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Nearly 300 Burmese pythons were removed during a record-setting Florida Python Challenge this year, state wildlife officials said. The 10-day competition that ran from July 11-20 resulted in a record 294 invasive pythons being removed, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officials said Wednesday. Just 195 pythons were caught during last year’s challenge. A total of 934 participants from 30 …

Imagine discovering a naturally occurring antidote to snake venom, and that too in something hiding in plain sight in a camel’s tear. It sounds like science fiction, but recent headlines claim exactly that. According to reports, researchers in Dubai have found that camel tears contain special antibodies capable of countering the poisons of dozens of snake species. This has sparked …