A trained biologist, Rotich has studied the complex effects of snake bites on humans, including the black mamba. In Kenya, Rotich says it's hard to keep official statistics of how many humans die ...

A teenager in Africa was killed less than 30 minutes after being bitten by a Black Mamba who slithered its way into her Zimbabwe classroom this week.

A man in Zimbabwe died after getting bitten by a black mamba because the hospital he was taken to did not have any antivenom to treat him.