Tuesday, 8 November 2011

•Reptiles

Reptiles are air-breathing which are characterized by laying shelled eggs
some vipers and constrictor snakes give live birth
Three Main Types of Reptiles

"Squamata"---Largest Branch of the Reptilian Family
"Crocodilia" -- Last of the Ruling Reptiles
"Testudines"---The Oldest Reptiles

Snake venom
NEUROTOXIC: Attacks the nervous system , and causes the victim to suffocate to death.  
SITOTOXIC: Damages the tissue , causing necrosis , and the victim will die because of the serious necrosis and blood loss.  
HEMOTOXIC: Damages the blood vessels , and this causes the blood to become very thin. The victim will eventually bleed to death , and this takes usually about 3-5 days.  
MIOTOXIC: Is a mixture between hemotoxic and neurotoxic  venom , and has the affects of both venom's.

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