I can not overstate the heebie-jeebie factor of this story. Snakeyphobes, walk away now. The South Bay's Lake Machado (map), former Harbor City home of Reggie the alligator, is now snake central. An estimated 3,000 illegal water snakes have been mysteriously dumped into the lake, according to the Daily Breeze. more ›

No, it wasn't the infamous Reggie, it was a three-foot alligator found in the front yard of a Venice home. "Officers from the Los Angeles Police Department's Pacific Station responded to a report of an alligator seen crawling into the bushes at a home in the 200 block of 4th Avenue near Rose Avenue about 1:20 a.m., an LAPD sergeant said," CBS2 reports. more ›

- Reggie the Alligator is back to say whaddup bitches - LA Observed more ›

Fearless Aussie Steve Irwin, who had no problem around alligators, crocodiles, snakes, and all forms of dangerous animals, was killed this morning in what's being described as a freak accident, when a stingray thrust its barb through the 44 year-old Irwin's chest, puncturing his heart. Although stingrays have venom in their serrated spines they are typically not aggressive and their actions are not lethal. Unfortunately because it was a strike to the heart, not... more ›