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Some Snakes Can Give Birth to 80 Young at Once
Around 30 per cent of snakes bear live young rather than laying eggs, and a female garter snake can give birth to up to 80 at once.
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Animals More Deadly Than Snakes Live All Around You
Amid fear of Russell's viper, a look at everyday creatures that kill more people than snakes, from mosquitoes to dogs.
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Antivenom Stock Being Doubled for Better Snakebite Treatment
The government has decided to buy twice as much antivenom as last year as the spread of Russell's viper causes snake panic across Bangladesh.
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Healer Who Promised to Revive Snakebite Victim With Cowries Flees With Money; Burial at Midnight
A fake healer in Kaliakair halted a snakebite victim's funeral, promising to revive him, then vanished with Tk 15,000 he said was for cowrie shells.
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Exorcists Try to Revive Man Killed by Snakebite in Gazipur
The funeral of a snakebite victim in Kaliakair, Gazipur, was halted after exorcists claimed they could bring him back to life.
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Child Dies of Snakebite in Jashore, Fear Grips Area
A six-year-old girl bitten by a snake at home in Sharsha, Jashore, died under treatment in a Khulna hospital.
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Youth Dies on Way to Hospital After Exorcist Treats Snakebite
A young man bitten by a snake in Godagari, Rajshahi, died before reaching hospital after relatives first took him to an exorcist.
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Do You Know the World's Longest Venomous Snake?
The king cobra, which can reach 3-4 metres, is the world's longest venomous snake, while the reticulated python is the longest snake of all.
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Now in Lakshmipur, Another Snake Killed in Mistake for Russell's Viper
A snake killed on the Meghna bank in Lakshmipur's Kamalnagar was not a Russell's viper, the upazila forest officer said.
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Villagers kill and burn a Russell's viper in Satkhira's Kalaroa
Villagers in Chanduria, Kalaroa upazila of Satkhira, killed, burnt and buried a Russell's viper, the second found in the village in two days.
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Russell's vipers being sighted along the Meghna coast
Russell's vipers have been turning up one after another along the Meghna coast in Chandpur, the latest found by the river in the Harisabha area.
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Taken to a faith healer first, then to hospital: Feni farmer dies of snakebite
A 45-year-old farmer in Feni's Sonagazi upazila died after a snakebite; he was first treated by a faith healer before being taken to hospital.
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Russell's viper caught in a fish trap in Jhenaidah's Maheshpur
A three-and-a-half-foot Russell's viper was caught in a farmer's fish trap in the Ichamati river in Jhenaidah's Maheshpur upazila.