With great pets, come great responsibility


The puff adder is a highly venomous snake native to the African continent. – Agencies

SNAKE bites in Malaysia aren’t unheard of, but the case of a man who died after being bitten by the highly venomous puff adder received a lot of attention because the snake is a foreign species.

“How the snake ended up in Malaysia is a huge question itself,” says Malaysian Nature Society (MNS) herpetofauna group lead coordinator Chan Yik Khan.

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