Vets urge Perth pet owners to be wary as temperatures tipped to soar

Vets urge Perth pet owners to be wary as temperatures tipped to soar

From the sun's rays to snake bites,hot weather poses a host of dangers to your pets.

  • byDakshayani Shankar

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The Snake Man - bitten by the love of his life

The Snake Man - bitten by the love of his life

How Ric Longmore survived a bite by a deadly tiger snake and devoted his life to promoting their good treatment.

  • bySteve Evans
Reptiles feel the love at the Botanic Gardens'latest scaly exhibition

Reptiles feel the love at the Botanic Gardens'latest scaly exhibition

Hundreds of people have flocked to the National Botanic Gardens to meet their slithery reptilian neighbours.

  • bySteve Evans
Three people bitten by snakes overnight in Queensland

Three people bitten by snakes overnight in Queensland

Three people have been bitten by snakes in Queensland in less than six hours overnight,with the state experiencing a surge in bites.

  • byAaron Bunch
It came in through the bathroom window:Snake found in share house toilet

It came in through the bathroom window:Snake found in share house toilet

International students got a big shock when they found a thick python in their toilet.

  • byLydia Lynch
Is one dose of antivenom enough? Rare tiger snake attacks stir up controversy

Is one dose of antivenom enough? Rare tiger snake attacks stir up controversy

On an extremely hot January night,a man heard a thudding noise in his bedroom. Soon after,he woke to the sound of his partner gurgling,and a live tiger snake sitting in the doorway.

  • byAisha Dow
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Bayside family finds snake in their toilet roll

Bayside family finds snake in their toilet roll

A juvenile python crawled into a toilet roll at a family home.

  • byLydia Lynch
Snake bites more common in south-east Queensland

Snake bites more common in south-east Queensland

Many people living in Queensland's capital may assume they're far away from a dangerous snake encounter,but the numbers suggest they're more likely than their country cousins to suffer a snakebite.

'Not much there for snakes':Python retrieved at Old Parliament House

'Not much there for snakes':Python retrieved at Old Parliament House

Snake catcher Luke Dunn was called out to Old Parliament House late on Sunday night to retrieve the non-venomous carpet python.

  • byJasper Lindell
Brown snake caught near Canberra Centre

Brown snake caught near Canberra Centre

It's the first time a venomous snake has been spotted in the urban heart of the city

  • bySteve Evans
Snake bites Queensland woman while she sleeps

Snake bites Queensland woman while she sleeps

Janice Terrill was sound asleep last week in her home south of Mackay when she felt a"prick"on her upper arm.

  • byToby Crockford