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boomslang

a large greenish venomous arboreal colubrid snake, Dispholidus typus, of southern Africa
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Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) is a consistent feature in patients bitten by Russell's viper, E.carinatus, boomslang and pit vipers.
Like the boomslang, it is rear-fanged and potentially lethal to man; unlike the boomslang, there is no antivenin.
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Mr Hopkins said he could not reveal which species was behind the attacks, but rear-fanged snakes include the Mangrove snake - an aggressive, mildly venomous snake - and the Groen Boomslang, which has the most potent venom out of all rear fanged snakes.
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Detectives initially thought they were for a medical condition But speculation grew that Garrick was injecting himself with venom to build up an immunity against snake bites after being bitten by a Boomslang snake in South Africa 13 months earlier.
On the Snake Safari, youOll tick off an alternative Big Five I the python, puff adder, cobra, mamba and feared boomslang. Track down snakes through the forest, along dry river beds into mangrove swamps and beneath rocks.
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