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Saw-scaled Viper: Opportunistic, Fast and Highly Venomous
African carpet vipers, which are responsible for more human deaths from snakebites than all venomous species in Africa combined. As is the case with many other snake venoms, individual specimens ...
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Snakebites: We thought we'd created a winning new antivenom but then it flopped. Why that turned out to be a good thing
The most venomous snakes in Africa are the black mamba, cobras and saw-scaled and carpet vipers. In Asia, the Indian cobra, Russel's viper, saw-scaled viper and common krait are the most venomous.
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The new snake oil: antivenoms that are as useless as water
By the time Kamidikolo made it to hospital, snake venom had already started breaking down his skin and muscle. The flesh ...
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Artificial Blood Vessels Help Scientists Study Deadly Snakebites
Once they had the model in place, the team tested venoms from four different common snake species: the West African carpet viper, the many-banded krait, the Mozambique spitting cobra, and the Indian ...
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A West African carpet viper (Echis ocellatus) (IMAGE)
The venom of a West African carpet viper (Echis ocellatus) is one of the four venoms used to test the effect of the new 3D blood vessel model. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible ...