in a captivePsammophis leithiGünther, 1869 (Pakistani sand racer) that succumbed 6 min after having been bitten on its head by a slightly largerPsammophis schokariForskål, 1775 (Mertens, 1953: p. 196). SomePsammophisspp. feed on highly venomous front-fanged snakes; a field collected 140...
In truth, there are few actual snakes on the isle, but rather than go the computer animation route favored by most SyFy films, Snake Island chooses to take images of real snakes and digitally place them in the scene, creating a “something ain’t quite right here” effect akin to one of...
Revered but Poorly Understood: A Case Report of Dendroaspis polylepis (Black Mamba) Envenomation in Watamu, Malindi Kenya, and a Review of the Literature. The black mamba (Dendroaspis polylepis) ranks consistently as one of the most revered snakes in sub-Saharan Africa. It has potent neurotoxic...
black rhinoceros- African rhino; in danger of extinction Diceros bicornis rhino,rhinoceros- massive powerful herbivorous odd-toed ungulate of southeast Asia and Africa having very thick skin and one or two horns on the snout Diceros,genus Diceros- most common species in Africa ...
The Black mamba is one of the most feared venomous snakes in the world. A Black mamba possesses a deadly combination of speed, unpredictable behavior and potent venom. The Black mamba is the fastest snake in Africa. It is believed that they are able to outrun a horse over a short distanc...
We report two cases of envenomation by the black bellied swamp snake, Hemiaspis signata, with expert identification of the snakes. In the first case a 12 y... GK Isbister,AH Dawson,IM Whyte - 《Toxicon Official Journal of the International Society on Toxinology》 被引量: 12发表: 2002年...
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Snakes on a Plane (2006) A funny thing happened along the way in the translation of the fun, campy concept of Snakes on a Plane into a big-screen reality: the filmmakers forgot to make it fun and campy. What should’ve been something in the realm of Eight Legged Freaks turned out to...
‘Orient’, meaning roughly those regions now called North Africa and the Near and Middle East, as ‘alien’ and ‘backward’, the West was able to present itself as culturally superior. This, at the same time, made it easier to justify imperialist ambitions to subjugate and exploit these ...
There is no evidence that their population is in danger, and due to its very large range throughout sub-Saharan Africa, their status on IUCN Redlist is Least Concern. Their main threats are from people, who fear the snakes and their aggressive reputation. While black mambas are often kille...