Enzymes that commonly accompany these venoms ... and significant tissue damage have been observed in the victims. Death: The hemotoxic venom might give multi-organ failure through grave interior ...

A group of components at work in boomslang venom are snake venom metalloproteinases or SVMPs. Our venom expert Dr Ronald Jenner explains how they work: ‘These are enzymes. They are a broad family of ...

Despite rattlesnakes possessing potent hemotoxic venom, their ambush tactics and slower speed pale in comparison to the king cobra’s advanced hunting tactics, neurotoxic venom, and resistance to ...