Hi everyone,
David Attenborough's new series, Life in Cold Blood, explores reptiles and amphibians in what i think will be a 6 part series.
This link is to Attenborough's top 10 favorite clips from the series.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/tvradio/programmes/lifeincoldblood/

The footage of the fighting sea turtles is some of the most amazing footage i've ever seen. hope you all enjoy!
jesk.

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Just had this send through on my email and thought it was a bit of fun. It's not the venomous snakes you should be careful of down-under, it's the spiders that eat them!
jesk.


An office receptionist got the shock of her life earlier this week when she found a 14cm long snake entangled in the web of a deadly spider. Tania Robertson, a receptionist at an electrical firm, came in to work on Tuesday and spotted the strange sight next to a desk in her office. The snake, which had obviously died from the spider's poisonous bite, was off the ground and caught up in the web.
 
Leon Lotz of the arachnology department at the National Museum said it was only the second time that he had heard of a snake getting caught in a spider's web. It is believed the snake got caught in the web on Monday night. But it did not take the spider long to bite it. A red mark on the snake's stomach was evidence of where the spider had started eating it.
 
Throughout Tuesday, the spider checked on her prey, but on Wednesday she rolled it up and started spinning a web around it. She also kept lifting it higher off the ground, while continually snacking on it. Even a fly that accidentally landed on the snake was chased off aggressively.......  

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