Sentences with phrase «other venomous animals»
«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.
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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.
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.
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.