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In 1975, an Egyptian cobra's bite missed the rat Shwedick was holding with a steel tweezer and got him in the hand.
Michael Shwedick's career handling reptiles came from childhood fascination Steve Hendrix 2010
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In 1975, an Egyptian cobra's bite missed the rat Shwedick was holding with a steel tweezer and got him in the hand.
Michael Shwedick's career handling reptiles came from childhood fascination Steve Hendrix 2010
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Officials said the cobra's reclusive nature meant it posed little danger to the public.
Snake Escape Makes Zoo Squirm Andrew Grossman 2011
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In 1975, an Egyptian cobra's bite missed the rat Shwedick was holding with a steel tweezer and got him in the hand.
Michael Shwedick's career handling reptiles came from childhood fascination Steve Hendrix 2010
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The basket lid was resting on their heads, and as the music and the chanting rose to a wild weird shriek the lid rose too, until suddenly the woman snatched the lid away and the snakes were revealed, with hoods raised, hissing the cobra's hate-song that is prelude to the poison-death.
In The Time Of Light dj barber 2010
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At 5-foot-5, with a lithe body, booming voice and reflexes like a cobra's strike, Mr. Peery possessed a swagger on the mat that belied his stature and commanded respect from his mids.
Naval Academy wrestling coach Ed Peery taught students how to pin down success 2010
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The cobra's bronze pyramid began to bob gently, the spring-steel shaft amplifying his pulse.
Wonder Woman and the Lasso of Truth Boudreau Freret 2010
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The Sanskrit alphabet, heavy-footed and squirmy, snag itself out in her belly; a cobra's tongue swam across the waters of her eyes.
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Sorry, but it's not in either the cobra's or Ma's nature to listen to such pleas.
Stephen Nelson with another excellent piece Michael Turton 2009
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His smile is like a cobra's as he delivers a trick question
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