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Young Palestinian makes a living with giant, dangerous snakes

Mohammed Nassri, a 20-years-old Palestinian living in the West Bank, has successfully tamed some of the worlds most dangerous snakes and make a decent living from them.

A man who caused chaos by stopping his car in the middle of a busy intersection in Bangkok and releasing several cobras there has been found to have a mental problem.

A man parked his brand new Mercedes-Benz in the middle of the busy Ratchaprasong intersection on Wednesday evening, dropped a bag of cobras on the street and also cut himself with a long knife.

Mukdahan Wild Animals Checkpoint officials were joined by personnel from other agencies in confiscating 182 baskets containing 2,730 rat snakes and cobras - worth Bt1 million in total - about to be smuggled to Laos.

Bangkok - A fire department in northern Bangkok has not received a call for a fire since June. But for trapping a slithery foe? There is a 24-hour hotline.

Fireman Phinyo Pukphinyo walks inside the animal shelter at Bang Khen Fire Station in Bangkok with a snake in a container on Tuesday.

The newly introduced special task force suppressing specially wildlife smuggling and trade online, Wild Hawk, on Friday raided a snake show venue in Samut Prakarn province and seized 12 live snakes identified as protected species plus over ten snake carcasses and hundred of snake leather pieces.