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What is in the snakes venom?
Snake venom is made of proteins, produced in the equivalent of our salivary gland and has been evolving for between 60-80 million years from their once simple salivary glands. There are 24 different snake venom toxins that have been characterized by scientists and most are classed into four common groups which cover most snake groups. 21 of these toxins were shown to have been originally derived from proteins normally expressed in other body tissues, including brain, eye, lung, heart, liver, muscle, mammary gland, ovary, and testis. The other three are as yet undetermined as to where they originated. Snake venom potency is measured using the Indian Cobra venom as 1, and arranging the toxicity of all other snake venom up or down from this. The Diamond Back Rattlesnake is less than 0.1 while the Inland Taipan is 50.0, making it 50 times more venomous than the Cobra and 500 times more venomous than the Rattler. The second most venomous land snake comes in at around 17.0. These proteins are a constant research base for scientists working on cures from cancer to the common cold.
What type of venom does a copperhead snake have?
Copperheads such as most vipers have hemotoxic venom
How deadly is the Taipan snake?
because it has venom that is so strong that it can kill over 250,000 mice
What snake venom is most dangerous to humans hemotoxin or neurotoxin?
Pit viper toxins are hemotoxic, generating a thrombin-like effect and changing the clotting factors. It also forms or causes to form echinocytes on/in red corpuscle surfaces. There is no evidence in literature of nuerological toxicology.
What is the poisons snake in the world?
Gram-for-gram, Belchers sea snake has the most potent venom.
What ingredient's are used to make the venom?
Venom is a term that is most often restricted to the toxins produced by animals. In these cases the venom is a protein and the ingredients would be amino acids.
What is a snake pit?
There are several meanings for 'snake pit'. This is the most common: Snake pits were a historical means of imposing capital_punishment. Convicts were cast into a deep pit containing venomous snakes. They died from snake venom poisoning as the irritated snakes attacked them.
What is the most poisonous snake in the desert?
Crotalus scutulatus (common names: Mohave rattlesnake, is probably the most venomous snake in the Mojave Desert. Its venom contains a neurotoxic component that is capable of killing a human being in just a few hours.Just as a point of clarification, a poison is a substance that one must eat to be affected. A venom, such as that of a snake, must be injected. Therefore, a snake is venomous, not poisonous. Most snake venoms can be safely consumed with no problems (as long as you do not have an open sore in your mouth or stomach or digestive tract. The venom must get into the blood stream to kill.
What snakes are venoumes?
This may be a trick question. If you are asking what snake has the most venom. That is the spitting cobra. It expels its venom in long streams to hit its preys eyes to blind it and then it can bite. If you are asking what is the most poisonous snake. That would be the black mamba snake. Its venom can kill a man in minutes. i would say taipan is the most venomous snake not the black mamba
Which is the deadliest of all snake?
Drop-for drop - Belcher's Sea snake is considered to have the most toxic venom.
Which is the most venomous snake in the world?
Drop-for-drop - the venom of Belcher's Sea krait is considered to be the most potent snake venom. It spends almost its entire life at sea - and needs highly-potent venom to subdue its prey (fish) as quickly as possible.
How snake is protected from venom of other snake?
snakes have fail-safes in their DNA which protects them from their own venom, in case they accidentally bit themselves. this also comes in handy, since most snakes have the same or similar types of venom. the only exception is when a different snake has a different type of venom. ie: hemotoxic or neurotoxic
