This is an aka mamba, a moonfish, caught off the coast not far from Tokyo.

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Dr Lingueglia said it was "really surprising" that black mamba venom would contain such a powerful painkiller.

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Crime Prevention Minister Jeremy Browne says black mamba and methoxetamine, often known as mexxy, will be banned.

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Her group produces "Medika Mamba, " energy dense, peanut butter food that's designed to ensure Haitian children survive childhood.

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Medika Mamba is easy to make, store, preserve and distribute, she says.

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The post was signed "Mamba Out, " referring to Bryant's Black Mamba nickname, after the venomous snake, for his ability to strike suddenly on the court.

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In Haiti, for example, her group employs 22 Haitians who make Medika Mamba and teaches other farmers how to grow crops for the mixture.

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Several years ago Bryant was said to be a part investor in boutique Swiss brand Nubeo, which designed (but never commercially released) a Nubeo Black Mamba watch.

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And in March, Tory MP Nadhim Zahawi said Warwickshire Police had warned him of black mamba's "life-threatening effects" after a 13-year-old child in his Stratford on Avon constituency took the drug.

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He had got about ten thousand dollars in investments, mostly from his father, and he was now making fifteen hundred dollars a day in advertising from a Russian dating service called Mamba.

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