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From bedside table to centre stage

Band names are becoming a sore point.

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If you spot a snake in your yard, go inside and have a beer

Twenty of the 25 most ­venomous snakes on Earth are native to Australia. Here’s what to do if you get bitten.

  • Amanda Hooton
Walk, don’t run.

‘If you run, you become prey’: In this camp, not all guests are human

“Where can I go for a jog?” I ask naively. “You can’t jog here,” the ranger says.

  • Steve Jacobs
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Kitchen caper on a different scale

And Melania’s golden days.

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Fangin’ it by air

Passenger manages to shed it off.

The Wisconsin mechanic has been bitten at least 200 times. Credit Tim Friede (YouTube: timfriede578)
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Tim Friede exposes himself to venomous snakebites

The Wisconsin mechanic has been bitten at least 200 times. Credit Tim Friede (YouTube: timfriede578)

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Screengrabs from videos posted by Tim Friede, who filmed himself goading black mambas and taipans to bite him. Scientists are now trying to make a broad-spectrum antivenom from his blood.

Bitten 200 times by venomous snakes, this mechanic didn’t die. Here’s why

Tim Friede has survived the deadly venom of taipans, black mambas, vipers and cobras. Scientists have used his blood to craft a potential broad-spectrum antivenom.

  • Angus Dalton
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Snakes and skinks and spiders, oh my!

While the passport troubles continue.

More than 100 red bellied black snakes were found in a Horsley Park home.

‘Snake after snake kept coming’: 100 red-bellied black snakes removed from Sydney backyard

A homeowner called a local snake catcher to capture what he thought was a couple of snakes. What they found instead was “like winning the snake lottery”.

  • Jessica McSweeney
Ballarat Wildlife Park’s head of reptiles Jack Gatto, with his “beautiful” Priscilla.

How do you care for a tiny predator that could kill 100 men?

Elvis and Priscilla’s babies are hatching, but don’t be fooled by their size: these babies are among the deadliest creatures on the planet.

  • Bianca Hall