1. Bird’s Eye View : Looking more closely at animals
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Bird’s Eye View : Looking more closely at animals
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3. Venomous snakes bite 7000-8000 people annually
Snakebites
Venomous snakes bite people annually
occurred while snake handling = ~3000
accidental =

4. Venomous snakes bite 7000-8000 people annually
Snakebites
Venomous snakes bite people annually
85% of natural bites are below the knee

5. Good vs. Bad ???

6. Pit Vipers: Crotalidae
Crotalus: true rattlers

7. Crotalidae
Agkistrodon: Copperhead

8. Coral Snake

9. Primitive delivery system
Coral Snake Bite
Primitive delivery system
small mouth
pair of small, fixed hollow fangs on anterior mouth

10. Bite site: paucity of complaints
Coral Snake Bite
Bite site: paucity of complaints
little pain
no necrosis
paresthesias
swelling usually mild

11. Common Cobra / Nag or Kalsap or Naja naja
Seen through out India, Burma, Srilanka
Well marked hood
Single (monocellate) or double spectacle mark

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Venomous – poisonous
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Speckles – a small coloured mark or spot on a background of a different colour
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fangs – two long sharp teeth at the front of the mouths of some animals such as a snake or dog
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what do you know about the coral snakes?
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