Not even colubrids.What separates colubrids from other snakes we've been classifying as venomous is not the lack of venom, but the lack of an effective way to deliver the venom into its prey. In most venomous snakes, like vipers and cobras, the venom is used to catch and immobilize the...
-- On the snake / snaking (snakin) , of teenage girls, to go out looking for boys. Quote: Charles Panati. Sexy Origins and Intimate Things (1998): ' The biblical snake in the Garden at Eden is thought by many scholars to be an obvious metaphor for Adam's penis, which tempted Ev...
The poison is secreted under the influence of digestive stimuli and when milk, as an example of easily digested food, was given to snakes the poison became less intense. Dr. de Christini concludes that the secretion of the poison glands has the same function as that of the kidneys, that ...
"Red on black, venom lack," although this old saying becomes unreliable south of the United States. Photograph by Joe McDonald. Snakebite. Western diamondback rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox), an American pit viper, with rattle vibrating. This is one of the most dangerous snakes of North America...
Because so many snakes are venomous, it’s possible that ancient healers believed that exposure to snake venom could make a person stronger, if it didn’t kill them first. Another possibility is that our ancient ancestors saw snakes shedding their skin, as if they were being reborn. Thus, ...
Snake - Scales, Venom, Slithering: Snakes have an elongated body and tail, and no limbs. Their body is usually slender, the body shape correlated with the activity level. The vertebral column has more vertebrae than any other living animal—up to 600. Sn
of snakebites occur while either catching and handling captive snakes or trying to molest or kill wild ones. In either case, the snake is only defending itself.Rattlesnakes, for example, are venomous, and large ones are quite dangerous owing to the amount of venom they can inject. However,...
Indian cobra venom is extremely dangerous to humans. Unfortunately, human encounters are relatively frequent, as the rodents that make up a large portion of the snake’s diet are often found in and around areas populated by humans. When threatened, Indian cobras take an upright posture with the...
Snake venom COULD be in the water becausewater is a long-used vector for poisoning people, e.g. all US cities have had their water poisoned withfluoride(a neurotoxin) and other chemicals (which often come from China, incidentally). It’s not a stretch to say this water has had venom pe...
The venom of advanced snakes is a mixture of dozens of different proteins and is an example of an evolutionary innovation – a novel trait that has arisen in a particular animal group and which has contributed to their success. Understanding how these innovations come about is vital to understan...