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Just to prove that you are probably never ever safe when in Australia, we have yet another picture of a seemingly-innocent landscape with a venomous snake hiding slyly in it.

This week’s reader photo of a lowlands copperhead was captured by Ben Stubbs. “I found this very muddy lowlands copperhead (Austrelaps superbus) in bushland near Kynton, Victoria,” says Ben. “The ...

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