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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 532

snakes

Screen capture from video of a snake found in the luggage of a woman who tried to smuggle dozens of reptiles into Israel, May 2023. (Twitter. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
June 1, 2023, 2:36 pm
Woman nabbed trying to smuggle over 70 reptiles into Israel
Among the rare creatures found wriggling in socks and bags in her suitcase was a baby anaconda, which can grow to be a dangerously large constrictor
By ToI Staff
A Micrelaps snake. (David David/Tel Aviv University)
March 2, 2023, 4:36 pm
In rare scientific advance, new snake family identified in Israel
Family Micrelapidae has only three species, one in region of Israel and two in East Africa; reptiles believed to have slithered off the snake evolutionary tree 50 million years ago
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A Palestine viper in Israel. (CC BY-SA 3.0, Guy Haimovitch, Wikimedia Commons)
October 1, 2022, 6:50 pm
13-year-old boy seriously injured by snake bite in northern Israel
Medics take young teen to hospital in Safed after he was bitten on the leg Friday night
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A Palestine viper in Israel. (CC BY-SA 3.0, Guy Haimovitch, Wikimedia Commons)
June 25, 2022, 2:37 pm
10-year-old girl, elderly man seriously injured by snake bites in separate incidents
Paramedics take victims to hospitals in unrelated occurrences within an hour
By ToI Staff
Telescopus hoogstraali, or Desert Tiger Snake, an endangered species of snake endemic to the Middle East. (Simon Jamison, Tel Aviv University)
June 5, 2022, 12:39 pm
One in every five species of reptiles worldwide is facing extinction, study finds
Covering over 10,000 species, study involving Israeli researchers is the most comprehensive of its kind to date; half of all turtles and crocodiles in danger of dying out
By Tobias Siegal
Illustrative: Israeli soldiers at a base in northern Israel, May 19, 2021. (David Cohen/Flash90)
June 2, 2022, 4:27 pm
IDF soldier seriously hurt by snake bite at northern base
Serviceman bitten Wednesday night, taken to hospital for treatment
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A Palestine viper in Israel. (CC BY-SA 3.0, Guy Haimovitch, Wikimedia Commons)
May 16, 2022, 3:10 pm
Air force commando in serious condition after snake bite
20-year-old from Shaldag unit rushed to hospital in unstable condition with bite marks on his neck; condition later stabilizes
By Emanuel Fabian
Rabbi Natan Slifkin holds Shayna, an albino Burmese python. (The Biblical Museum of Natural History)
July 9, 2021, 12:01 am
Snakes at a kiddush: Museum’s baby pythons get a ‘haimish’ welcome
Beit Shemesh natural history museum celebrates first baby snakes that emerged from crop of eggs laid by 12-foot albino Burmese python several months ago
By Gabe Friedman
Inbar Regev, 8, swimming with her family's pet python snake in their home in Ge'a, southern Israel. (Screenshot: Twitter)
From the WebOctober 9, 2020, 12:19 am
Meet the Israeli girl who enjoys swimming with her pet python
Reuters: Inbar Regev, 8, grew up with Belle the snake and other unusual pets in her family’s animal sanctuary; her mother says it’s ‘very natural for us’
A snake that a soldier at an IDF checkpoint placed inside a Palestinian car in December 2019 (Nidal Sa'eed)
January 7, 2020, 1:52 pm
Soldier jailed for placing snake inside Palestinian’s car at checkpoint
IDF sentences soldier to 18 days in prison, at the conclusion of which his continued service as a combat fighter will be examined
By Jacob Magid
Stephen Jennings after police say they found in his car a rattlesnake, a canister of radioactive powdered uranium and an open bottle of Kentucky Deluxe whiskey during a traffic stop. (Logan County, Oklahoma Sheriff's Office via AP)
July 12, 2019, 6:37 pm
US police find uranium and rattlesnake in stolen car during traffic stop
Man pulled over in stolen vehicle with powdered radioactive material, bottle of Kentucky Deluxe, terrarium with deadly reptile and gun; ‘uranium is the wild card,’ say police
By AP and ToI Staff
Illustrative: A snake confiscated by the Israel Nature and Parks Authority during a crackdown on the illegal trade in reptiles, June 17, 2019. (Israel Nature and Parks Authority)
June 18, 2019, 1:39 am
Israel nabs smuggled reptiles, including rare boa constrictors, turtles
Israel Nature and Parks Authority joins Interpol, Europol and more than 20 nations in major clampdown on illegal smuggling and keeping of reptiles
By Sue Surkes
German customs authorities found this 40-cm long boa in a passenger's pants when he tried to board a plane for Israel in December 2018. (Courtesy/Potsdam customs office)
January 16, 2019, 2:47 pm
Israel-bound flier caught at Berlin airport with boa constrictor in his pants
43-year-old man nabbed when security notices bulge in his pants; German customs call it ‘the most curious find’ of last year
By ToI Staff
Illustrative photo: A viper (photo credit: CC-BY-H. Krisp, Wikimedia Commons)
November 3, 2018, 3:11 pm
Deadly Palestine Viper declared Israel’s national snake
Indigenously found Daboia palaestinae emerges the clear winner in online poll sponsored by the Nature and Parks Authority
By JTA
A snake catcher holds a coin-marked snake he pulled from the Western Wall, October 31, 2018. (Facebook screenshot)
November 1, 2018, 6:16 pm
Snake emerges from Western Wall cracks, halting prayers
Harmless coin-marked snake’s capture prompts speculation of its portent by internet commentators
By Luke Tress
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