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A new study offers the first detailed look at king cobra combat. Video evidence reveals that when these snakes joust there is ...
Agumbe, Karnataka, also known as the "Cobra Capital of India," is a small village nestled in the Western Ghats. It is ...
Tim Friede might be the world's most snakebit person—and his antibodies could hold the key to a truly universal snake ...
King Cobra and White-Tailed Mongoose are deadly species. The article compares their size, speed, venom, and bite. White-Tailed Mongoose is smaller but ...
Blood from a former construction and factory worker — and self-taught herpetologist — could hold the key to a universal ...
A scientific team has created a serum that neutralizes the venom of 19 of the most lethal species, such as the black mamba or ...
Learn more about the antibodies of a self-immunizing donor that could help create a universal snake antivenom.
The research, published in Cell, describes how two of Friede’s antibodies were combined with varespladib, a drug known to ...
A cocktail of 3 agents provides broad protection against 13 deadly snakes, but a ‘universal antivenom’ isn’t on the horizon ...
Tim Friede has survived the deadly venom of taipans, black mambas, vipers and cobras. Scientists have used his blood to craft ...