This strange little snake does cartwheels as a defense mechanism.

Pseudorabdion longiceps snake doing cartwheels

A recent study published in Biotropica reveals that the Dwarf Reed Snake (Pseudorabdion longiceps) has been found to perform cartwheels when threatened, making it the first time such an active rolling motion has been documented in snakes.

Florida man bitten by snake that slithered from his toilet

Florida’s python problem is well-known. The state has been invaded by pythons that thrive in the state’s warm, humid environment. Pythons have been found in backyards, swimming pools, and cars. To make the nightmarish invasion even more terrifying, this week a ball python was found inside a toilet.

A rare two-headed ratsnake was captured last month and is now on display at the Cameron Park Zoo in Waco, Texas. The rare reptile has two identical-looking heads with a space in between – each connected to the same body. Experts at the zoo say the unusual snake can eat with either head.

Workers at a dam project in Brazil stirred up an enormous snake that’ll make you quake in your boots. The Giant Anaconda was awakened after workers set off explosives to bring down a cave. Unfortunately, the snake died from the explosion.

Fifty thousand dollars?!? For a snake!?! But Medusa is no ordinary snake. The four-year old Honduran Milk Snake, born in Florida, has two fully-functioning heads. In fact, the owner says the two heads even fight each other for food sometimes.

The Russell’s Snake Viper is not only very aggressive, but it is very poisonous. For the lucky few that survive, they face a lifetime of chronic internal injuries as a result of the venomous bite. Why does the bite of the Russell’s Snake Viper do so much damage? Because it causes the blood of the…

Once during a very dangerous experiment, Geek Slop was bitten by a poisonous snake. After five days of blinding-white visions, sweltering fever, icy chills, mind-numbing headaches, icky red swelling, and unbelievably excruciating pain – the snake died. A chef in China found himself in a similar situation in August 2014 while he was preparing a…

Pseudechis australis, aka the King Brown Snake or Mulga Snake is a venomous snake found in Australia

Geek Slop doesn’t want to make any kids have bad dreams but figures most people would like to know that the Australian mulga snake has been found to attack people in their sleep.

23-year-old Jason Leon was riding his ATV with a few of his friends when he noticed a few feet of snake sticking out of the brush by the gravel road. Jason crawled off the ATV, grabbed the head of the snake, and yanked it free from the brush. To his surprise, there was 15 more…

While cleaning around the outside of her house, a Texas woman was frightened by a snake that slithered across the yard. Thinking on her feet, she doused the snake with gasoline and instructed her son to grab a match and set the snake on fire. The flaming snake fled into a pile of brush located…