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Strange question I know, but does anyone have good information about the types of venomous snakes that can be found in Egypt: Deserts mainly, but also mountains and agricultural areas.
So far I have; Burrowing asps, vipers, cobras, and black snakes.
I have googled the query and will keep checking, however if we have any bedouins on board or other desert lovers I would appreciate a complete list.
Thanks
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A guy I met in the desert near Siwa, very experienced, told us to watch out for the "M" in the sand; which marks a place where a black mamba has hidden under the sand. It leaves the tip of its tail waving [to attract prey] and its head waits to pounce.Very very venomous, carries enough venom to kill a few people in one session. Sounds AWFUL, but really rare I expect.Wear boots. I've had one or two little snakes walking [?] into my house! Babies I think but very viper-ish to look at, don't know how dangerous they were, I had to scoop them in a dustpan and run like hell into the street.{popped them into a piece of waste ground -alive!!]
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Thanks Jessie! The information you provide about the Black Mamba is actually very useful. I need to prepare a guide on snakes in the "Field" so being about to add that kind of detail will be great. The guys who will use it always wear heavy duty boots, so should be nothing to worry about there, well unless they try to get macho and catch them! Until now we've only had reports of Scorpions and Rats in the Egyptian desert.
You were truely brave to remove the snake that "walked" into your house . I would've been the one running out and leaving it behind.. I can't even deal with lizards!
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or other desert lovers I would appreciate a complete list.
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. I would've been the one running out and leaving it behind.. I can't even deal with lizards!
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