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It may be fun to see snakes slithering around scaring passengers on a plane as in "Snakes on a Plane". But what if it happens in real life? Two diamondback rattlesnakes were released in a theatre in Phoenix during a show of "Snakes in a Plane" but luckily no one was injured. One snake was found in the parking lot and another inside the theatre but both were caught and released in the desert. Diamondback rattlesnakes are highly venomous and Russ Johnson, the president of the Phoenix Herpetological Society, told Reuters, "There were kids at the show, and it was actually very reckless. The snakes' bite carries a powerful venom that could have seriously injured someone."

COMPLIED BY R. KRITHIKA

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