“Enough is enough. I have had it with this big monkey-fightin' snake on this Monday-to-Friday plane!”

“I tell you, Brownie, that dirty snake had some nerve showing his face around here after all these years.”

“If you've ever realized someone has talked treacherously about you behind your back while smiling to your face, then you have just dealt with a backstabbing snake.”

“Thanks to the widespread availability of effective antivenins, snakebite fatalities in Australia have become rare in recent decades.”

“Equine-derived antivenin to snake venom has been the mainstay of hospital treatment for venomous snakebite for 35 years.”

“As a medicinal herb, lilies were said to treat burns, snakebite and even leprosy.”

“I am no expert on those sorts of things nor on witchweed, snakeweed, and butterbur.”

“Also, look for the golden yellow blooms of snakeweed, turpentinebush, goldeneyes, and telegraph plants.”

“Shortgrass prairie is dominated by blue grama, buffalo grass, scarlet globemallow, prickly-pear cactus, rabbitbrush, broom snakeweed, and spreading buckwheat.”

“African vipers are hazardous to pin and hold by the head, as experienced herpetologists will attest, because they have the longest fangs in snakedom.”

“I recently bought a wallet made from genuine snakeskin, and its scaly pattern truly makes it a unique leather accessory.”

“I found a shed snakeskin in the forest, proof that reptiles frequently shed their outer layer to accommodate growth.”

“I have a great collection of boots that includes snakeskin, lizard skin, and ostrich leather.”

“Tea made from the bark has been used as an antiseptic, an antidote to snakebites, a laxative, and a sedative.”

“Renal failure is a common cause of delayed mortality from untreated snakebites in developing parts of the world.”

“A Kendal nurse is learning to treat snakebites and avoid malaria as part of his preparation for a trip to the steamy jungles of South-East Asia.”