For centuries, the families of snake charmers or "saperas" have been the guardians of this ancient practice, using the soulful sounds of the "been" – a wind instrument synonymous with the ...

Some houses are grand and glorious, some shimmer with up-to-the-second kit, and some have the space to accommodate a footy team or two. Others possess a kind of ineffable cool. This classic-of-its ...

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Of the 4,000 snake species in the world, only about 600 are venomous, though not all of those pose a threat to humans. That doesn't stop some people from developing ophidiophobia, or an intense ...

Strangely, not all legless reptiles are snakes as some are actually lizards. There are 17 species of legless lizards in the world, including the Cape snake lizard and the California legless lizard.