bushmaster

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Recent Examples of bushmaster That was when, along the margins of the Juma, the bushmaster snapped into view. Terrence McCoy, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2023 Bushmaster The funky blues-rock band wraps up the Falls Church Concerts in the Park series. Sarah Lane, Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2017 Ripa claimed to be the first herpetologist in the world to watch venomous bushmasters mate....and was bitten by them at least seven times in his life. Mark Price, charlotteobserver, 15 May 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bushmaster
Noun
  • Share [Findings] Interviews with reptile poachers in southwestern Balochistan indicated that the Caspian cobra, the desert monitor, the Iranian mastigure, Maynard’s longnose sand snake, the Persian spider gecko, and the Tartar sand boa were being captured for use by snake charmers.
    Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
  • Hahn is never funnier than when Agatha is trying to summon some of her own swagger while forced to wear Agnes’s drab clothes—a cobra stuck in the mundane form of a hamster.
    Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 24 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • While rattlesnake bites are venomous and potentially dangerous, fatalities are relatively low, especially when medical attention is received quickly after a bite.
    Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 2 Nov. 2024
  • An Arizona girl nearly lost her leg after going 30 hours without realizing she had been bitten by a rattlesnake, according to her family.
    Abigail Adams, People.com, 1 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • The Australian Museum in Sydney said on its website that copperhead snakes have powerful neurotoxic venom and that a bite can be fatal without medical attention.
    Patrick Smith, NBC News, 28 Oct. 2024
  • Snakes native to western North Carolina include the copperhead, said Duke’s Dr. Sean Bush, an emergency medicine physician.
    NBC News, NBC News, 1 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • One sign is the sheer number of boas in Cabo Rojo and Cambalache.
    Benji Jones, Vox, 21 May 2024
  • The two-wheeled boa lacing system ratchets to just the right tension so the shoe ends up feeling custom designed for your own foot.
    Stephanie Pearson, WIRED, 31 May 2021
Noun
  • The large nonvenomous constrictor captures its prey by ambushing it before coiling around it.
    Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2024
  • It is assumed that these pythons, like other large constrictors, do not differentiate between prey types once a target has been subdued, leading to such rare attacks on humans.
    Scott Travers, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • The death adder’s plight illustrates another important point: In a 2013 review of the relevant scientific literature to date, Robertson and his colleagues concluded that exotic species are the single largest cause of evolutionary traps.
    Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 30 Sep. 2024
  • This attitude poses a threat to Europe’s adder populations, already on the decline because of habitat destruction.
    ByPhie Jacobs, science.org, 20 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • Unlike logo hardware, these python styles are a Khaite signature—understated to most, but instantly recognizable to those with a fashion eye.
    Madeline Fass, Vogue, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Snake handler Drew Godfrey, who works for Hervey Bay Snake Catchers in the Australian territory of Queensland, had the task of removing two coastal carpet pythons, also known as Morelia spilota mcdowelli, from a customer's toilet bowl.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Comfort and construction are behind the venerable FTB moccasin sneakers which are handsewn and made from soft suede and embellished with bead details.
    Kate Donnelly, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
  • The smoke smell triggers memories of grandmothers, the sound of scraping reminds us of our aunties working together, the beadwork and style of our moccasins represent our nations.
    PhotoVogue, Vogue, 28 Oct. 2024

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