Bite kills Malaysia 'Snake King'
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A snake charmer who made a name for himself as Malaysia's Snake King dies after a bite from a king cobra.
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U.S. scientists found some non-poisonous snakes have devised an unusual method of warding off predators by eating toxic toads.  Although most snakes are born with poisonous bites, a species of Asian snakes borrow a dose of poison by eating toxic toads and recycle the toxins.
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KAMPUNG PASIR PEKAN, Malaysia  - Malaysia gassed  hundreds of screeching birds in a village near the Thai border  on Thursday, seeking a quick end to its first outbreak of bird  flu, a scourge that has killed 27 people in Southeast Asia this  year.
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Steve Irwin, the quirky Australian   naturalist who won worldwide acclaim, was killed by a stingray   barb through the chest on Monday while diving off Australia's   northeast coast, emergency officials and witnesses said.
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Manila airport officials prevented a  real life version of horror flick "Snakes on a Plane" this week  when they stopped more than 130 reptiles, including poisonous  cobras, from boarding a flight to Bangkok.
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"Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin, the Australian naturalist killed by a stingray on Monday, was filmed removing a poisonous barb from his chest just before he died, according to news reports. Irwin's manager John Stainton, who was among the television crew on the reef, described the footage of his friend dying as "terrible," The Associated Press reported.
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A soil-borne bacterial infection called melioidosis has killed 24 people in Singapore this year, making it more deadly than SARS (news - web sites) or bird flu, the health ministry said on Friday.
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The leader of the Karen National Union, one of the biggest ethnic groups fighting Myanmar's military government, was killed Thursday in Thailand
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Steve Irwin, the quirky Australian  naturalist who won worldwide acclaim, was killed by a stingray  barb through the chest on Monday while diving off Australia's  northeast coast, emergency officials and witnesses said.
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Manila airport officials prevented a real life version of horror flick "Snakes on a Plane" this week when they stopped more than 130 reptiles, including poisonous cobras, from boarding a flight to Bangkok.
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CEDARVILLE, N.J. - In this case, police say the dead snake was more dangerous than the live one...
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An Australian woman had a close brush with death after being bitten in her sleep by a highly venomous tiger snake that had been hiding under her pillow, a newspaper reported.
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Fatally injured by a stingray,   Australian "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin pulled its serrated   barb out of his chest before losing consciousness and dying,   the world-famous naturalist's manager said on Tuesday.
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MALAYSIA slaughtered hundreds of chickens and other birds today to contain the country&#39;s second outbreak of deadly bird flu in three weeks.
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By Ray Sasser, The Dallas Morning News  Sep. 10--It's ironic that Steve Irwin, the Crocodile Hunter, was killed last week by a stingray. Irwin, the hyperactive Australian, made a fortune by antagonizing large, dangerous animals into aggressive attacks for the camera.
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HOUSTON -- A Houston dentist has died after flesh-eating bacteria invaded a cut on his leg while he was fishing near Port O&#39;Connor about a month ago.
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World-renowned Australian &quot;crocodile hunter&quot; and television environmentalist Steve Irwin has been killed by a stingray on the famed Great Barrier Reef, police said.