Amethystine Python: Australia's Largest Native Snake

Caught-on-camera: Most horrifying, deadly snake bites on human – Watch video

About 5.4 million snake bites occur each year, resulting in 1.8 to 2.7 million cases of envenoming (poisoning from snake bites). There are between 80,00 and 138,000 deaths and around three times as many amputations and other permanent disabilities each year. Envenoming affects women, children and farmers in poor rural communities in low- and middle-income countries. Without treatment bites can lead to severe paralysis that may prevent breathing, cause bleeding disorders that can lead to fatal ha