Sentences with phrase «diamondback rattlesnake»

Specifically, this rattlesnake vaccine works by producing antibodies against the western diamondback rattlesnake in your dog's body.

Venom from an eastern diamondback rattlesnake in the Everglades is distinct from the cocktail of toxins delivered by the same species in the Florida panhandle area, some 500 miles away.

Eastern diamondback rattlesnake declines are thought to have been caused by habitat loss compounded by hunting and persecution by humans.

Julius's team compared gene activity in different types of nerve cell from diamondback rattlesnakes, which all have shallow pits on their faces that detect heat.

J.D. Willson, an assistant professor in the Department of Biological Sciences, will validate his new method, Innovative Density Estimation Approach for Secretive Snakes (IDEASS), by estimating the number of southern hognose snakes and eastern diamondback rattlesnakes at Fort Stewart, Georgia, one of the Army's most active training installations.

As the story goes a venomous diamondback rattlesnake appeared in the backyard of a 7 - year old girl.

Pit vipers, like the pitless vipers, are highly venomous; the western diamondback rattlesnake is responsible for the majority of snakebite deaths in North America.

One coach's press «unfolded like a diamondback rattlesnake»; a team ran the fast break «as if the balls of hell were at their heels.»

In the laboratory, the Australians tested the protein against the venom of six other snakes: the common brown snake, the forest cobra (Naja melanoleuca), Russell's viper (Vipera russelli), the half moon viper (Bothrops alternatus), the Central American moccasin snake (Agkistrodon bilineatus) and the western diamondback rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox).

The venom of some snakes, such as the western diamondback rattlesnake, also contains compounds which degrade muscle tissue to aid digestion.

Researchers used high - speed cameras to measure the strike speeds of two viper species — cottonmouth vipers and diamondback rattlesnakes — along with Texas rat snakes (pictured), a nonviper species that lacks venom.

Western Diamondback Rattlesnake (stock image).

The species, along with its cousin the Western Diamondback Rattlesnake are part of the pit viper family, which are commonly referred to as «New World» vipers or snakes.

To understand how snakes evolved their infrared detection systems, a group of scientists led by Prof. David Julius at the University of California, San Francisco, searched for potential infrared - sensing proteins in the western diamondback rattlesnake.

The vaccine is only for protection against the Western Diamondback rattlesnake and does not protect against any other venomous snake.

Although this vaccine was developed for the western diamondback rattlesnake, this vaccine may help if your dog is bitten by other rattlesnake species.

It is made from the venom of one of the 11 species of rattlesnake seen in the greater Tucson area, the Western Diamondback Rattlesnake.

Did you know that there is a vaccination to protect your dog from the bite of the Western Diamondback Rattlesnake?

It is most effective against the Western Diamondback Rattlesnake (which is the most common rattlesnake here in Kerr County), but it also cross-protects against other rattlesnakes (excluding the Mojave).

In the fall, another Scottsdale real estate agent captured media attention and thousands of views after posting a video he captured of a diamondback rattlesnake arriving on the doorstep at his open house.