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2 December 2025

A child holds a snake during a children's party at a play center in Novi Sad, Serbia, on November 30, 2025.

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20 July 2025

Matt Miazga and Lionel Messi shake hands during a Major League Soccer match between FC Cincinnati and Inter Miami CF at TQL Stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio, on July 16, 2025.

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5 October 2024

Manchester City F.C. manager Pep Guardiola and Fulham FC manager Marco Silva shake hands during the Premier League match between Manchester City and Fulham at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, England, on October 5, 2024.

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13 August 2024

Vipera ammodytes the nose horned venomous viper snake spotted in northern Greece trapped in an abandoned human made subterranean construction. It is considered the most dangerous species in Europe with a a high venom toxicity. Serres region, Greece on August 2024

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13 August 2024

Vipera ammodytes the nose horned venomous viper snake spotted in northern Greece trapped in an abandoned human made subterranean construction. It is considered the most dangerous species in Europe with a a high venom toxicity. Serres region, Greece on August 2024

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#10341860

6 August 2023

Buff-striped Keelbacks (Amphiesma stolatum)are nonvenomous colubrid snakes that are distributed in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka, where they occur in a variety of natural and altered habitats that include fields, grasslands, cultivated areas, scrub, and gardens, usually in the vicinity of water. It belongs to the subfamily Natricinae, and is closely related to water snakes and grass snakes. It is a typically nonaggressive snake that feeds on frogs and toads. Although common, they are encountered most frequently during monsoon seasons because they hibernate in the winter and aestivate in the summer consequently, opportunities to obtain gravid females or eggs are rare. Reports of clutch sizes and lengths of hatchlings vary. The snake lays a clutch of 5 to 10 pure white eggs. Females remain with eggs till they hatch. The young snakes are 13 to 17 cm at birth and eat small frogs, tadpoles, fish, earthworms, and insects. A male Buff-striped Keelback snake is mating with a female Keelback snake at Tehatta, West Bengal; India on august 06, 2023.

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#10341864

6 August 2023

Buff-striped Keelbacks (Amphiesma stolatum)are nonvenomous colubrid snakes that are distributed in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka, where they occur in a variety of natural and altered habitats that include fields, grasslands, cultivated areas, scrub, and gardens, usually in the vicinity of water. It belongs to the subfamily Natricinae, and is closely related to water snakes and grass snakes. It is a typically nonaggressive snake that feeds on frogs and toads. Although common, they are encountered most frequently during monsoon seasons because they hibernate in the winter and aestivate in the summer consequently, opportunities to obtain gravid females or eggs are rare. Reports of clutch sizes and lengths of hatchlings vary. The snake lays a clutch of 5 to 10 pure white eggs. Females remain with eggs till they hatch. The young snakes are 13 to 17 cm at birth and eat small frogs, tadpoles, fish, earthworms, and insects. A male Buff-striped Keelback snake is mating with a female Keelback snake at Tehatta, West Bengal; India on august 06, 2023.

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#10341870

6 August 2023

Buff-striped Keelbacks (Amphiesma stolatum)are nonvenomous colubrid snakes that are distributed in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka, where they occur in a variety of natural and altered habitats that include fields, grasslands, cultivated areas, scrub, and gardens, usually in the vicinity of water. It belongs to the subfamily Natricinae, and is closely related to water snakes and grass snakes. It is a typically nonaggressive snake that feeds on frogs and toads. Although common, they are encountered most frequently during monsoon seasons because they hibernate in the winter and aestivate in the summer consequently, opportunities to obtain gravid females or eggs are rare. Reports of clutch sizes and lengths of hatchlings vary. The snake lays a clutch of 5 to 10 pure white eggs. Females remain with eggs till they hatch. The young snakes are 13 to 17 cm at birth and eat small frogs, tadpoles, fish, earthworms, and insects. A male Buff-striped Keelback snake is mating with a female Keelback snake at Tehatta, West Bengal; India on august 06, 2023.

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#10341858

6 August 2023

Buff-striped Keelbacks (Amphiesma stolatum)are nonvenomous colubrid snakes that are distributed in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka, where they occur in a variety of natural and altered habitats that include fields, grasslands, cultivated areas, scrub, and gardens, usually in the vicinity of water. It belongs to the subfamily Natricinae, and is closely related to water snakes and grass snakes. It is a typically nonaggressive snake that feeds on frogs and toads. Although common, they are encountered most frequently during monsoon seasons because they hibernate in the winter and aestivate in the summer consequently, opportunities to obtain gravid females or eggs are rare. Reports of clutch sizes and lengths of hatchlings vary. The snake lays a clutch of 5 to 10 pure white eggs. Females remain with eggs till they hatch. The young snakes are 13 to 17 cm at birth and eat small frogs, tadpoles, fish, earthworms, and insects. A male Buff-striped Keelback snake is mating with a female Keelback snake at Tehatta, West Bengal; India on august 06, 2023.

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#10341866

6 August 2023

Buff-striped Keelbacks (Amphiesma stolatum)are nonvenomous colubrid snakes that are distributed in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka, where they occur in a variety of natural and altered habitats that include fields, grasslands, cultivated areas, scrub, and gardens, usually in the vicinity of water. It belongs to the subfamily Natricinae, and is closely related to water snakes and grass snakes. It is a typically nonaggressive snake that feeds on frogs and toads. Although common, they are encountered most frequently during monsoon seasons because they hibernate in the winter and aestivate in the summer consequently, opportunities to obtain gravid females or eggs are rare. Reports of clutch sizes and lengths of hatchlings vary. The snake lays a clutch of 5 to 10 pure white eggs. Females remain with eggs till they hatch. The young snakes are 13 to 17 cm at birth and eat small frogs, tadpoles, fish, earthworms, and insects. A male Buff-striped Keelback snake is mating with a female Keelback snake at Tehatta, West Bengal; India on august 06, 2023.

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#10341872

6 August 2023

Buff-striped Keelbacks (Amphiesma stolatum)are nonvenomous colubrid snakes that are distributed in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka, where they occur in a variety of natural and altered habitats that include fields, grasslands, cultivated areas, scrub, and gardens, usually in the vicinity of water. It belongs to the subfamily Natricinae, and is closely related to water snakes and grass snakes. It is a typically nonaggressive snake that feeds on frogs and toads. Although common, they are encountered most frequently during monsoon seasons because they hibernate in the winter and aestivate in the summer consequently, opportunities to obtain gravid females or eggs are rare. Reports of clutch sizes and lengths of hatchlings vary. The snake lays a clutch of 5 to 10 pure white eggs. Females remain with eggs till they hatch. The young snakes are 13 to 17 cm at birth and eat small frogs, tadpoles, fish, earthworms, and insects. A male Buff-striped Keelback snake is mating with a female Keelback snake at Tehatta, West Bengal; India on august 06, 2023.

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23 February 2020

Bremen players shake hands with Dortmund after the 1. Bundesliga match SV Werder Bremen v Borussia Dortmund in Bremen, Germany, on February 22, 2020.

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15 February 2020

Kevin Broll, goalkeeper of Dresden and Jannis Nikolaou of Dresden shake hands at half time during the 2. Bundesliga match between FC St. Pauli and SG Dynamo Dresden at the Millerntor-Stadion on February 14, 2020 in Hamburg, Germany.

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9 February 2020

Sören Bertram of Magdeburg shake hands with fans after loosing the 3. Bundesliga match between 1. FC Magdeburg and SV Meppen at the MDCC-Arena on February 08, 2020 in Magdeburg, Germany.

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16 December 2019

Jorg Schmadtke of VfL Wolfsburg shake hands with Max Eberl, sporting director of Borussia Monchengladbach after the 1. Bundesliga match between VfL Wolfsburg and Borussia Monchengladbach at the Volkswagen Arena on December 15, 2019 in Wolfsburg, Germany.

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18 September 2019

Borussia Dortmund players shake hands with players of FC Barcelona after the UEFA Champions League Group F match between Borussia Dortmund and FC Barcelona at the Signal Iduna Park on September 17, 2019 in Dortmund, Germany.

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