15-09-29 In the past a family in the State of Chu made sacrificial offers to their ancestors, and after that they rewarded the people who helped in the ceremony with the pot of wine used in it. There were many helpers but only one pot of wine. Who should dri...

15-09-20 Thirsty snakes are moving into north Queensland homes with two pythons recently found in toilets. 口渴难耐的蟒蛇正溜进澳大利亚昆士兰北部的民宅。近日，先后有两条蟒蛇在当地民宅的马桶里出现。 Snake catcher Elliot Budd spent 15 minutes removing a 2.4-me...

15-05-22 The original snake ancestor was a nocturnal, stealth-hunting predator that had tiny hindlimbs with ankles and toes, according to research published in the open access journal BMC Evolutionary Biology. The study, led by Yale University, USA, analyzed...

15-02-28 A labourer's little son was bitten by a snake and died of the wound. The father was beside himself with grief, and in his anger against the snake the caught up an axe and went and stood close to the snake's hole, and watched for a chance of killing...

15-01-30 If you are a little stressed out, what could be more relaxing than taking in a deep muscle massage... performed by a deadly giant snake. 如果你感到有些身心劳累，那么有什么比来一次深层肌肉按摩更舒服的呢？但这回的按摩师可是致命的巨蟒啊！ Visitors to C...

14-11-12 A wasp settled on the head of a snake, and not only stung him several times, but clung obstinately to the head of his victim. Maddened with pain the snake tried every means he could think of to get rid of the creature, but without success. At last h...

14-11-12 A big snake passed by under a spider wet. And it wanted to eat the spider in the web. But because it was not high enough to reach the web, it had to give up. When the spider saw the snake leaving, it came down from the web hanging with a thread. The...

14-10-28 A hungry crow spied a snake lying asleep in a sunny spot, and, picking it up in his claws, he was carrying it off to a place where he could make a meal of it without being disturbed, when the snake reared its head and bit him. It was a poisonous sna...

14-10-17 A snake suffered a good deal from being constantly trodden upon by man and beast, owing partly to the length of his body and partly to his being unable to raise himself above the surface of the ground: so he went and complained to Jupiter about the...

14-05-19 Are we poisonous? the young snake asked his mother. Yes, dear, she replied, Why do you ask? Cause I've just bitten my tongue! 我们有毒吗？一个年幼的蛇问它的母亲。 是的，亲爱的，她回答说，你问这个干什么？ 因为我刚刚咬破自己的舌头。...