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Sudanese taskforce battles snakes and scorpions during rainy season

Sudan Khartoum Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah Natural History Museum
Dr. Manal Siyam conducts research on snake at the Natural History Museum in Khartoum, Sudan. September 28, 2022. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah

In Khartoum, specialists from Sudan's Center for Poisonous Species Research are deployed at night in protective vests, gloves, and goggles to catch a snake that residents say has killed a cat, before it has a chance to strike again.

Attacks by snakes and scorpions are more frequent during Sudan's rainy season, when water levels on the river Nile can rise and send floodwaters surging into communities.

The taskforce says its work is particularly important as doctors do not have antidotes made specifically for the venom of snakes found in Sudan.

Dr. Manal Siyam conducts research on snakes at the Natural History Museum in Khartoum, Sudan. September 28, 2022. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah

(Reporting by Eltayeb Sidding, writing by Nafisa Eltahir, Editing by Alexandra Hudson)

A snake is seen at Sudan Natural Museum in Khartoum, Sudan. September 11, 2022. REUTERS/Eltayeb Siddig
Dr. Manal Siyam conducts research on a scorpion at the Natural History Museum in Khartoum, Sudan. September 28, 2022. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah
A worker carries a preserved snake while Dr. Manal Siyam conducts research on scorpions at the Natural History Museum in Khartoum, Sudan. September 28, 2022. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah
Director of the Toxic Organism Research Center Dr. Rania Mohamed, and Dr. Manal Siyam search for snakes and scorpions on Tuti Island in Khartoum, Sudan. September 12, 2022. REUTERS/El-Tayeb Siddig
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