The World Health Organization estimates that as many as 5.4 million people are bitten by snakes each year. Snakebite injuries leave around 400,000 people permanently disabled or disfigured. Between 80 ...
Meet the world’s deadliest snake: the saw-scaled viper. Scientists believe that this viper is responsible for more human deaths than all other snakes combined. And while technically its venom isn’t ...
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King cobra vs India’s ‘Big Four’ snakes: Which are considered as the deadliest and pose major threat to humans
India is home to nearly 300 snake species, but only a fraction of them pose a serious threat to humans. Out of these, just four snakes—the Russell’s viper, common krait, spectacled cobra, and ...
The country has the highest rates of snakebite deaths in the world. Experts say a lot more must be done to save lives. By Kamala Thiagarajan / Undark Published Nov 22, 2023 12:00 PM EST As far back as ...
A 41-year-old man in the southern Indian state of Karnataka died after being bitten by a venomous snake that was reportedly hiding in his footwear. Manju Prakash, a software engineer working from ...
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The state is preparing to set up a venom collection unit at the Puthur Zoological Park Wildlife Conservation & Research Centre in Thrissur to develop region-specific anti-venom as ...
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