Green mamba bite different from other snakes in genus, study says | NYGazet

A green mamba bite is much more difficult to treat. Most available antivenoms do not target spastic paralysis.

In other snakebites, muscles shut off instead of being overactive. In both cases, death is caused by the inability to breathe. However, during spastic paralysis, a person suffocates because the muscles required for breathing become tightened and stif... [4282 chars]