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Snakes In The City

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Snakes In The City

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Bed of Snakes (Season 2)

Synopsis

Host Simon Keys and his wife are called out to remove all manner of poisonous snakes from Durban houses and gardens.

Episodes

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Summer of Snakes
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Simon, Sioux and Mbali face their biggest challenge yet - a global snake crisis. Snake and people numbers are increasing, and they must save both.
Mamba Mania
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The team splits up for multiple calls leaving Siouxsie and Mbali to face a feisty mamba while Simon wrestles a huge black mamba alone.
Snake King
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Simon and Sioux head back to India to help rescue some of the world’s deadliest snakes and go in search of the infamous King cobra.
King Cobra Deluxe
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Simon & Sioux join local snake catchers in an adrenalin filled episode as they face all of the BIG FOUR - India’s most notorious and deadly snakes.
Super Snake
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Simon and Sioux have their hands full in India, as temperatures rise and deadly snakes head for cover close to people.
Simon vs The King
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Si and Sioux battle the heat and cramped spaces to rescue a Houdini rat snake, a grumpy, deadly krait and the ultimate – two huge, feisty king cobras.

Snakes & Ladders
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Simon and Sioux continue to train their new apprentice Mbali before they head to India to help rescue some of the world’s deadliest snakes.
Public Panic
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It’s summer, the snakes are out, and so are the crowds — panic ensues. Simon, Sioux and Mbali rescue a green mamba from a crowded schoolyard, a forest cobra from a wedding crasher, and a spitting cobra from an armed mob.
Mamba Invasion
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The team are called in to catch one of their biggest ever Mambas, found hiding in a storeroom.
Cobra Chaos
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Mbali attempts to catch her first black mamba and Simon and Sioux head to India to rescue some of the world’s deadliest snakes.
Monster Python
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A huge Python needs rescuing, while another caller has a lucky escape from a deadly Viper.
Killer Krait
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Simon and Sioux attempt to rescue India’s ‘big four’ deadliest snakes – the spectacled cobra, Russell’s viper, saw-scaled viper and the common krait.
Cobra Dive
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An enormous Russell’s viper finds its way into a city bookstore and, in a career first, Simon goes underwater snake-catching to rescue a cobra.

New Blood
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A mechanic spots an enormous black mamba disappear into a scrap heap and Simon and Sioux pick up their new apprentice before putting her snake skills to the test.
Ten Foot Mamba
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Simon takes on a big green mamba, Sioux meets an angry monitor lizard, and their apprentice gets a fright when a black mamba turns on her.
Cobras to Crocs
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After a hair-raising rescue of a super fast black mamba, the team gets a call from a wildlife rescue expert with a troublesome crocodile on his hands.
Mamba Nightmare
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A deadly black mamba is on the loose inside an orphanage and the team has their hands full with a huge python terrorizing a local goat farmer.
Mamba Madness
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The team takes two deadly black mamba calls. Sioux and Mbali catch three snakes in one go, while Simon bails a wolf snake out of the police station.
The Last Bite
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Will Simon’s apprentice earn her snake catching stripes? First, she must catch a venomous Boomslang and then assist Sioux with a feisty Black mamba.

Fear and Revere
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Simon and Sioux face a huge king cobra that slithers up to a school, and a deadly Russell’s viper tangled in netting needs rescuing.
Python Party
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Catching a black mamba at midnight is only part of Simon and Siouxsie's latest challenge; they also bring 25 baby rock pythons into the world.
Hot and Deadly
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A brutal heatwave in India has snakes seeking shelter. Simon and Sioux battle the temperatures while attempting to rescue hidden deadly serpents.
Cobra Wedding Crashers
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A hitchhiking forest cobra at a wedding keeps Simon and Siouxsie guessing and an emergency black mamba callout turns into a canine rescue mission.
The Power of Three
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Sioux and Mbali face a feisty black mamba while Simon wrestles another one himself. So many calls are coming in that the team must split up.
Mamba Mayhem
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Simon and Sioux try to secure a black mamba escape artist, wrangle an irate python, and catch a cat killer.
Black Mamba Summer
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Simon has his hands full with a lightning fast mamba and an unidentified snake terrorizes a school, before Siouxsie handles the deadliest of the lot.
The Snake Pit
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Simon has his hands full with a massive black mamba that doesn’t want to be caught, a spitting cobra hiding in a room of old sacks… and a snake in a car!
Big Mamma Mamba
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Simon has a close shave with a pregnant black mamba looking to lay her eggs. And she’s not the only female mamba that Simon and Sioux have to catch.

Mbali’s Journey
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Simon and Sioux's apprentice, Mbali is getting ready to catch a black mamba for the first time.
Snakes And Sewage
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To catch a deadly Black mamba, Simon must face his biggest fear - heights! And to save a spitting cobra, he deals with his OCD and digs in a poo pit!
India's Big Four
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In the city of Mysore, Simon and Sioux’s skills are tested with India’s “big four” deadliest snakes.
The Dark Night
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Simon has a close call with a deadly black mamba in the middle of the night and finds his first ever Snouted cobra that's hitchhiked to Durban!
There's A Snake In The Fridge!
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Simon risks his life to rescue a mamba up a tree. He also wrestles a mini-dinosaur and finds himself in the dark with two lethal Forest cobras!
Divide And Conquer
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Simon and Sioux nearly get bitten catching and releasing mating Boomslangs. Teamwork is everything, but sometimes they split up to help all the snakes.
Kindergarten Terror
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Sioux comes face-to-face with a Green mamba, Simon is almost bitten by a Black mamba and they catch two bizarre snakes that don't belong in Durban!
Housing Estate Horror
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A huge black mamba hides under the kitchen sink, Simon rips apart a couch to find a spitter and climbs a tree to catch a highly-venomous vine snake.

Hot & Bothered
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A huge black mamba is trapped inside a dark, cramped roof and Simon has to poke his head into dark holes to find it - risking a bite to the head! Simon also must get over his fear of heights and catch a hot and bothered boomslang in a tree.
Close Call
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Simon encounters several black mambas and narrowly avoids catastrophe with a pregnant one.
Storm of Snakes
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Simon and Siouxsie brave a tropical storm to rescue a black mamba - one slip and they're dead! A green mamba takes the whole crew to new heights, and the couple play 'pass the python' in creepy crawly heaven.
Mamba Mama
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A black mamba is trapped inside a couch in a tiny room with Simon and Siouxsie. Simon has his hands full when he realizes a green mamba he's about to rescue is heavily pregnant.
Humongosaur
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A family is plagued by Mozambique spitting cobras; their 6-year-old girl was bitten in the face by one and now there's another in their house! Sioux gets a nasty surprise as a whip snake bites her on the arm.
Tunnel of Doom
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Simon and Sioux mud wrestle a 12ft black mamba trapped inside a storm water drain. A new homeowner has an unwanted visitor and Sioux needs to flush out a forest cobra from a toilet.
Hiss The Night
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Snake City is hammered by summer storms as Simon and Siouxsie hunt for a black mamba in a pile of tiles by torchlight. When the skies clear, Sioux gets tangled up in a deadly game of tug-of-war with a feisty forest cobra.
Hiss The Night
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Hiss the Night: Snake catchers Simon and Siouxsie spring into action when a rats' nest causes a stir. There's trouble when a venomous spitting cobra hits its target. (S5, ep 6)

Snake On A Roof
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Snake On A Roof: Packed with a potent neurotoxic venom, a deadly black mamba on a roof threatens an entire family in South Africa. RATING: AA (S4, ep 1)
The Wedding Crasher
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Snake-catchers Simon and Siouxsie rush across Snake City to capture Africa's largest cobra in a pool, a python gatecrashes a wedding and an enormous black mamba terrorizes a neighborhood.
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Friday 25 September 1am
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Armed Response
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Armed Response: Simon and Sixousie are on a mission to save a venomous snake that killed an owner's bird before armed response takes action. (S4, ep 2)
Trailer Park Terror
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Simon and Siouxsie get called to remove an angry black mamba from a huge wood pile. A vicious spitting cobra spits venom like mad when Simon tries to get it out of a tree cavity.
Double Cobra
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Double Cobra: Snake catchers Simon Keys and Sixousie Gillet must catch two venomous snakes at once, while the lights are out! (S4, ep 3)
Psycho Mamba
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Simon and Siouxsie hunt down a frighteningly fast black mamba in a cluttered kitchen, and a Mozambique spitting cobra under a bath that's showering Simon with venom.
Office Nightmare
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Ride shotgun with streetwise snake-catcher Simon and sassy herpetologist girlfriend Siouxsie as they race across Snake City to save an office on lockdown after staff spot a green snake disappear under a door.
Monster Under the Bed
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A 9ft black mamba in a child's bed! Streetwise snake-catcher Simon Keys and sassy herpetologist girlfriend Siouxsie Gillett race across Snake City to save the child's life.
Twice Bitten
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Simon and Siouxsie save an angry, and badly injured spitting cobra from someone's house and must take it to the vet for an amputation.
Say Your Prayers
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A large black mamba hides inside a TV, a nun is on the run from a spitting cobra and a baby python is stuck inside an air-con unit.
Slithering Heights
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Simon and Siouxsie chase down mambas all over the city and they call in the fire brigade to help Simon with one of his most dangerous captures yet!

Cobra In The Kitchen
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Simon and Siouxsie receive a terrified call after a large Black Mamba is spotted inside a potting shed. They are at a severe disadvantage - they can't see the snake but the snake can see them!
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Thursday 17 September 1am
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Hiss of Death
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It is silly season in snake city. A cobra sprays its venom on target, an elusive mamba lies hidden within strike range and a rat nest causes a stir.
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Friday 18 September 1am
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Country Club Killer
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Snake catchers Simon Keys and Siouxsie Gillett race across Snake City to fish out a massive Black mamba from a pool, hand wrestle the largest cobra in Africa and face off against an angry neighbor to retrieve an exotic Boa constrictor.
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Saturday 19 September 1am
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The Cape Crusaders
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It's a typical day of chasing deadly reptiles for snake catcher Simon Keys and herpetologist, Siouxsie Gillett, until they receive a distressed phone call. Snake catchers in the city of Cape Town are inundated as cobras seek refuge from blazing fires.
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Tuesday 22 September 1am
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Recipe For Disaster
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Simon and Siouxsie destroy a kitchen for a harmless house snake, but find an 8-foot black mamba instead. Africa's largest cobra is loose in a shopping mall and a mechanic finds a deadly snake in his toolbox.
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Wednesday 23 September 1am
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Deadliest Catch
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Every capture has its dangers, from an almost fatal mamba attack to the risks of being buried under a collapsing house with a snake.
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Thursday 24 September 1am
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Mamba In My Closet!
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In this episode, Siouxsie's job is to watch Simon's back to keep him alive, but it's an emotional roller coaster for Siouxsie. They've just arrived at a suburban home, Simon spots a forest cobra in the garden, but it flees.
Ghost Snake
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In this episode, Simon and Sousxie travel from one side of the city to the other responding to the cries for help as snakes wonder into the wrong places. From multi millionaires to low income rural areas, the snakes are everywhere.
Panic In The Streets
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In this episode, Simon and Siouxsie are woken up with a call from a panicked community as a very large snake is slithering around their village. There is only one snake that is capable of that: the Southern African Python.
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Friday 11 September 1am
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Snakes On A Train
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The first call comes in an hour before sunrise and it's their most unusual call-out yet: Snake on a train! Armed with grabsticks and flashlights, Simon and Siouxsie run alongside the train in the dark.
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Saturday 12 September 1am
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Bed of Snakes
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In this episode, the calls are coming in thick and fast. A giant lizard enters a garden and gets into a fight with a dog.
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Tuesday 15 September 1am
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Into The Snake Pit
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In this episode, Simon and Siouxsie will be challenged in ways that will test the faith and trust they need to be a successful snake catching team. They encounter one of the most venomous snakes on earth, a very large black mamba.
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Wednesday 16 September 1am
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Spitting Mad Cobra
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After a quiet winter, snake bounty hunters, Simon and Nadine Keys are desperate for work. Its a shaky start to the snake season as Simon is attacked by a cobra and wrestles with a huge Black Mamba
Mamba Hotline
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Simon and Siouxsie's obsession is to catch them by hand and release them back into the wilderness. As an added bonus they save a few human lives along the way.
Scorch And Slither
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On hot days, snakes in South Africa are at their most active – and potentially dangerous. For professional snake catchers Simon Keys and Siouxsie Gillett this is the busy season.
Venom Squad
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Teamwork is everything when Simon and Sioux nearly get bitten by deadly mating Boomslangs, and a black mamba turns on their apprentice, Mbali, mid-rescue.
Python Ambush
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Simon, Nadine and snake-catcher in training Mike struggle through a sea of trash to rescue a deadly Black mamba, go for a pool party with a Burmese python and saves a rare, pregnant Green mamba from laying her eggs where they are not wanted.
Episode 2
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Simon and Nadine must stop a rare green Mamba from laying her eggs where they are not wanted. They also head to a pool party that's been crashed by a Burmese python. (S1, ep 2)
Venomous Encounters
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It’s snake season in Durban city, South Africa. Streetwise snake-catcher Simon Keys and sassy herpetologist girlfriend, Siouxsie Gillett, rush across this city every summer in response to screams of terror. As the weather warms up, deadly venomous snakes enter people’s homes, offices and factories from the surrounding fragments of wilderness. It’s crazy non-stop action this summer.
Unwelcome House Guest
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For professional snake catchers Simon Keys and Siouxsie Gillet, snakes invading people’s homes make for some of the most dramatic and difficult rescues.
Attack of the Black Mambas
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Summer is in full swing and snake bounty hunters, Simon and Nadine Keys face the largest Black Mamba they’ve ever seen. Simon gets a new tattoo but before its fully healed he’s attacked by a spitting cobra.
Before the Strike
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From an office park to a construction site to a shopping mall, dangerous snakes terrify people at workplaces across Durban, South Africa.
Woman on a Mission
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With keen eyes, snake-fast reflexes, and a razor-sharp wit, Siouxsie Gillet plays a major role in this snake catching partnership with her boyfriend Simon Keys.
Hunting Grounds
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With keen eyes and snake-fast reflexes, tattooed snake catcher Simon Keys and his girlfriend Siouxsie Gillet rescue dangerous snakes from unusual and challenging locations in South Africa.
Hot Mambas
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The black mamba is the most lethal snake in Africa. For tattooed snake catchers Simon Keys and Siouxsie Gillet, it’s the subject of some of their most hair-raising snake rescues.

Snakes In The City: Snake Charmer
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Wild woman Siouxsie Gillet is a true snake charmer. Together with boyfriend Simon Keys, she rescues snakes from sticky situations.
Snakes In The City: Simon Goes Wild
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Snake-catcher Simon Keys goes wild rescuing deadly snakes.
Snake City: Baby Snakes Compilation
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A snake City Compilation with the best of all the baby snakes.
Snake City: To Catch or Die
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Woman On A Mission
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Woman on a Mission: With her keen eyes and quick hands, Siouxsie plays a crucial role on the snake-catching team. And, it's her to the rescue when a deadly boomslang is seen on a train.