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4-foot reptilian predator spotted 'enveloping' hawk turns out to be new snake species

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new species of snake was recently discovered after scientists spotted it taking on a hawk on a Papua New Guinea island.
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4-foot-long island predator found ‘enveloping’ an attacker. It’s a new species

Scientists found a 4-foot-long predator “enveloping” prey on an island of Papua New Guinea and discovered a new species, a study said. Screengrab from YouTube video shared by The Islanders Papua New ...

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 ...
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4-foot reptilian predator spotted 'enveloping' hawk turns out to be new snake species

A new species of snake was recently discovered after scientists spotted it taking on a hawk on a Papua New Guinea island. Measuring as long as 4 feet, 8 inches, the Dendrelaphis anthracina, or coal ...
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4-foot-long island predator found ‘enveloping’ an attacker. It’s a new species

On a small island of Papua New Guinea, a hawk tried to attack a “large” 4-foot-long predator but ended up becoming its prey instead. A scientist stumbled up on the scene and watched the “shiny” animal ...