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more than 5 million bites occur each year. This leads to more than 150,000 deaths and about three times as many amputations.
Snakebites still exact a high toll in Africa.
Snakebites are a major public health issue in most tropical parts of the world,
It’s a really bad idea to cut, suck or wash the bite site.
Two main snake families that cause the most dangerous snakebites in sub-Saharan Africa are – vipers and elapids.
The carpet viper (Echis ocellatus) has the highest death toll of any snake.
All we have to be concerned about is little 'ol rattlesnakes and moccasins. The occasional copperhead.