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The team studied how human cells react after being injected with venom from two African snake species: the red spitting cobra (Naja pallida) and the black-necked spitting cobra (Naja nigricollis).
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Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 July 2024
This method could also thwart the effects of venom from other cobras, including three species from Asia.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 July 2024
Her tweet included a video of Cabello doing an interpretative dance as images of a cobra flashed on screen over the notes of a piano, which are featured throughout the song.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 20 June 2024
The spectacled cobra is one of four species of snakes that deliver most of the snakebites in India, according to Britannica.
—Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 19 June 2024
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Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 July 2024
This method could also thwart the effects of venom from other cobras, including three species from Asia.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 July 2024
Her tweet included a video of Cabello doing an interpretative dance as images of a cobra flashed on screen over the notes of a piano, which are featured throughout the song.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 20 June 2024
The spectacled cobra is one of four species of snakes that deliver most of the snakebites in India, according to Britannica.
—Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 19 June 2024
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While rattlesnake bites are venomous and potentially dangerous, fatalities are relatively low, especially when medical attention is received quickly after a bite.Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 2 Nov. 2024
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An Arizona girl nearly lost her leg after going 30 hours without realizing she had been bitten by a rattlesnake, according to her family.Abigail Adams, People.com, 1 Oct. 2024
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Snake handler Drew Godfrey, who works for Hervey Bay Snake Catchers in the Australian territory of Queensland, had the task of removing two coastal carpet pythons, also known as Morelia spilota mcdowelli, from a customer's toilet bowl.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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Unlike logo hardware, these python styles are a Khaite signature—understated to most, but instantly recognizable to those with a fashion eye.Madeline Fass, Vogue, 5 Nov. 2024
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Firefighters placed the boa in a box and turned it over to the Arizona Herpetological Society for safe handling and care.Karen Bartunek, The Arizona Republic, 13 Nov. 2024
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The boas weren’t far from a flock of shorebirds that nest by salt flats in the refuge.Benji Jones, Vox, 21 May 2024
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Per a report from The Telegraph, Dingo was bitten by an Eastern green mamba.Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
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And a gladiator sandal recalled the coils of the mamba snake.WWD, WWD, 23 Sep. 2024
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The large nonvenomous constrictor captures its prey by ambushing it before coiling around it.Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2024
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It is assumed that these pythons, like other large constrictors, do not differentiate between prey types once a target has been subdued, leading to such rare attacks on humans.Scott Travers, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024
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The Australian Museum in Sydney said on its website that copperhead snakes have powerful neurotoxic venom and that a bite can be fatal without medical attention.Patrick Smith, NBC News, 28 Oct. 2024
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Snakes native to western North Carolina include the copperhead, said Duke’s Dr. Sean Bush, an emergency medicine physician.NBC News, NBC News, 1 Oct. 2024
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Pereira will play a character called The Butcher, and bring his set of skills – including anaconda chokes and roundhouse kicks – to his meaty role.Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Oct. 2024
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Pereira will play a character called The Butcher, and bring his set of skills to the role — including anaconda chokes and roundhouse kicks.Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Oct. 2024
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That was when, along the margins of the Juma, the bushmaster snapped into view.Terrence McCoy, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2023
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Bushmaster The funky blues-rock band wraps up the Falls Church Concerts in the Park series.Sarah Lane, Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2017
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“Cobra.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cobra. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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