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Snake venom is stored in small 'sacs' in the jaw. They are joined to the fang by a short tube. The fangs themselves have a hole running the length of the tooth. When a snake bites its prey, the muscles in the jaw squeeze the sacs, which delivers a dose of venom out of the tips of the hollow fangs.
What else can I help you with?
Is the venom acid or alikali?
Venom can contain a variety of compounds, but most snake venom is predominantly acidic due to the presence of enzymes and proteins that can break down tissues.
Can you eat snake venom?
NO - Snake venom is poisonous ! Please if you answer a question know what your talking about you can eat a snakes venom because your stomach acid will wear it down so that it is harmless before it comes to you blood stream.
How snakes make poison?
Snake venom is modified saliva. The venom is usually stored in small muscular pouches (sacs) linked to the fangs by tubes. When the snake bites, muscle contractions squeeze the venom sacs and the toxins flow down the fangs into the victim.
What are the effects of snake venom on humans?
Depends what species of snake and the type of venom. Snake venom can clot the blood, cause massive haemorrhage, shut down the nervous system or cause necrosis.
How does snake venom kill a person?
It depends on which species of snake you mean. Some snake venom attacks the prey's blood, preventing it from clotting (the victim bleeds to death internally) - other venom attacks the nervous system, shutting down the victim's breathing reflex (the victim suffocates) - another property is necrosis - where the venom destroys body tissue (vital body functions simply collapse). Snake venom can possess just one, or all three properties - depending on the species !
What is in snake venom that makes it deadly or painful?
Snake venom is classified into different segments. like he-mo toxic, Nero toxic, para toxic etc .. And the toxic contain in the snake venom attacks the particular system in the victims body and kills down to earth. ex: Nero toxic paralysis the nervous system, he-mo toxic kills the blood cells and numbs down the connection between brain, heart and the other connections.
Can a snake poison another snake?
Yes. The venom of venomous snakes is often lethal to that of other. The exception is that many snakes are resistant to their own species' venom. Snakes that are adapted to eating other snakes may also have some venom resistance.
Does eating a poisoned prey harm the snake?
No. The reason for this is because snake venom is made of amino acids and proteins which get broken down rapidly by the digestive acids in snakes, people, and other animals. snake venom is only toxic if it gets into the blood stream.
What is the best thing to do for a posonis snake bite if youcant get to a doctor?
1. try and stay calm to slow down the spreading of the venom. 2. keep the bitten body part as low as possible to slow blood flow. 3. if possible, try and suck venom out of it using something that will prevent the venom from entering your mouth in case you have any mild scratches or cuts on your lips/mouth. keep in mind that even if a venomous snake bites, it doesn't mean it injected venom. the snake can decide whether or not to inject venom.
How do king cobras use venom?
It depends on the kind of snake. For a cobra a muscle surrounds their venom glands so that when the snake bites, the muscle presses on the glands which forces the venom down the fang and out the tip. I'd assume it's similar for all snakes.
How does the venom of a eastern brown snake effect the nervous system?
The venom disrupts the victims cell neurons - effectively 'shutting down' the nervous system. It also contains a powerful coagulant, causes the blood to clot.
How do snakes release poison in their victims?
Snake venom is usually injected into the victim - either by needle-sharp fangs delivering a quantity directly under the skin or by the venom trickling down a groove in the snakes fangs.
