A doberman in Australia that was rescued earlier from an animal shelter, repaid his new owners in time by saving their 17-month-old daughter from a deadly snake. Khan, as his new owners call him, picked up Charlotte Svillicic by his teeth and threw her over his shoulder.

An Australian sheepdog called Tess is fighting for his life after saving his owner from a deadly snake attack, local media reported Wednesday. Tallebudgera Valley retiree Fay Palethorpe, 68, was in the garden of her huge property on the Gold Coast when she came across the two-meter eastern brown snake.

A 38-year-old restaurateur found a 7-foot-long python in her toilet while she was washing her hands early Monday. She said most of the venomous python's body was hidden in the pipes and was trying to come out of her bathroom. The New Yorker Nadege Brunacci said, "I turned on the light and screamed. It still makes my heart race. "

Rene Caovilla, retailer of Harrods, one of London's well-known high-end stores, designed a pair of ruby, sapphire and diamond encrusted sandals worth $120,000. Caovilla ordered live Egyptian cobras to guard the shoe counter on its launching day. Security experts said that hiring a poisonous snake to guard their most precious footwear is really the most effective because no one would dare touch their most expensive sandals.

A solo physician flying a one-seat plane across Mississippi had the shock of his flying career when he discovered a gray rattle snake aboard. Dr. Ed Carruth noticed the reptile as it began "licking" his arm.