The Local Spain https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Man bitten by rattlesnake in Madrid park A man is being treated in hospital after claiming to have been bitten by a venomous rattlesnake that he came across in a Madrid park. https://www.thelocal.es/20170306/man-bitten-by-rattlesnake-in-madrid-park Mon, 06 Mar 2017 11:53:10 +0100 man-bitten-by-rattlesnake-in-madrid-park Couple find snake in their bed in northern Spain The serpent was inches away from their baby, whose cries alerted the couple to their unwelcome visitor... https://www.thelocal.es/20160726/snake-captured-in-babys-bedroom-in-zaragoza Tue, 26 Jul 2016 10:43:09 +0200 snake-captured-in-babys-bedroom-in-zaragoza Man smuggles pythons on to Spanish plane Spanish police said on Tuesday they found five snakes, two lizards and thousands of insects alive and hidden inside two suitcases that arrived on the holiday island of Gran Canaria on a flight from Madrid. https://www.thelocal.es/20140611/snakes-plane-spain-airport-gran-canaria Wed, 11 Jun 2014 12:46:00 +0200 snakes-plane-spain-airport-gran-canaria Snake slithers out of toilet to bite woman's backside Residents of the northern Spanish town of Narón are in a state of panic after a brightly-coloured snake slid out a toilet to bite a woman on her left buttock while she was on the toilet. https://www.thelocal.es/20140523/snake-crawls-out-of-toilet-to-bite-women Fri, 23 May 2014 14:51:00 +0200 snake-crawls-out-of-toilet-to-bite-women Albino snakes invade Spain's Canary Islands Albino California king snakes, originally brought to the island as pets decades ago, could take over 70 percent of the Spanish island of Gran Canaria, experts are warning. https://www.thelocal.es/20140506/albino-snakes-invade-canary-islands Tue, 06 May 2014 15:00:00 +0200 albino-snakes-invade-canary-islands 'King cobra's venom could help cure cancer' Spanish researchers are among a group of scientists who believe the deadly king cobra holds a secret cure to cancer. https://www.thelocal.es/20131203/king-cobras-venom-could-help-cure-cancer Tue, 03 Dec 2013 19:00:29 +0100 king-cobras-venom-could-help-cure-cancer Albino python terrorizes small Spanish town Residents in a small Spanish town are watching where they step after a two and a half metre-long albino Burmese python went missing recently. https://www.thelocal.es/20130812/albino-python-terrorizes-small-spanish-town Mon, 12 Aug 2013 15:29:00 +0200 albino-python-terrorizes-small-spanish-town