Sentences with phrase «many venomous animals»

From poisonous toads to toxic tarantulas, venomous animals provide ingredients for traditional medicines around the world.

«The venoms of parasitoids are quite different from those of most of the venomous animals that have been studied because they've evolved to manipulate metabolism» rather than to kill outright, Werren explained.

«These findings raise important questions relating to the processes that other venomous animals may have used to generate their venom toxins,» wroteNicholas Casewell, senior lecturer and Wellcome Trust research fellow with the Alistair Reid Venom Research Unit at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, in a summary dispatch published alongside the Current Biology paper.

Implicit in the duplicate - and - mutate model is the assumption that the toxins need to evolve rapidly to be effective because many venomous animals can be locked in an arms race with their toxins» targets.

The most venomous animal on the planet isn't a snake, a spider, or a scorpion; it's a snail — a cone snail, to be precise.

Venomous animals accounted for about 86 deaths a year during the study period.

A field guide to venomous animals and poisonous plants, North America, north of Mexico.

A small bite mark may be from a bite or other injury; with this level of reaction I would be concerned with a possible snake or spider bite (would be dependent on your location); any suspected bite mark could have been swabbed for a venom test to see if it was from a venomous animal.

Not exact matches

This summer we've looked at many of the venomous and poisonous animals at Shedd Aquarium.

These toxins spanned the breadth of the animal kingdom, including ancient venomous groups such as centipedes, scorpions, spiders, coleoids (octopus, cuttlefish and squids) and cnidarians (jellyfish, sea anemones and hydras).

Moreover, venom research has mostly neglected ancient animal groups in favor of focusing on venomous snakes and cone snails, which are both «young» animal groups that originated only recently in evolutionary timescales, approximately 50 million years ago.

In Venomous, molecular biologist Christie Wilcox surveys the animal kingdom's wide array of biochemical warriors, from spiders and snakes to sea urchins and centipedes.

A report in today's Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences shows that in one venomous snail, the evolution of poisons is occurring faster than protein evolution in any other known animal species.

That unique ecological role for the wasps» venom could explain why these animals rely so heavily on a different mechanism for gene evolution than other venomous species.

It culminated in 26 arrests, with more than 400 animals — including endangered turtles and venomous snakes — taken into custody as evidence.

With about 250 animals from 40 different species, it's one of the largest collections of venomous snakes in Europe.

Grabbing or accidentally touching one of the fish can result in painful stings from the animal's venomous spines.

It has long been known that black widow spiders, like some venomous snakes, can deliver «dry bites» to warn off larger animals without wasting venom on them.

We begin with the platypus, an unusual egg - laying animal with fur, a bill and a venomous bite.

Animal - related injuries such as venomous snake bites that cause paralysis and necrotic tissue can trigger rhabdomyolysis as well.

The car's name, Mangusta, is Italian for mongoose, a small animal known for its quickness, and its ability to fight and kill venomous snakes, particularly cobras.

We do not examine primates, venomous snakes, fish and zoo animals, such as huge cats and wallabys.

Dove Valley Animal Hospital Snakes (boas, pythons, constrictor, colubrids, venomous snakes with permits), bearded dragons, chameleons, green iguanas, crocodiles, alligators, frogs, toads, salamanders, guinea pigs, chinchillas, sugar gliders, ferrets, rats, rabbits, hamsters, hedgehogs

Animals treated: Chin, Fer, Ger, GP, Ham, Hedg, Mice, PD, Rab, Sugar, degus, rodents, birds, snakes, lizards & turtles (No spiders or venomous snakes).

Animals treated: All exotic animals except primates and venomous Animals treated: All exotic animals except primates and venomous animals except primates and venomous snakes.

Restricted Animals: No venomous, no crocodilians, for exotic animal restrictions, please review ordinances here

City animal - control officers also catch snakes of all varieties from non-venomous to venomous.

The snake is not venomous or dangerous and is within school guidelines for animals on campus, Wait said.

Animals on the list for permits include wolves, bears, wild cats, venomous reptiles and crocodilians that are at least five feet long.

If the snake is not venomous, the wound is treated as any other puncture wound with antibiotics, anti-inflammatories and antihistamines as needed, advises VCA Animal Hospitals.

A Czech national was more than half way there, when he tried to sneak 247 live animals onto a transatlantic flight at Ezeiza Airport in Buenos Aires, including poisonous venomous snakes and endangered reptiles packed into a suitcase.

Australian box jellyfish, the most venomous marine animal?

For example, rain, ice and snow, wild animals such as bears, and venomous snakes are just some of the dangers logger's face in their everyday working environment.

Also: a. No wild, dangerous, feral, venomous, «tamed» wild, or farm animals of any kind are permitted on Premises.