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India Has a Snakebite Problem
India Has a Snakebite Problem
Feb 2, 2026 8:31 AM CST

India Has a Snakebite Problem

Nation has by far the most fatal bites, but antivenom is limited in rural areas

(Newser) - The BBC is out with a look at what it labels a health crisis in India: lethal snakebites. More specifically, the problem lies in the inability to get antivenom to victims, particularly in rural areas. The story notes that India officially logs about 50,000 snakebite deaths each year, which...

As Boy Was Dying From Snake Bite, Dad Thought He Was Drunk
As Boy Was Dying From Snake
Bite, Dad Misread Symptoms
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Oct 25, 2025 6:00 AM CDT

As Boy Was Dying From Snake Bite, Dad Misread Symptoms

Coroner says medical care could have saved Australian child

(Newser) - The 2021 death of an 11-year-old boy from a brown snake bite may have been prevented if he had received medical attention sooner, an inquest in Queensland, Australia, has concluded. The inquest revealed that Tristian James Frahm's father and two other adults mistakenly believed the boy's symptoms were...

Survivor Contestant Evacuated From Fiji After Snakebite

Expectant father Jake Latimer, 36, leaves show after rare sea krait incident

(Newser) - A Canadian correctional officer's time on the 49th season of Survivor ended not with a torch snuff, but a surprise visit from an unwelcome island local. On the Wednesday episode, Jake Latimer, 36, found himself on the wrong end of a sea krait's fangs while sitting by...

Hiker Dies After Grabbing Rattlesnake

Fatal incident happened in Savage Gulf State Park in Tennessee

(Newser) - A hiker in Tennessee made the fatal mistake of picking up a rattlesnake, reports the Hill . Authorities say the incident happened Friday on a trail in Savage Gulf State Park in Grundy County. Witnesses say the unidentified man picked up a snake believed to be a Timber rattler and was...

Hundreds of Snake Bites Gave Man 'Amazing Antibodies'

Wisconsin man's unique blood could help develop antivenom effective against many snake species

(Newser) - Tim Friede has been bitten by snakes hundreds of times—often on purpose. Now scientists are studying his blood in hopes of creating a better treatment for snake bites. Friede has long had a fascination with reptiles and other venomous creatures. He used to milk scorpions' and spiders' venom as...

Warm Weather Gives Pack Rats a Leg Up on Rattlesnakes

Warm temps, diet seem to influence how protected desert wood rats are against snake toxins

(Newser) - The secret to surviving a rattlesnake bite may lie not just in genetics, but in the temperature outside: New research reveals that weather and diet can shape how well desert wood rats, a form of pack rat, resist deadly venom. In a new study published Wednesday in Biology Letters...

Researchers Have Advice After Looking at 20 Years of Snakebites

At a Florida hospital, harassing wild snakes was the leading cause of venomous bites

(Newser) - University of Florida researchers have analyzed 20 years of snakebite cases at a Gainesville hospital and they say the best way to avoid snakebites is to leave snakes alone. In a study published in the journal Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene , researchers say the most...

YouTuber Graham 'Dingo' Dinkelman Dies From Snake Bite

Conservationist known as 'South Africa's Steve Irwin' died after month in induced coma

(Newser) - A wildlife conservationist and YouTuber known as "South Africa's Steve Irwin" died over the weekend, a month after being bitten by a venomous snake. USA Today reports that Graham "Dingo" Dinkelman, 44, had been in an induced coma in intensive care from anaphylactic shock since he was...

Candidate Says Snake Bites Worse Than Losing Election
Candidate Bitten by Snakes
While Taking Down Signs
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May 19, 2024 11:20 AM CDT

Candidate Bitten by Snakes While Taking Down Signs

West Virginia candidate Doug Skaff says it was worse than losing the election

(Newser) - Former West Virginia House of Delegates member Doug Skaff lost the Republican primary for secretary of state on Tuesday—but that wasn't the worst thing to happen to him this week. The 47-year-old was bitten by two copperhead snakes while he was taking down campaign signs with his 7-year-son...

Dad's Attempt to Move Snake at Day Care Turns Tragic

Australia's Jerromy Brookes dies after being bitten by suspected eastern brown snake in Townsville

(Newser) - Its name may sound boring enough, but the eastern brown snake is one of the world's deadliest. That's why when Australia's Jerromy Brookes found out there may have been one nestled in a Queensland child-care center this week, he rushed in to retrieve it—a move that...

Discovery May Change Treatment of Snake Bites
Discovery May Change
Treatment of Snake Bites
new study
Mar 3, 2024 1:20 PM CST

Discovery May Change Treatment of Snake Bites

Research raises hope of a universal antivenom

(Newser) - Scientists from Scripps Research have developed a synthetic antibody that's effective against the lethal venom of four separate snake species. This discovery could be a game-changer in creating a universal antivenom for hundreds of deadly snakes, Science.org , reports, which typically require separate antivenoms manufactured for each type of...

Key to Saving Lives From Snakebites Could Be a Pill

Matthew Lewin hopes varespladib, currently in clinical trials via Ophirex, will help buy victims time

(Newser) - According to World Health Organization stats, nearly 140,000 people die annually around the globe from venomous snakebites, with most of them succumbing to the snake's venom before they can get emergency assistance. A California doctor hopes his idea will stymie the Grim Reaper in many of those cases,...

Amazon Driver Dropped the Box. The Snake Struck

She was bitten on the back of her leg while delivering a package

(Newser) - An Amazon driver encountered something worse than a porch pirate on Monday. As Monet Robinson was delivering a package to a home in Palm City, Florida, she was bitten in the back of her leg, just above the knee, by an eastern diamondback rattlesnake that had been coiled by the...

Man Killed Trying to Get Snake Off His Friend

Snake ended up biting him, and he could not be saved

(Newser) - An Australian man trying to help a friend who was being attacked by a snake ended up dead when the snake bit him. Authorities say the two men were at Koumala State School in Queensland, for an event celebrating the school's 100th anniversary Saturday night, when the snake coiled...

Snake Bite Ends a Lifetime Spent Studying Snakes

'Marty' Martin was considered the foremost authority on timber rattlers

(Newser) - A respected snake researcher who had been making significant discoveries about the species since childhood has died after being bitten by a timber rattler. William H. "Marty" Martin died Aug. 3 after being bitten the day before by a captive snake on the property at his home in Harpers...

Crowd Watches as Rattlesnake Handler Suffers Fatal Bite

Eugene De Leon Sr. died in Texas 'doing what he loved'

(Newser) - A rattlesnake handler with more than 20 years of experience was showing off his skills at a festival in Texas over the weekend when he suffered a fatal bite. Eugene De Leon Sr. was bitten on the shoulder around 1pm Saturday as he handled a western diamondback rattlesnake in front...

On 2nd Try, He Killed Wife With a Snake
Man Found Guilty
of Killing His Wife
With a Cobra
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Oct 17, 2021 12:00 PM CDT

Man Found Guilty of Killing His Wife With a Cobra

Sooraj Kumar receives rare double life sentence in India

(Newser) - A man convicted of killing his wife by forcing a venomous cobra to bite her has received a rare double life sentence in India. Police determined Sooraj Kumar had twice used snakes in an attempt to kill his 25-year-old wife Uthra, succeeding on the second attempt. Uthra, mother to a...

Python Escapes From Home, Bites Neighbor on Toilet
He Sat on the
Toilet at Dawn.
Suddenly, a 'Nip'
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Jul 11, 2021 9:15 AM CDT

He Sat on the Toilet at Dawn. Suddenly, a 'Nip'

Python escapes from Austria apartment, ends up in neighbor's bathroom

(Newser) - An elderly Austrian man had an unpleasant surprise waiting for him while answering nature's call early Monday: a python, in his toilet. The man, identified by the BBC as 65-year-old Walter Erhart, tells the broadcaster that he "went to the toilet as usual" in his Graz apartment around...

Man Regrets Trying to Pick Up Rattlesnake With BBQ Tongs

California man says bite was 'extremely painful'

(Newser) - "Using cooking utensils when dealing with dangerous reptiles" is a bad idea, Riverside County Animal Services said in a Facebook post after a southern California man was bitten by a rattlesnake he had tried to pick up with barbecue tongs. County officials say the man, who was bitten on...

She Was Taking Care of Business. Then, 'Midstream,' a 'Sharp Tap'
She Was Taking
Care of Business.
Then, 'Midstream,'
a 'Sharp Tap'
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Jan 27, 2019 12:28 PM CST

She Was Taking Care of Business. Then, 'Midstream,' a 'Sharp Tap'

Aussie woman bitten by carpet python while on the toilet

(Newser) - Australia has been mired in quite a heat wave , and the snakes are taking to the toilets to cool off. Newshub reports that a Brisbane woman found that out, um, "midstream" after a carpet python hiding in her porcelain throne apparently freaked out when she went to take care...

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