Its venom is a potent hemotoxin—a complex cocktail of metalloproteinases, serine proteases, and procoagulant factors. Envenomation causes intense local pain, swelling, and blistering; disrupts blood clotting (often leading to spontaneous hemorrhage and thrombocytopenia); and, if untreated, can produce systemic effects such as renal impairment. Bites are medically significant, and prompt administration of a species-appropriate (or broad-spectrum) antivenom is essential to prevent serious morbidity.