Even by conservative estimates, Mozambique’s snakebite figures are far higher than previously thought.
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Facebook groups exist to share information about most classes of animals and plants, and these communities have unprecedented observational power.
Social media has proved to be a helpful source of observations of snakes feeding. Knowing more about their diet is useful because it’s linked to their venom biochemistry.
The World Health Organisation has a plan to halve deaths and disability from snakebites
Not much is known about the pathology of trauma of black mamba bites – that is, what the black mamba’s toxin does, physically, inside a victim’s system.
Coordinated international efforts may be key to improving the life expectancy and health of many snakebite victims.
There has been at least one fatal bite from a very small brown snake in Australia. But now we know that venom is different in adult and baby brown snakes.
If one venomous snake bites a mouse and injects venom into it, you can then feed that same dead mouse to another snake. The second snake won’t die.
Don’t hold back. Performing CPR on a snakebite victim who has collapsed can save their life, however imperfect your technique.
The best cure against a snakebite is to avoid being bitten at all. Here is what you need to know about snakebites, antivenom, and what you need to do if bitten.
One way to tackle the snakebite antivenom crisis may be through biotechnological innovation to make antivenoms more cost-effective, easier to produce, and more efficacious against snakebites.
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Associate Professor at the Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark
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Post Doctoral Researcher, Technical University of Denmark
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Senior Lecturer, Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, University of the Western Cape
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Director, Clinical Toxicology Research Group, University of Newcastle
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Research Fellow and Co-head, Australian Venom Research Unit, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Specialist, University of Pretoria
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Paediatrician at the Royal Childrens Hospital and Associate Professor and Clinician Scientist, University of Melbourne and MCRI, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
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PhD Student Department of Bio and Health Informatics, Technical University of Denmark
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Pharmacist, PhD, at the Danish Poisons Information Center (GIFTLINJEN), Department of Anaesthesiology, Copenhagen University Hospital
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Associate Professor, James Cook University
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