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Strictly speaking snakes aren't poisonous, they're venomous.
Poison is stuff that's dangerous to eat or drink. Snakes don't work like that.
Snakes need to get their stuff into your blood stream to do any damage.
To make sure their prey is killed quickly and to defend It's definitely not to bite people and kill them.The primitive snakes were all non-poisonous.But during the course of evolution the salivary gland has been modified to secret poison in few snakes to aid the killing purpose more precise and potent.Because its what worth if despite of being bitten the prey escapes ?Its not serving the very purpose the snake is seeking for.But once the snakes devloped venom the problem solved , as we know snake venom is nothing but a mixture of complex proteins helping snakes killing it's prey rapidly and aiding in digestion as well.
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∙ 15y agoSnake venom can be dangerous for a variety of reasons. Hemotoxic venom can kill the tissue, and makes breathing difficult. Neurtoxic, which are more dangerous, affect the nervous system. Both can be fatal, but neutoxic poisening is more likely to be fatal. Although, luckily most snakes aren't poisenous.
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∙ 7y agoAnimals evolve venom for two reasons. One is for defense. The other is to immobilize prey so they can eat it. Snakes have venom for both reasons. Although, not all snakes are venomous. Some possess venom but only use it to kill prey. These have "mild venoms."
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∙ 13y agoSnakes are dangerous mostly for their bite, even more so if that snake is venomous. Even snakes that are not venomous can bite you and spread illness. A very few selection of snakes spit their venom which is even more dangerous.
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∙ 12y agosnakes are poisenous becuz they have venom in them but not all snakes have venom itz only the ones that are poisenous that have venom. Venom is the reason why some snakes are poisenous. i hope this helps
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∙ 14y agoSnakes are dangerous because most of them are very strong or are venimous!!!
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∙ 12y agoNo. Though the media sets them to be so, they can be quite tame animals.
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What group of animals do Snakes belong to?
reptiles reptiles
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Which animal group do Lizards belong to?
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Does a protoceratops?
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Which reptiles are mammal?
No reptiles are mammals.
What is the dirffrent from reptiles and humans?
reptiles
Were dinousars reptiles?
Dinosaurs are reptiles.
