Man fined $30,000 for poaching rare snakes from Far North Queensland rainforest

The court heard Clinton Spiteri was with two others when he visited a rainforest in the Cape York area to steal eight snakes.

Poacher who took ‘sacred’ green tree pythons from Cape York receives big fine and suspended jail term

A Sydney man who poached eight pythons, including six “near threatened” green tree pythons from Iron Range National Park in Cape York, has been fined more than $30,000 and given a three month jail ...
Indiatimes

7 snakes that hunt birds in trees: How tree-living predators use stealth, camouflage, and speed to catch prey

High up from the forest floor, birds flit from limb to limb and weave their homes from leafy foliage, seemingly safe from predators that might be lurking in the forest below. But certain species of ...
Reuters

Study shows how snakes got an evolutionary leg up on the competition

WASHINGTON, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Since first appearing during the age of dinosaurs, snakes have authored an evolutionary success story - slithering into almost every habitat on Earth, from oceans to ...