Jan. 8, 2026

Snakes In A Car

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A lion escaped from a truck in South Africa but safely arrived at a game farm after the tranquilizer wore off. Scientists in the UK developed a successful vaccine against EEHV, a deadly virus in elephants. In Australia, a man had a close encounter with a venomous tiger snake in a car, but the snake was safely removed. In Los Angeles, the Wallace Annenberg Wildlife crossing was planted to provide a safe passage for animals across the 101 Freeway. Lastly, a truck spilled blueberries on a California highway, causing a sticky situation.

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Callaroga shark media. Oh boy, a driver on a South

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African road captured a video of the moment a lion

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escaped from a truck high I am Johnny Mack with

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five good news stories. There was a video on social media.

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You see the lion riding on top of the truck

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after managing to escape through the roof hatch. Oh no,

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the truck pulled over as one does. The lion jumped

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from the truck started walking down the road. Ants on

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his event at the local animal hospital and so the

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line was in transit to a game farm when it escaped.

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The lion was still under the influence of the tranquilizer

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it had been given prior to transport, and it wound

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up just kind of chilling out under a tree. The

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lion has arrived at the game farm safely. Meanwhile, scientists

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may have saved the lives of future generations of elephants.

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Immunologists in the United Kingdom have developed the first successful

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vaccine for EEHV, which is a deadly virus responsible for

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more elephant deaths than any other cause, both in captivity

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and in the wild. The vaccine is a two dose vaccine.

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The first dost has a harmless version of the virus.

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The second boost the immune response. Professor Falco is with

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the University of Surrey and says, this is a landmark

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moment in our work. For the first time we've shown

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an elephants that a vaccine can trigger the type of

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immune response needed to protect them against EEHV. In Australia,

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a man called for help but when a venomous tiger

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snake was crawling across his foot when he was a

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passenger in a car. Tanny said he was in his

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friend's car he felt something touch his barefoot. He told

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the ABC. I felt something on my feet. I looked down.

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This large snake was across my feet. I yelled out

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to my friend to stop the car, get the dog

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and jump out and get me A hell of a fright.

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Some snake rescuers were called to the scene. They were

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able to remove the snake and identified it as a

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five foot tiger snake. Malcolm, the snakehuner, said, we've pulled

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snakes out of home and hidden behind furniture, but it's

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our first car. It was a close call. There was

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no hint of a snake biting. Was actually a pretty

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easy catch. Good news if you're an animal. In Los Angeles,

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the first plants were planted. The Wallace Annaberg Wildlife Crossing

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stretches across all ten lanes of the one oh one,

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giving mountain lions, coyotes, deer another wildlife a safe path

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between habitats and away from those pesky cars on the

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one oh one. The plants are grown locally from more

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than a million seeds. Together, they'll form a one acre

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greenway over the freeway. Beth is with the National Wildlife

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Federation and said, this is a momentous occasion. We're standing

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on top of the one oh one and you can

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hear how quiet it is. But not all as well

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on the California Highways, why we lay for Workshohn, Well,

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you see, I was on my way to work and

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then this California Highway Patrol told us of a berry

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sticky situation. You see, a truck lost its load of

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blueberries onto the highway. This was on southbound ninety nine

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near the one eighty interchange, you know the spot. The

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CHP shared photos of the berries on the road, as

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well as the sticky purple mess caused by the berries

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being run over by the California Department of Transportation say

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they were summoned to the highway to clear the jam.

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And those are your five good news stories for today.

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I have a good one.