Riverbanks Zoo flies cooler of antivenin to Raleigh after man is bitten by his pet snake Updated: 8:47 AM EDT Apr 8, 2021 Riverbanks Zoo via WRAL A Raleigh man took himself straight to the hospital over the weekend after he was bitten by his pet, a venomous green mamba snake. SOURCE: Riverbanks Zoo via WRAL
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Cooler of antivenin flown from Riverbanks Zoo in Columbia to Raleigh Share Updated: 8:47 AM EDT Apr 8, 2021 A Raleigh man took himself straight to the hospital last month after he was bitten by his pet.The thing is, the pet was a venomous green mamba snake, requiring antivenin to be flown in from a South Carolina zoo.A green mamba is shy and slender, but it s also quick and deadly. you get bitten by a green mamba without antivenin, your chances of survival are very low, said Sean Foley, curator of herpetology at Riverbanks Zoo in Columbia, South Carolina. It’s a neurotoxic