I guess it depends on the snake. There are several here that range from semi lethal to see you in the next world.

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Kitties don't like snakes of any sort.

Meow.

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"Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once."

I'm with the Kitties on that front

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Bob Smith
Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society)
Somewhere in the (un)known Universe?

Uh oh, another raccoon in trouble................

Ohio man calls police after raccoon ‘ransacked’ kitchen, hid in dishwasher.

Photos from the latest call show the critter crouched inside the dishwasher, and then led away on a leash by the officer.

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"Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once."

Squirrel Package Thief The Latest Mail Nightmare To Hit Chicago
Missing a package? This furry friend was caught on video snatching someone's Amazon order in the Avondale neighborhood.

YouTube video of culprit

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Not the sort of problem that we would expect to see in the UK every day of the week...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-56535979

(They sound more like Ostrich on steroids...)

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Bob Smith
Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society)
Somewhere in the (un)known Universe?

Perhaps they could help to subdue Mr. Angry Pheasant.

(But I think it might also help if the postman stopped wearing scarlet tights on his rounds)

Not the sort of problem that we would expect to see in the UK every day of the week...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-56535979

(They sound more like Ostrich on steroids...)

Oh look, little emus.

Perhaps they could help to subdue Mr. Angry Pheasant.

(But I think it might also help if the postman stopped wearing scarlet tights on his rounds)

Stay away from my girls buddy.

Cheers.

15,000 bees invade car while owner shops for groceries, New Mexico police say

The wayward bees had entered through the car’s open window outside an Albertsons in Las Cruces at about 4 p.m., the Las Cruces Police Department wrote on Facebook.

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Are we certain this was not Godzilla?
Giant water monitor lizard wanders into 7-Eleven in Thailand, climbs shelves

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Charlotte, NC, Attempted home break-in leads to arrest of a goat

In a scene that's reminiscent of Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds" corellas transform a once quiet suburban street into a nightmare.

Nightmarish video shows hundreds of corellas descending on Nowra street.

Cheers.

It seems that almost everyone wants to put in an appearance for the cameras at Byron Bay (just down the hill from here, sorta).

Massive octopus filmed pulling itself along Byron Bay beach.

Despite being overrun by celebrities, influencers and tourists – nothing was going to stop this giant octopus from spending some time on the sands of Wategos Beach in Byron Bay.

Sydney resident Jarrah Brailey filmed the eight-legged creature making its way across the sand towards some nearby rocks.

The octopus, which had tentacles around 30cm long, appeared to frequently change its colours with each movement.

“It absolutely was crazy, I couldn’t believe it,” Ms Brailey said. “It was really cool, it was changing colour depending on whether it was under water, or on the sand or the rocks to camouflage itself. It was absolutely massive.”

Cheers.

Meet the cats fighting Chicago’s rat problem

For the sixth consecutive year, Chicago has been named the rattiest city in America according to Orkin.

To combat this issue, the Tree House Humane Society has placed over 1,000 feral cats onto Chicago streets since 2012.

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Eight foot Alligator says: " I'll take one of everything on the menu please..."

A taco shop in East Texas was forced to close its drive-thru Wednesday morning after an alligator showed up waiting in line — and then fell asleep.

It happened at Jucy’s Taco in Henderson, about 170 miles southeast of Fort Worth, and the restaurant kept its sense of humor about the ordeal.

“The drive thru at Jucy’s Taco in Henderson is temporarily closed, as a customer decided to take a nap in the line,” the restaurant wrote on Facebook. “It turns out gators like Jucy’s Taco, too!”

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It was 'only' a 173-pound record breaking spinner shark she wrangled with..

“When we finally got it to the boat, that is kind of when it went crazy,” she said, maybe realizing it was about to get gaffed, which it did....

“It was crazy … I’ve never had a rod break,” she said.

With the rod ruined, she grabbed the line and painstakingly pulled the shark in by hand.

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Woman and the sea?

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Bald Eagles Attack Idaho Farm, Kill 54 of Farmers Sheep

A large eagle nest has been on his property for over 20 years, but the birds have never had an effect on his farming process. As of right now, the nest provides a home to two adults and at least two baby eaglets.

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That's rather unusual...

Are the eagles being overly protective of their nest area??

Or is there something else to the story...?


All in our curious world...
Martin

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