Fossil snake traces: another world-first find on South Africa’s Cape south coast: Puff adders leave linear, sometimes slightly undulating traces. EcoPrint/Shutterstock Snakes are familiar, distinctive – and often feared – reptiles. And they’ve been around for a long time: body fossils found in the UK, Portugal and the US stretch all the way back to …
New species of cobra-like snake discovered – but it may already be extinct: Hemachatus nyangensis in Nyanga National Park, Zimbabwe Donald Broadley, Author provided Around the world, natural history museums hold a treasure trove of knowledge about Earth’s animals. But much of the precious information is sealed off to genetic scientists because formalin, the chemical …
Narendra Modi’s Independence Day speech sounded more like a snake oil salesman than a statesman: Narendra Modi’s tenth consecutive Independence Day speech as Indian prime minister, delivered from the Red Fort in Delhi on August 15, was long (90 minutes) and characteristically loaded with bombast. It was not the inclusive message of a statesman seeking …
Technopreneurs Snake Nation and All-Africa Students Union Launch Africa 4.0 Music + Tech + Gaming Tour for Creative Millennials: Snake Nation logo Snake Nation app – a social-media platform focused on getting creative African millennials into the Creative Economy, where they can own, create and monetise their own content across various creative genres – is …
Ukraine war: reclaiming Snake Island is Kyiv’s biggest strategic victory so far – here’s why: On February 24, the first day of the invasion of Ukraine, Russian troops occupied Snake Island, a small but strategically important outpost in the Black Sea about 70 nautical miles south of Odessa. The 13 Ukrainian troops stationed there were …
A cool Port Elizabeth image: Humewood Snake Park. Spitting cobra or ring-necked snake. Mole snake round neck. P.E. Image by Mary Gillham Archive Project Karoo crops. South Africa. 1960 Image automatically curated and published by www.free-mail.co.za – CLICK HERE to learn more about WP Robot for WordPress. Have you tried: Travelling to South Africa?
South Africa in the news: If you are a content creator and looking for work, you need to know about Snake Nation: “SnakeNation.io is a mission-driven culture content and technology company based in Atlanta GA and Cape Town South Africa focused on creating access to the creative economy for young diverse creators, …: “South Africa” …
Creative African Millennials Get a Vote in their Social Media Future as Snake Nation Goes Live with November Launch: SnakeNation logo Coinciding with election seasons in South Africa and the United States, South African Disruptive Social Media Platform Snake Nation launches today, giving African Creatives a vote in their own social media future. The official …
A cool Camps Bay Beach image: The snake stays a few days in the Gents.. Image by spelio It loved the warmth under the sunlight on the roof! Continuing with the Flying Doctor theme this week, the RFDS has issued new information about treating snake bite. Not a lot has changed but the last point …
How snake oil got a bad name: During the pandemic, the pejorative term “snake-oil salesman” has been bandied about a lot. It’s been used, perhaps with a tinge of 1980s nostalgia, to describe convicted fraudster and serial opportunist Jim Bakker, whose colloidal Silver Solution required only some deft rebranding to become a specific curative for …
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) welcomes Snake Nation into its membership as the first recipient of a Grant for the Web inclusion grant: SnakeNation logo 18 August 2021 — The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and Grant for the Web welcome new W3C member Snake Nation whose social media platform offers Web monetization and greater …
These are the latest trending searches on Google right now: Snake Eyes: : Daily Search Trends Have you tried: Farking?
A nice Kings Beach image: Saint Hilda the Snake Charmer Image by spratmackrel This is the banner of St Hilda’s Church, Danby, North Yorkshire, England. It is the only Church banner I have ever seen with Runes on it. The runic alphabet was in use alongside the Roman, when Hilda lived. The runes spell Hilda. …
A cool Port Elizabeth image: Port Elizabeth snake park. Non-poisonous mole snake Image by Mary Gillham Archive Project Image automatically curated and published by www.free-mail.co.za – CLICK HERE to learn more about WP Robot for WordPress. Have you tried: Sailing in Africa ?
Lowdown on snake sightings in strange sites, from experts: On Wednesday, a python was removed from the grounds of Tamworth city pool; a brown snake had “strolled” Gunnedah's main street the previous day. A snake handler, firefighters and council staff in Tamworth, and residents of both towns, had also reported several recent encounters. : Weird …
2-headed copperhead snake found in Virginia yard: A two-headed copperhead snake was found in a backyard in Woodbridge, Virginia, according to Virginia Wildlife Management and Control. According to National Geographic, two-headed snakes are rare and typically develop the same way as Siamese twins. : Weird News Have you tried: Diving with Sharks?
Man dies in bizarre snake encounter in Tobago: McLetchie, a systems administrator at the Division of Infrastructure of the Tobago House of Assembly, together with two friends, Dorion Baird, his next door neighbour, and co-worker Kareem Alfred, was liming and drinking when they saw a small snake. McLetchie picked it up and started to fool …
Outraged bride calls off wedding and slams ‘snake’ friends…: Susan was all set to marry her long-term boyfriend in a wedding so big that even the Kardashians would be envious. But her dream wedding quickly turned into a nightmare and the bride-to-be was forced to call things off. : Weird News Have you tried: Travelling …