Articles

I have compiled some news articles about snakes from popular media, I was genuinely surprised at the amount of bad press they receive even today.

http://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/news/local/escaped-snake-found-in-arbroath-garage-1.241723
http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/10561888.Aggressive_snake_slithers_down_chimney_and_attacks_police_in_Abbey_Wood_home/
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2595189/Snake-train-All-450-passengers-evacuated-animal-let-loose-Swiss-public-transport.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2515164/Photograph-python-snake-appears-eaten-human.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2577413/Terrified-mother-wakes-neighbours-4FT-SNAKE-sinking-fangs-breast-startled-sleeping-beast-slithered-duvet.html
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/jake-thomas-thought-a-longdead-snake-couldnt-bite-he-was-wrong/story-fni0cx4q-1226801884187
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/northern-beaches/experts-warn-homeowners-to-beware-after-rise-in-snake-numbers-on-northern-beaches/story-fngr8hax-1226843530415
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/snakes-are-raiding-the-suburbs-experts-fear-more-fatal-bites-this-summer/story-fni0cx12-1226756157552
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/10653827/Man-banned-from-Hilton-after-joking-he-had-large-snake-in-trousers.html
http://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/super-snake-ahead-warming-makes-mammals-smaller-reptiles-bigger-f8C11535729
http://www.cp24.com/news/toronto-woman-discovers-snake-in-apartment-bathroom-1.1786275

All of these articles will be helpful in piecing together different opinions and views on snakes in modern culture, I will now begin to look at, their place in history and religious texts.