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Their bites lead to 1.8 to 2.7 million cases of envenomation and 81,410 to 137,880 deaths annually. “Snake bite is considered a neglected disease on the global-scale,” said Ruane.

The researchers describe how they applied snake venom to tiny slivers of lizard tissue, taken from various dead lizards in museum collections across Australia.