Eastern Coral Snake vs Texas Rat Snake: The YouTube-user lets his coral snake Carl eat a Texas Rat snake.
Venom from the Texas coral snake (Micrurus tener tener), whose bite produces intense and unremitting pain, excites a large cohort of sensory neurons. The purified active species (MitTx) consists of a heteromeric complex between Kunitz- and phospholipase-A2-like proteins that together function as ...
In April 2005, 11-year-old Brandon Adams from Florence, Texas set the record for the largest cash/prize payout for a youth angler in a competitive fishing event. During the 21st annualSealy Outdoors Big Bass Splash, he caught a bass on Lake Sam Rayburn that weighed 11.57 pounds. That mon...
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While it’s a little embarrassing to admit, I still get freaked out when I see a snake. But never in a million years would I call 911 if I saw a snake, especially living here in East Texas. It’s crazy that the Kilgore Police Department had to post online reminding people that when...
For a boy, the days at the ranch were distinctly episodic. There was the morning a deadly coral snake slithered out of a woodpile and coiled itself around the gloved hand of my grandfather, who coolly bashed its head in and presented the carcass to his awed grandsons, who were still pokin...
Bohlen CJ, Chesler AT, Sharif-Naeini R, Medzihradszky KF, Zhou S, King D, Sanchez EE, Burlingame AL, Basbaum AI, Julius D (2011) A heteromeric Texas coral snake toxin targets acid-sensing ion channels to produce pain. Nature 479:410–414 Central...
This study describes Texas coral snake envenomations reported to the North American Snakebite Registry.Methods All Texas coral snake envenomation cases reported to the registry were identified for the period from January 1, 2015, through December 31, 2019. Data reviewed for this study included ...
Human exposures to coral snake evenomation from 2000 to 2006 were reviewed. Results There were 123 cases. Males accounted for 85.4%, and the average age was 35.8 years. Only 53.7% received antivenom. Victims who did not have any local or systemic findings accounted for 18.7% (dry bites)....