Sentences with phrase «produce venom»

Bearded Dragons Produce Venom In 2005 the bearded dragon community was surprised to learn that researchers at Australia's Melbourne University discovered that bearded dragons produce a mild venom.

These adaptations include the massive and rapid expansion of gene families that produce venom toxins, providing the snake with a highly toxic protein mixture required to overcome a variety of different prey and also circumvent any resistance to venom that may have developed in such prey.

Not exact matches

If you spoke to my brother in the most insulting tone you could muster and, with all the venom in the world, called him a retard, he would probably look at you and ask you what your favorite movie is — and then tell you how much he loves Toy Story, what year it was released, who produced it, etc..

The snake we now call an asp produces very painful — but rarely deadly — venom.

Each venomous snake species produces a unique venom, a mixture of around 50 - 200 toxic proteins and protein fragments that co-evolve with the typical prey of the snake, such as the smaller reptiles eaten by the eastern coral snake or the rodents preferred by rattlesnakes.

The word toxicant refers to a man - made poison, such as Dursban, whereas a toxin is a naturally occurring poison produced by living cells or organisms, such as spider venom.

Despite this, antivenom treatments are scarce due to challenges collecting adequate amounts of venom needed to produce anti-elapidic serum.

The effect could also apply higher up the food chain — predators often have to deal with toxins produced by their prey, such as scorpion venom.

Consequently, antivenin produced for one species of saw - scaled viper will not necessarily neutralize the venom of another species of saw - scaled viper, highlighting how changes in venom composition can adversely affect snakebite therapy.»

LSTM's Dr Robert Harrison, senior author of the study and Head of the Alistair Reid Venom Unit, said: «The findings underscore challenges to developing broad - spectrum snakebite treatments, because conventional antivenom is produced by immunizing horses or sheep with the venom from a specific species of sVenom Unit, said: «The findings underscore challenges to developing broad - spectrum snakebite treatments, because conventional antivenom is produced by immunizing horses or sheep with the venom from a specific species of svenom from a specific species of snake.

In one scorpion species, researchers have found that the arachnids use a relatively weak, but easily produced, prevenom for small jobs such as paralyzing insects and save their deadliest venom for serious work like fending off a larger animal.

Later on, when the sea anemones grow big and become predators themselves, their venom adapts to their new lifestyle by producing a different kind of toxin, one best suited to catch small fish and shrimp.

Dr. Moran found that while in the larvae stage, sea anemones produce uniquely potent venom that causes predators to immediately spit them out if swallowed.

To track these changes, Moran's team labeled the sea anemone's venom - producing cells and monitored them over time.

«Until now, venom research focused mainly on toxins produced by adult animals.

Venom is a complex mixture of proteins and other toxic chemicals produced by animals such as snakes and spiders, either to incapacitate their prey or to defend against predators.

And while these ants can certainly provide an unpleasant encounter for any unwitting humans who come across them — their en masse bites inject their victims with venom that produces a burning sensation and raises blisters that can become infected — they are actually more of a threat to local wildlife.

Gila lizards produce exendin - 4, a small venom protein used in the treatment of diabetes and obesity, which is a competitor to Victoza ® — produced by Novo Nordisk.

Stinging causes greater pain, but venom is metabolically expensive to produce,» says Shackleton.

Online today in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B, a team of researchers reports the creation of a bee - friendly pesticide produced by fusing Australian funnel - web spider (Hadronyche versuta) venom with snowdrop flower (Galanthus nivalis) proteins.

In addition, because many of the deadlier spider venoms produce their toxic effects by overstimulating the production of brain signaling molecules, this research may uncover novel tools for neuroscience research.

And story number 4: A venomous mammal, a small shoelike creature called the Solenodon is indeed a mammal that produces toxic venom.

Black widow (Latrodectus mactans) The venom of the black widow contains a nerve toxin that produces excruciating pain throughout the body.

Female hoboes produce more venom than males.

Hobo venom produces symptoms similar to those caused by brown recluse venom.

Their result: The hobo spider venom produced necrotic lesions in rabbits.

The fire ants fought back by producing droplets of milky venom from their rears.

The iconic, egg - laying, venom producing, duck - billed platypus first had its genome sequenced in 2008, revealing its unique genetic makeup and its divergence from the rest of the mammals around 160 million years ago.

A new piece of Metal Gear Solid V merchandise just came out: a life sized replica of Venom Snake's bionic arm, produced by Sentinel.

Under the Venom GT Spyder's gold - lined hood, the LS9 produces a staggering 1200 - hp and 1155 lb - ft of torque.

The Venom F5 is powered by an «all - American» twin - turbo 7.4 - liter V - 8 that produces more than 1,600 hp, according to Hennessey.

Hennessey Performance has built a formidable reputation for its stunningly fast cars like the Venom F5 and trucks like the VelociRaptor, but now it has applied its supercharged efforts to the Camaro ZL1 to produce the Dodge Demon - fighting «Exorcist,» the world's fastest muscle car.

«We only plan to produce a handful of Venom GT's in 2016 as we are also preparing for our next evolution, the Venom F5», said Hennessey.

In case you were unaware, Hennessey Performance is an American tuner based out of Sealy, Texas, best known for producing some of the most ridiculously overpowered four - wheeled machines on the planet, including the Lotus Exige - based Hennessey Venom GT, and more recently, the even - faster Hennessey Venom F5.

Now, though, Hennessey believes it can regain the title for sure next year after it produces 30 of the Venom F5 models to meet the Guinness requirements.

Actually yes — researchers at Australia's Melbourne University discovered that they produce a very mild venom BUT it's harmless to humans.

A new piece of Metal Gear Solid V merchandise just came out: a life sized replica of Venom Snake's bionic arm, produced by Sentinel.

Note: this item was provided to us by Nsurgo A new piece of Metal Gear Solid V merchandise just came out: a life sized replica of Venom Snake's bionic arm, produced by Sentinel.

Banks claims to have been «disrupted» by the current political climate, and as a result spent the last seven months seeking solace in her studio, where she produced a body of work that is part comfort food, part venom.