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4-foot reptilian predator spotted 'enveloping' hawk turns out to be new snake species
On Rossel Island, Kraus found Dendrelaphis melanarkys, or the black net tree snake. This 4-foot, 11-inch reptile is easier to ...
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4-foot-long creature found at abandoned island village. It’s a new species
Black net tree snakes were found in a rainforest, village gardens and “the site of the former village of Bibikea, which the Australian government forcibly relocated to the coast at the end of ...
10 Deadliest snake spots in the world featuring king cobra, Indian cobra, and other venomous snake species
The Congo Basin is surrounded by thick rainforests, and there one discovers the most lethal African venomous snakes like ...
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West Africa’s rainforests were an important center for early modern human evolution, study finds
"Humans had to deal with poisonous snakes, avoid large cats ... typical of humid West African rainforests. Ancient pollen, silicified plant remains known as phytoliths, and leaf wax isotopes ...