{"id":50440,"date":"2020-05-28T10:13:17","date_gmt":"2020-05-28T08:13:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/udexpress\/online-snake-identification-course-20200527-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T00:47:35","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T22:47:35","slug":"online-snake-identification-course-20200527-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/udexpress\/online-snake-identification-course-20200527-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Online snake identification course"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"left\" id=\"af4dcb1d\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/8791\/ed4e169b08124ab38a9c68d4b5c38ab8.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/8791\/4edff02651fc4aeaa87db139c26ff0fb.jpg\" title=\"Together with the free African Snakebite Institute Snakes app, which has reached close on 100 000 downloads, the online course will boost knowledge and awareness of southern African snakes and contribute significantly to their conservation.Photo:AFRICAN SNAKEBITE INSTITUTE\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Together with the free African Snakebite Institute Snakes app, which has reached close on 100 000 downloads, the online course will boost knowledge and awareness of southern African snakes and contribute significantly to their conservation.Photo:AFRICAN SNAKEBITE INSTITUTE<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The African Snakebite Institute has just released its first online Snake Identification course. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a world first for snake identification of Southern African snakes. 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