1. They found fossil remains of a large snake in the same rock layer as the turtles.

2. The snake was captured by responders and is now in the possession of police.

3. Police said the snake was killed by a veterinarian.

4. It was not immediately clear Monday how the snake initially escaped, she added.

5. This is the first snake fossil discovered with four legs.

6. The front four rooms of the home were packed floor to ceiling with snake bins.

7. It is the smallest snake species currently known to exist.

8. I heard a scream and the next thing I knew the snake went flying by my face.

9. Commuter rail lines snake in from New Jersey to the west and Long Island to the east.

10. One of my favorites from this past year was of a rough green snake hunting insects in an oak tree.

11. It bit the other snake with its poisonous fangs.

12. Pennington said snake handlers do not operate under the assumption snakes will never bite them.