Welcome to our YouTube video all about European Adders, scientifically known as Vipera berus! In this captivating exploration, we delve into the intriguing w...
Welcome to our YouTube video all about European Adders, scientifically known as Vipera berus! In this captivating exploration, we delve into the intriguing w...
Welcome to our YouTube video all about European Adders, scientifically known as Vipera berus! In this captivating exploration, we delve into the intriguing w...
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Adder
The Puff Adder isn't just another character in the vast storybook of African wildlife; it's a creature that demands respect, curiosity, and a bit ...
The highly venomous death adder (acanthophis genus) has also the fastest strike of any snake, so we are in for a nasty surprise.
Every year, hundreds of people and unknown numbers of dogs and other domestic animals in England, Wales, and Scotland are bitten by our only indigenous venomous snake, the adder ( Vipera berus ) (fig 1). UK poisons centres are consulted about an average of 100 human and a dozen veterinary cases each year. In about 70% of patients, envenoming is negligible or purely local, causing pain, swelling, and inflammation of the bitten digit. Only 14 fatalities have been reported since 1876,1 the last in a 5 year old child in 1975,w1 but adder bites should not be underestimated. On rare occasions, envenoming can be life threatening, especially in children, and many adults experience prolonged discomfort and disability after the bite. Fig 1 Adder or viper ( Vipera berus ) Apart from the exotic venomous snakes held legally by zoos, research establishments, and licensed private individuals, large numbers of dangerous snakes are kept surreptitiously as macho pets in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and other countries.2 3w2-w8 This “underground zoo”w9 reveals itself on average only five or six times each year in the UK when bitten owners are forced to seek medical help.4 I have based this review on personal experience in clinical research on snake bites and as an adviser to the National Poisons Centre since 1986 and to the Zoological Society of London and other UK zoos. Other sources were my personal archive of books, papers, and unpublished case reports; discussions and correspondence with other experts; and searches of Medline, PubMed, and Google. The adder or viper ( Vipera berus ) is common throughout mainland Britain and some of the islands off the west coast of Scotland. Bites occur from February to October, peaking in June to August. Half the patients are bitten on the hand while picking up the adder. …
European Viper (Vipera berus) Tyresta National Park, Stockholm, Sweden
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Puff Adder - a common, dangerous snake that you might find laying around on the wilderness paths waiting for rodents throughout Africa.
Black Adder
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