Now we all know that lawyers are snakes, but an Arkansas attorney has been accused of getting a bit carried away with the idea.

Yes, the US press has been lit up with the mysterious case of lawyer Bob Sam Castleman and his son who have been charged with "mailing a threatening communication and mailing
non-mailable matter with intent to injure or kill".

No, it is not a hefty bill that the lawyer is accused of sending through the post, nor a court summons, but a live, metre-long, poisonous snake.