Its venom is a nerve-poison that kill prey in mins. When it look for prey it be meerkat pups or other small animals. Once it finds it it flicks its tounge out to smell the prey if it smells like prey then it strlkes injecting a nerve-poison shutting down the respiratory system. If encountered it may fight back by biting injecting more venom each time. It tries to avoid humans but if trapped it will fight. The best thing to do is leave it alone.