Scientists have captured high-speed video of venomous snake strikes, including this dramatic footage of a copperhead. Authors ...

A recent study found that copperheads often strike in under 0.1 seconds, and their fangs can break when they bite.

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Not just snake oil. Scientists may have developed a snake bite antivenom that can be used for 17 different species of snakes, according to a study published in the journal Nature.

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Medicine is not helpless. Snake bites can be neutralised with antivenom, but that is often not to hand in the remote parts of ...

It's well known that deadly snakes strike very swiftly, and it is easy to infer that if you’re unlucky enough to be bitten, the moment of contact will be as simple as it is sudden: a lightning-quick ...

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