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This popular plant is secretly attracting snakes, they may already be making nests in your home garden

People who enjoy gardening must be well aware of this particularly popular climbing plant which is believed to attract goodluck. But do you know, this particular plant is also quietly drawing snakes (reptiles) to your garden. The plant in question is none other than the ornamental vine English ivy (Hedera helix). Now it is important…

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Could rare human antibodies be the key to a universal snakebite cure? Scientists say they could stop venom from multiple deadly snakes |

Snakebites remain a silent global health crisis, claiming an estimated 138,000 lives each year, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Victims often live in rural or underserved regions where access to antivenom is limited, and delays in treatment can be fatal. Traditional antivenoms, created using animal immunisation techniques over a century old, are species-specific,…

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Andhra Pradesh: Drunk man bites off snake’s head after being bitten; sleeps beside it | Amaravati News

TIRUPATI: In a bizarre and disturbing incident, a man bitten by a venomous snake retaliated by biting off the snake’s head in a drunken rage near Chiyyavaram village in Thottambedu mandal of Tirupati district. With the poison spreading in his body, the man, identified as Venkatesh, is now battling for life in a government hospital.According…

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