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An Australian man’s fishing trip took a terrifying turn after he realized he was trapped aboard his boat with a deadly Tiger Snake.
“My heart rate went up like billy-o,” 80-year-old Bob Thatcher told the Independent of the harrowing encounter, which occurred while six miles offshore on Lake Wellington in Gippsland, Victoria. Thatcher was reportedly casting lines when he noticed the meter-long serpent sitting about 11 inches from his feet, ABC reported. Read More...
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Rescuers were battling heavy snow Wednesday to reach a Marine Corps helicopter carrying five troops that went down in a mountainous area outside San Diego.
The CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter — the largest helicopter in the military, designed to fly in harsh conditions — had gone missing as an historic storm dumped heavy snow and record rain over California.
Civilian authorities searching on ground and by air located the aircraft just after 9 a. Read More...
Welcome to the companion Web site to the NOVA program "Curse of T. Rex," originally broadcast on February 25, 1997. This program follows the trail of legal and illegal fossil-dealing as the FBI tries to protect the best Tyrannosaurus rex specimen ever found from winding up on the shelves of a souvenir shop. Here's what you'll find online: The Dinosaurs Weren't Alone
Explore the colorful cast of animals and plants that lived alongside the dinosaurs. Read More...
