Why Getting Bit by a Mamba Sucks Extra Bad

New research reveals that three venomous snake species—including one of the most venomous snakes in the world—are even worse than we thought. 

As if mambas—large, highly venomous arboreal snakes in sub-Saharan Africa—weren’t bad enough, researchers have discovered that the venoms of three mamba species have a nasty one-two-punch attack that explains why antivenoms sometimes don’t work. The study reveals that the venoms are more neurologically complex than previously believed, with…