2. Close of bag of snakes being lifted from box
3. Close of official looking at snakes
4. Pan of two bags of snakes
5. Wide of officials putting snakes back in boxes
6....
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Cleanup, athletes prepare to depart, snakes in the games village
1. Pan from vacant security post to signboard of Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium
2. Various of auto rickshaw driver waiting with the Games' poster in the background
3. Wide of vacant security post
4. Various of vehicles carrying...
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More than 700 people turned out for the first-ever Florida Python Challenge to help rid the Everglades of the Burmese Python. The snake, an invasive non-native species, is decimating wildlife like rabbits and deer.
HEADLINE: Hundreds Hunt for Invasive Pythons in Everglades
CAPTION: More than 700 people turned out for the first-ever Florida Python Challenge to help rid the Everglades of the Burmese Python. The snake, an invasive non-native species,...
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THAILAND: CARGO OF COBRA SNAKES INTERCEPTED
Thai/Nat
Thai authorities have intercepted a cargo of a thousand cobras bound for restaurants in Vietnam.
They were hidden in boxes underneath a legal consignment of turtles.
Southeast Asia is one of the centres for the criminal...
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THAILAND: POLICE RAID BACKSTREET SLAUGHTERHOUSE
Thai/Nat
Thai authorities have raided and closed a backstreet slaughterhouse that was
supplying the illegal market in exotic foods.
The vast haul of animals included pythons, monitor lizards and turtles.
But, the police concede, it was...
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SOUTH AFRICA: JOHANNESBURG: 3 BABY "DASSIE RATS" ARE BORN
English/Nat
At the Johannesburg snake park in southern Africa, three baby "dassie rats", born last week, are proof of the only breeding programme of its kind in the world.
The rarely seen "dassie rat" is related to neither the dassie...
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RR8022B SOUTH AFRICA SNAKE SIT-INS
Background to Story: South Africa is going through a spate of world
record-breaking snake sit-ins. Two South Africans, one White and one Black have
both shattered the existing world record by spending more than 50 days in a cage
full...
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South Africa - New reptile park opens
On the banks of the Crocodile River near Nelspruit in
north-east Johannesburg a new park has been opened dedicated to
exhibiting one of the largest collections of reptiles in the
world.
Besides the glass tanks is a pond which has been...
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Malaysia - Snake charming contest
In a small town in northern Malaysia, snake-charmers from all over the world gathered at the weekend to demonstrate their weird and wonderful powers. It was not a competition for the faint-hearted. Spitting snakes of all shapes and sizes...
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A 12-foot pet Burmese python broke out of is enclosure and strangled a 2-year-old girl in her bedroom Wednesday at a central Florida home, authorities said
HEADLINE: Officials: Escaped pet python strangled child
CAPTION: A 12-foot pet Burmese python broke out of is enclosure and strangled a 2-year-old girl in her bedroom Wednesday at a central Florida home, authorities said. (July...
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Animal lovers take their pets for a special St Francis day blessing
1. Various of Father Michael Martin, Parish Priest of Malate Church, blessing pet snake
2. Close of pet tarantula spider inside plastic container
3. Mid of priest blessing tarantula
4. Mid of priest blessing dogs
5. Close of boy holding...
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South Africa - Mobile zoo
South Africa's latest zoo is one with a difference - it's on wheels so people who have never before had the chance to see wild animals will be able to examine them close up. The mobile institution will visit schools, other education...
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STORM DEBBY WEAKENS BUT CONTINUES TO WREAK HAVOC
Despite being downgraded, Debby is continuing to make its presence felt after inundating Florida with huge rain falls.
The National Hurricane Centre said on Tuesday that the tropical storm had been downgraded to a tropical depression...
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Villagers show off snake and scorpion taming skills
Handling snakes and scorpions can be dangerous - and even fatal.
But villagers in Sudan say they hold the key to taming even the most poisonous of beasts.
Meet Khedr Uthman. He's so confident of his ability to pacify a snake he'll even...
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Constructing the striking Sanctuary of Truth in a bustling Thai resort
Nestled on the shoreline, overlooking the Gulf of Thailand, you can not fail to notice this striking building.
The Sanctuary of Truth is a huge wooden palace, filled with thousands of intricately carved mythological figures - meant to...
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Snake security scares off potential thieves ++REPLAY++
AP Television
La Herradura - El Salvador - January 4, 2013
1. Various of snakes
2. Wide shot of boa constrictor snakes hanging
3. Various of snake farm owner Felix Reyes with snakes
4. Close of Reyes showing snakes
5. SOUNDBITE:...
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Hero Dog Bitten Saving Girl from Rattlesnake
When a venomous Eastern diamondback rattlesnake appeared in the backyard of a 7-year-old Florida girl, her German shepherd came to her rescue, refusing to back down despite multiple snakebites.Molly DeLuca was playing with her 2-year-old...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN: Koalas, kangaroos, snakes victims of Aussie floods
CLEAN: Koalas, kangaroos, snakes victims of Aussie floods
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Snakes alive deadly tenants nesting
CLEAN : Snakes alive deadly tenants nesting
AFP News Agency
VOICED : Snakes alive deadly tenants nesting
VOICED : Snakes alive deadly tenants nesting
AFP News Agency
VOICED: Bangkok's snakecatcher to the rescue
VOICED: Bangkok's snakecatcher to the rescue
AFP News Agency
VOICED: Bangkok's snakecatcher to the rescue
VOICED: Bangkok's snakecatcher to the rescue
Sky News
Stock Shots of Adder in Tank
CLEAN: Stock shots of Adder snake in tank. (Background audio, talking about snake.)