Mysore/Mysuru: A juvenile Indian Rock Python has been rescued by Snake Shivu at Muneshwaranagar in city last night. Residents, who spotted the Python, mistook it for a Viper and informed Shivu. He rushed to the spot and confirmed it to be Indian Rock Python aged about three and a half years. He also informed Assistant…
Huge rat snake rescued near DC Office
August 2, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: A huge rat snake has been rescued near the Office of the Deputy Commissioner (DC) by Snake Shivu this morning. Shivu received a call from the public about the presence of the Rat Snake and rushed to the spot. When he was gathering information from the callers near Maharaja’s College Canteen, on the road…
A rare sighting…
November 4, 2020Chestnut-headed Bee-eaters (Merops leschenaulti), which are mostly found in Eastern and Western Ghats, were spotted near Thavarakatte at Chamundi Hill on Friday last. Normally, Small Green Bee-eater and Blue Tailed Bee-eater are sighted in Mysuru. However, the rare sighting of Chestnut-headed Bee-eaters in a group of five brought joy among bird-lovers. This photograph was captured…
Spectacled Cobra rescued at J.P. Nagar
October 28, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: A Spectacled Cobra snake, which had taken shelter inside a burrow between the roots of a tree at the house of one Raghavendra in J.P. Nagar, has been rescued by snake rescuer B. Shivakumar, popularly known as Snake Shivu, yesterday morning. Speaking to Star of Mysore, Shivakumar said that the Cobra was hiding inside…
Snake fight attracts onlookers
May 21, 2018A fight between two male rat snakes at the park near the Deputy Commissioner’s Office in Mysuru on Saturday afternoon attracted curious onlookers, who stopped their vehicles to watch the fight between the two reptiles. Many were seen capturing the fight scene on their mobile phones which lasted for about half-an-hour and the two snakes…
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