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Responsible for the majority of snakebite fatalities in Africa, the puff adder strikes with both speed and precision.
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Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
22 June 2025
The 22-year-old, who owned a venomous puff adder, was treated with anti-venom in Connolly Hospital, the Irish Post reported last month.
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Fox News,
7 Mar. 2020
The researchers captured puff adder shy sharks in a harbor in Cape Town, South Africa, and transported them to a government research aquarium, where the fish acclimated for four months.
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Rachel Nuwer,
Scientific American,
19 Dec. 2019
This kind of behavioral segmentation had never been observed before, which the researchers say is odd given how common the puff adder is throughout Africa and is frequently kept in captivity.
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Troy Farah,
Discover Magazine,
17 Apr. 2019
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Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
22 June 2025
The 22-year-old, who owned a venomous puff adder, was treated with anti-venom in Connolly Hospital, the Irish Post reported last month.
—
Fox News,
7 Mar. 2020
The researchers captured puff adder shy sharks in a harbor in Cape Town, South Africa, and transported them to a government research aquarium, where the fish acclimated for four months.
—
Rachel Nuwer,
Scientific American,
19 Dec. 2019
This kind of behavioral segmentation had never been observed before, which the researchers say is odd given how common the puff adder is throughout Africa and is frequently kept in captivity.
—
Troy Farah,
Discover Magazine,
17 Apr. 2019
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“Puff adder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/puff%20adder. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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