Deadly green mamba snake found on African ship docked in Aberdeen

The green mamba was discovered on a cargo ship from West Africa, which arrived at the city's harbour on Wednesday. The highly venomous reptile's bite can kill a human in less than 30 minutes without specialist treatment, experts say - and the closest anti-venom held in the UK is in London, almost 400 miles away from Aberdeen. It is understood crew on the ship put the snake into a box themselves before contacting Scotland's animal welfare charity, the Scottish SCPA.