SUMMER MONTHS ARE TIME FOR SNAKES TO GET SOME SUN

Beacon News, The (Aurora, IL);  August 14, 1998 ;     570 words ......Summer is definitely the season for snakes in Illinois. As creatures that crave warmth from the sun, snakes are reptiles that need sunlight to warm...June through September. People who fear snakes wish there weren't a good season for snakes...

Hissy fit Film won't help snakes shed scary reputation

The Gazette;  August 15, 2006 ;     700+ words ......we bet you know the phobia. It's a fear of snakes, and it's fodder for the plot of one of this summer's most anticipated movies, "Snakes on a Plane," which opens Friday. Expect snakes to slither out of overhead compartments, wriggle...

`Plane' truth: Snakes don't charm actress.(Arts and Lifestyle)

The Boston Herald;  August 18, 2006 ;     322 words ......signed on to play a flight attendant in Snakes on a Plane, she had only one demand. Her...I said, `Because I am fighting so many snakes and jumping over so many things - and...will have me in pants.' Yet isn't there a Snakes poster with Margulies showing great gams...

'SNAKES' MORE RATTLE THAN BITE.(Living)(Movie review)

The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH);  August 21, 2006 ;     432 words ......Phil Villarreal Arizona Daily Star Enough is enough. I've had it with these &% snakes! For the past year, they've been everywhere: Snakes on a blog. Snakes on T-shirts. Snakes on message boards. Snakes on voice mail. And now that snakes are...

Snakes' sounds seem to send subtle signals.(The Dallas Morning News)

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  December 22, 2003 ;     700+ words ......parsel mouths among you. The sounds that snakes make may be trying to tell you something...of Slytherin House) have suggested that snakes can't hear very well, if at all, but rather...bodies. Actually, studies have shown, snakes can hear the acoustic vibrations of the...

Snakes' sounds seem to send subtle signals.

The Dallas Morning News (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service);  December 20, 2003 ;     700+ words ......parsel mouths among you. The sounds that snakes make may be trying to tell you something...of Slytherin House) have suggested that snakes can't hear very well, if at all, but rather...bodies. Actually, studies have shown, snakes can hear the acoustic vibrations of the...

Snakes slithering home to temple

New Straits Times;  July 2, 2004 ;     371 words ...E.S. Tung New Straits Times 07-02-2004 Snakes slithering home to temple Byline: E.S. Tung Edition: 2* THE snakes have returned. The Penang Snake Temple...one time, there was barely a handful of snakes at the temple, located in Bayan Lepas...

Mile-high encounters with snakes on crack

International Herald Tribune;  August 25, 2006 ;     700+ words ......International Herald Tribune 08-25-2006 Snakes on a PlaneDirected by David R. Ellis...by Manohla Dargis *Hype meets bite in ''Snakes on a Plane,'' which arrives in theaters...crude, honestly satisfying artifact is snakes + plane + Samuel L. Jackson. As it happens...

Condo gives snakes eviction notice

Chicago Sun-Times;  August 4, 1987 ;     501 words ...When William Wiegrefe found a crate of snakes in his suburban basement Sunday, he did...knocked on doors asking who owned the snakes," said Wiegrefe, who lives in the Blair...said they couldn't come out unless the snakes were loose. When we offered to turn them...

Snakes on a Plane

The Village Voice;  August 23, 2006 ;     700+ words ......movie delivers exactly what it promises Snakes on a Plane Directed by David R. Ellis New Line, in release Snakes on a Plane represents the ideal of contemporary...case, is yes, holy Jesus, yes: There are snakes up in that motherfuckin' plane, yo-fat...

Hissy fit? No, actress loved role in 'Snakes'.

Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL);  August 17, 2006 ;     485 words ......Moore Aug. 17--Elsa Pataky's character in Snakes on a Plane is Maria, a Spanish girl traveling...girl, Pataky says. And then, well, the snakes get out. She's giving us a plot description...mother trying to protect her baby from snakes, and what happens to her is what usually...

'Snakes' good opp for a hissy fit

Whittier Daily News;  August 18, 2006 ;     436 words ...SNAKES ON A PLANE (R: language, a scene of sexuality and drug...Playing: In wide release. In a nutshell: Slithering fun. 'Snakes on a Plane'' cements its legend somewhere between the time...this summer's lineup of bloated, would-be blockbusters, ''Snakes on a Plane,'' which opened Friday, delivers exactly ...

I've been bitten a few times by crocs and snakes - it's an occupational...

The Mirror (London, England);  March 28, 1998 ;     700+ words ......collection of 200 alligators, crocodiles and snakes when the West Midland Safari Park opens...occupational hazard - and not just by snakes. A cayman alligator made a hole in my...touch wood. I've been fascinated by snakes all my life. If somebody invented an animal...

Snakes on Plane' a tall tale Jesse Rothacker Forgotten Friends Reptile...

Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA;  August 18, 2006 ;     252 words ......Era: The most-hyped movie of the year, "Snakes on a Plane," is set to be released in theaters this weekend. In the movie, 400 snakes are released on a commercial airplane...again, with Hollywood's bogus portrayal of snakes. The snakes in the movie are aggressive...

Action thriller 'Snakes on a Plane' slithers into theaters

Call & Post;  August 17, 2006 ;     563 words ......new Samuel L. Jackson action thriller, "Snakes on a Plane," is scheduled to be released...a time-release crate of more than 500 snakes of various sizes on board in the hope of killing the witness. "Snakes on a Plane" has generated a lot of buzz...