Not exact matches
The guy died because he believed that the
venom of a
snake would
not kill him because that was his truth, oops.
The diversification of these toxins correlates directly with their functional importance in prey capture, for example the most pathogenic king cobra toxin family have undergone massive expansion, while, in contrast,
venom proteins with less important functions do
not participate in the evolutionary arms race occurring between
snakes and their prey.
Armed with the both the king cobra and Burmese python genome the team was able to show that, despite previous hypotheses that
venom genes evolve «early» in the lineage leading to
snakes,
venom gene families do
not duplicate early, in fact the study shows that the rapid and extensive expansion of functionally important
venom toxin families is restricted to the venomous «advanced»
snake lineage.
At the time of writing, just six had been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for medical use (one other — Baltrodibin, adapted from the
venom of the Lancehead
snake — is
not FDA approved, but is available outside the US for treatment of bleeding during operations).
Australian tiger
snakes have «hit the jackpot» because prey can
not evolve resistance to their
venom.
Snake and reptile
venoms typically don't work for this type of research because most of them function as hemotoxins (which destroy red blood cells) and target components of the cardiovascular system, King says.
Although the
venom of the diamondback isn't particularly toxic, the size of the
snake allows a larger capacity of
venom which is released from its two prominent fangs.
There's a reason why I used Kaa of Jungle Book instead of a real photo of a
snake, it's because 1) I don't like a photo of a scary
snake on my blog and 2) those
venom in Korean beauty products are
not real
snake venom, so why bother using a real
snake photo?
The truth though, is that Ocelot is also explaining things to
Venom Snake, as his memories of the past aren't 100 % complete.
I don't want to think about what
Venom Snake had to do when it broke out but let's just say it'll scar anyone with a moral compass.
The movie gets at the core of the heightened emotions of high schoolers, who, like baby
snakes, haven't yet learned to hold back some of their
venom when they bite.
Megaesophagus has
not been reported in cats with Australian Tiger
Snake envomation, possibly because their esophagus contains smooth muscle, which is
not affected by the myotoxic components of the
venom.
Even poisonous
snakes do
not inject
venom every time they bite.
The problem with
snake bites is
not just the
venom which can be deadly, but also secondary infection.
We don't know the efficacy of Red Rocks Biologicals Crotalus Atrox Toxoid (rattlesnake vaccine) because no one has, or ever is, going to do controlled studies, where they inject dogs with
snake venom and compare vaccinated dogs to unvaccinated dogs, for obvious humane reasons.
If a dog is bitten by a venomous
snake, the owner should
not attempt first aid procedures such as tourniquets, cold packs or sucking out the
venom, explains Merck Manuals.
It doesn't resonate with the player, because while the game claims that
Venom Snake is his own person, he really isn't.
The reveal that the guy we spent the entire game playing as —
Venom Snake — was
not the real Big Boss.
Control of Big Boss is effectively amputated from the hands of the players at the end of Ground Zeroes and, while they don't know that
Venom isn't Big Boss, the dichotomy between
Venom Snake and what fans would remember from Big Boss creates a sort of pseudo-reverse phantom pain where the loss of Big Boss can be felt even though he's supposedly there when in reality he truly is gone, but replaced with a body double to give the illusion that he never left at all.
focuses primarily on the fact that
Venom Snake was the playable character and
not Big Boss, but it doesn't touch upon the fact that Big Boss's last canonical adventure was
The twist at the end of The Phantom Pain focuses primarily on the fact that
Venom Snake was the playable character and
not Big Boss, but it doesn't touch upon the fact that Big Boss's last canonical adventure was GZ.
Employing patented Pascvaks reasoning, when a patient visits a doctor with a venomous
snake latched on to his arm, the doctor shouldn't remove the
snake, since the total volume of
venom being injected into the patient is small compared to the massive volume of blood that must be treated, and we should be discouraged by the amount of effort it takes to perform a full - blood transfusion.
[I]
n recent years studies have shown the
venom of the golden lancehead to have practical applications for humans, with many potential medical uses, making it even more important to protect this
snake... More effective enforcement on the island is recommended to prevent illegal removal of
snakes.
Using tools and techniques
not too pleasant for the
snake in question, they hold the
snake's mouth open, shock it with electrodes, retract the fangs, and place vials to collect the
venom.