The tropical snake has a fondness for warm, dark spaces, the spokesperson added, saying it is unlikely the runaway mamba has slithered out of its owner’s house to face the cold Dutch winter ...

The neurotoxins in green mamba venom rapidly attack the nervous system, effectively shutting down the respiratory system. Those bitten by this snake’s cousin, the black mamba, may see paralysis ...

The green mamba snake is native to the coastal regions of southern East Africa. According to the Pretoria Zoo, green mambas are considered so dangerous because snakes are carnivores by nature and ...

They are incredibly venomous snakes. A Green Mamba bite can be fatal in as little as 30 minutes, while a Boomslang’s bite usually takes several hours to cause life-threatening symptoms.

A green mamba (Dendroaspis viridis) lays on a tree branch during the annual stocktaking at Hagenbeck Zoo in Hamburg, northern Germany, on Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2009. It is not the snake that bit a man ...

A Green Mamba (Dendroaspis viridis) opens its mouth as it lays on a tree branch during the annual stocktaking at Hagenbeck Zoo in Hamburg, northern Germany, on Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2009.

A green mamba (Dendroaspis viridis) lays on a tree branch during the annual stocktaking at Hagenbeck Zoo in Hamburg, northern Germany, on Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2009. It is not the snake that bit a man ...

Snake experts set traps Sunday for the green mamba snake that bit a man last week, officials said. The 44-year-old Comcast worker, identified as Pablo Vyskocil, was bitten as he installed ...

A deadly green mamba was found on a boat that arrived in Scotland from West Africa. Workers contained the snake until police could transport it to an animal shelter, where it was euthanized.

Local authorities are warning people to keep their distance and avoid approaching the poisonous green mamba, which is between 1.8 and 2 meters (6 to 6.5 feet) long.

The tropical snake has a fondness for warm, dark spaces, the spokesperson added, saying it is unlikely the runaway mamba has slithered out of its owner’s house to face the cold Dutch winter.