Snakes

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Health & Medicine

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Under the Microscope

Snakebites and human rights

Dr Andrew Watt and his team have helped save more than 500 lives in Papua New Guinea from deadly snakebites since 2018. On International Snakebite Awareness Day, he shares how the Australian Venom Research Unit is forging ahead

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Health & Medicine

Venomous bites: Getting treatment right

Researchers are conducting Australia’s first national survey of medical professionals who treat venomous snake and spider bites

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Health & Medicine

Deadly snakebites and saving lives

Risking his life is all in a day’s work for Dr David Williams, the newly appointed chair of the World Health Organization’s specialist Snakebite Group

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Sciences & Technology

Mapping Australia’s snakebites for pets

As spring begins to emerge, so too are Australian snakes. Now a first-of-its-kind map is tracking where and when our pets are bitten, but even which breeds are more likely to suffer a snakebite

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Sciences & Technology

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Go Figure

Jaw-dropping: So how does a snake eat a man?

Fear-not; there’s no chance of pythons developing a taste for humans

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