The group was on Lake Barrington on Thursday when they found themselves confronted with a large tiger snake attempting to ...

The average size of an adult western diamondback rattlesnake is between 4 and 6 feet. Heftier snakes can weigh nearly 15 pounds, but the average weight is three to six pounds.

Amid the festive cheer, the snake -- a symbol that carries intricate cultural significance in both Eastern and Western traditions ... zodiac include rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, sheep/goat, monkey ...

Similar to Western astrology, Chinese zodiacs are compatible with ... The Tiger is least compatible with the Snake. "The snake finds the tiger to be too cunning and sly," says Stardust. "It's hard for ...

Similar to Western astrology ... The Tiger is least compatible with the Snake. "The snake finds the tiger to be too cunning and sly," says Stardust. "It's hard for the tiger to understand the ...

Festival ushers in the Year of the Snake, China is flooded with auspicious representations of the hissing, scaly reptile, from pythons coiling around gold ingots to serpents with chubby faces and ...

"We lose 35 people to tiger attacks every year, 150 to leopards, and the same number to wild pigs. Additionally, 50,000 people die from snake bites. And then about 150,000 also lose their lives in ...

Chinese astrology and Feng Shui expert Vicki Iskandar tells PEOPLE what the Year of the Snake means for each Chinese ... the 12 animal signs (comparable to Western astrology's zodiac signs based ...

Every 12 years the Lunar New Year cycles through the 12 animals of the Chinese zodiac: rat, ox, tiger ... While the snake may be a venomous, malevolent and feared animal in Western civilization ...