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Screwfix Direct Limited, trading as Screwfix, is a retailer of trade tools, accessories and hardware products based in the United Kingdom. [6] Founded in 1979 as the Woodscrew Supply Company, the company was acquired in July 1999 by Kingfisher plc , which also owns B&Q , and is listed on the London Stock Exchange .
The trinket snake (Coelognathus helena), also known commonly as the common trinket snake, is a species of nonvenomous constricting snake in the family Colubridae.
Snake charming is the practice of appearing to hypnotize a snake (often a cobra) by playing and waving around an instrument called a pungi. A typical performance may also include handling the snakes or performing other seemingly dangerous acts, as well as other street performance staples, like juggling and sleight of hand .
"The Snake" is a song written and first recorded by civil-rights activist Oscar Brown in 1963; it became a hit single for American singer Al Wilson in 1968. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The song tells a story similar to Aesop 's fable The Farmer and the Viper and the African American folktale "Mr. Snake and the Farmer".
• The reticulated python is the longest extant snake. The silhouette is scaled to 6.95 metres (22.8 ft) which is the length of a reliably measured wild reticulated python. [6] A captive reticulated python named "Medusa" is reported to measure 7.67 metres (25.2 ft). [7] There are reports of ~10 metres (33 ft) specimens but these are questionable.
The skull of Python reticulatus.. The skull of a snake is a very complex structure, with numerous joints to allow the snake to swallow prey far larger than its head.. The typical snake skull has a solidly ossified braincase, with the separate frontal bones and the united parietal bones extending downward to the basisphenoid, which is large and extends forward into a rostrum extending to the ...
Arizona elegans is a species of medium-sized colubrid snake commonly referred to as the glossy snake or the faded snake, [3] which is endemic to the southwestern United States and Mexico. It has several subspecies .
Sani-Flush was an American brand of crystal toilet bowl cleaner formerly produced by Reckitt Benckiser. Its main ingredient was sodium bisulfate ; it also contained sodium carbonate as well as sodium lauryl sulfate , talc, sodium chloride , fragrance and dye.