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Freelance science writer for adults and kids. Specializing in life and social sciences. Animal Minds blogger at Psychology Today. PhD in psychology. She/her.
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Meet ‘The Baroness’-the world’s longest wild snake Original

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| National Geographic Verified
Nothing could have prepared Radu Frentiu for meeting the snake known as Ibu Baron, which means "The Baroness" in Indonesian. “I had never seen a snake this big,” says Frentiu. “This snake could easily swallow at least a calf, if not an adult cow.” Frentiu, an explorer and natural history photographer who has lived in Bali, Indonesia, for two decades, has encountered his share of big snakes. But Ibu Baron deserved a record-breaking distinction.
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Newly discovered mantis species dances like a snake to avoid death after sex Original

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| National Geographic Verified
Female praying mantises are notorious for eating their mates during or after sex. Now, scientists have discovered a dwarf mantis species in which males avoid this fate with an elaborate dance performance. During this love dance, the male moves its abdomen in various ways: sometimes sinuously like the coils of a serpent and sometimes jerkily like the tail of a rattlesnake.
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