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![The alligator corpse shortly after being pulled out from the python's stomach.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zVfYXLgxRpSgjwgEJBuqeN-320-80.jpg)
Gruesome video reveals the moment a 5-foot alligator corpse was cut from the gut of a dead python
By Harry Baker published
In a viral Instagram video, pathologists remove a dead 5-foot alligator from the body of an 18-foot Burmese python.
![A venomous cobra was recently killed in India after it was bitten twice by a panicked 8-year-old boy.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/TKc3V7f4izbKxZ2tUDfeT7-320-80.jpg)
Cobra bites boy, boy bites it back (the boy was fine, the snake wasn’t)
By Harry Baker published
An 8-year-old boy recently killed a venomous cobra in India after recieving a venom-free "dry bite" from the snake and then biting back in retaliation.
![A reticulated python (Python reticulatus), like the one pictured here, is likely the python species that killed and swallowed a woman in Indonesia.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/vsB8MfwWwsmPuwBYhxJAUQ-320-80.jpg)
Missing woman’s body discovered in the stomach of 22-foot-long python in Indonesia
By Joanna Thompson last updated
A 54-year-old woman in Indonesia was killed and eaten by a massive python
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New Species of Ancient Flying Reptile Discovered
By Jeanna Bryner last updated
An ancient reptile with a 9-foot wingspan was soaring over the sea in what is now North Texas some 95 million years ago when – plop – it fell into the water and died.
![viper, poison](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/G7C3RbC2MDaXjvty5Ji6f3-320-80.jpg)
Snakes on Planes? Serpents Accelerate Faster Than Fighter Pilots
By Charles Q. Choi last updated
Harmless rat snakes can strike their prey as fast as can venomous vipers, and both snakes reach accelerations that would make humans black out.
![A man measures the mouth of a snake.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/VJWc8bTytyhtMtPDBqHiY3-320-80.jpg)
Jaw-dropping study reveals how pythons can devour super-size prey
By Jennifer Nalewicki published
Biologists studied Burmese pythons to see just how wide the snakes could gape their jaws to swallow large prey.
![An artist's rendition of an ancient reptile from the Triassic.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/yMaeVtCrUUf7gLoTMgnu9K-320-80.jpg)
Tiny Triassic critter provides new insight into the evolution of 1st flying reptiles
By Jennifer Nalewicki last updated
An ancient tiny reptile called "Scleromochlus taylori" gives a better look at the evolution of other ancient reptiles.
![An artist's illustration of the plesiosaur.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/eeRiskSYZCz4dgUhCXLckD-320-80.jpg)
Newfound 'snaky croc-face' sea monster unearthed in Wyoming
By Jennifer Nalewicki published
Researchers in Wyoming have named a new species of plesiosaur defined by its long neck and snappy jaws.
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