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Venomous Snakes of North America

Greg — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 02:05:28 +0000

This is the latest post in the Dangerous Animals series. Snakes cause some people to have a physical reaction of fear and revulsion, which is too bad as they are fascinating creatures. In many years as an educator about the natural world, I loved to use live snakes as examples. Many species can be safely […]

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Venom, Poison, and Toxicity

Greg — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 16:46:38 +0000

There is a great deal of confusion about the terms venom, poison, and toxicity, and they are often used in an imprecise manner. However, the subject is great fun, so let’s explore it a bit. First, we should clear up the difference between venom and poison. Venom is a substance that is generally injected, such […]

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Number of venomous snakebites a year and pitfalls in scientific research

Greg — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 01:13:34 +0000

While doing a literature search for another story I encountered a classic pitfall in scientific research that one can all too often find. I wanted to know how many venomous snakebites occur each year, and of those, how many are fatal. I dug into the literature to see what was there. My first stop was […]

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