The Emergency Medical Services (EMS) responded to a victim bitten by a snake in the Obed Nkosi flats in Ratanda on February 3. The EMS attended to a 28-year-old man bitten on his left middle finger.

In contrast, timber rattlesnakes (Crotalus horridus) — like the snake seen in the video above — mostly live just in the eastern third of Texas. These snakes grow 3 to 4 feet long with thick bodies and ...

All seven species are venomous, and a bite could be fatal without antivenom medicine. Rattlesnakes may seem scary to us, but they don’t want anything to do with humans. A rattlesnake will try to ...

Full recovery from this kind of bite takes weeks and sometimes requires physical therapy. In an average year, up to 8,000 Americans get bitten by a venomous snake, but only about five die. And none of ...

Imagine being 80 kilometres away from the nearest medical clinic, getting bitten by one of the deadliest snakes in the world, and surviving to tell the tale. Last month Ian Jackson was righting a ...

Even a dead snake’s reflexes can bite and inject venom. When baby rattlesnakes are born, they have a single “button” on the tip of their tail, which later becomes the foundation for their ...

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In Asia, the Year of the Snake started with a nasty bite. Tokyo, Seoul and Jakarta each shed more than two percent while Sydney, Bangkok and Wellington were each off more than one percent.

Often found in desert scrubland and near cactus clusters, the Mojave rattlesnake is known for its potent neurotoxic venom, which impacts the nervous system. It is characterized by its greenish hue and ...

Concerned for the safety of their dog, who survived a deadly red-bellied black snake bite over Christmas, on Friday the couple contacted Cory, who sent over “the best man for the job” — his ...

In Asia, the Year of the Snake started with a nasty bite. Tokyo and Seoul each shed more than two percent while Hong Kong shed more than one percent with Sydney and Wellington. Singapore was also in ...