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15 sie 2014 · In just one day, he died of respiratory arrest and cerebral hemorrhage; an event that quickly spurred researchers to examine this snake’s venom, which unsurprisingly turned out to be highly...
The venom of the boomslang is primarily a hemotoxin; it works via a process in which many small clots form in the blood, causing the victim’s circulatory system to improperly coagulate, resulting in excessive bleeding and death.
2 lis 2015 · But the boomslang defies colubrid convention: it can open its mouth to almost a 180° angle when biting, thus allowing it to sink its fangs deep into our flesh, and is armed with a blood-curdling venom more deadly than the venoms of cobras or even the notorious black mamba when injected into mouse veins.
30 sty 2017 · Combined venom gland transcriptomic, venomic and antivenomic analysis of the South African green tree snake (the boomslang), Dispholidus typus. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta, In Press, Accepted Manuscript.
20 maj 2018 · The snake is equipped with back-fangs that inject deadly venom. The snake’s deadly bite is used for killing prey and protecting itself against threats. The boomslang’s venom is haemotoxic, which means that it affects the blood-clotting function of the victim, causing internal and external bleeding.
20 mar 2017 · The venom of the boomslang snake was analyzed and it was revealed that boomslang venom is highly potent and primarily is a hemotoxin. Hemotoxins are toxins that destroy red blood cells, disrupt blood clotting and can also cause organ and tissue damage.
Boomslang, (Dispholidus typus), venomous snake of the family Colubridae, one of the few colubrid species that is decidedly dangerous to humans. This moderately slender snake grows to about 1.8 metres (6 feet) in length and occurs in savannas throughout sub-Saharan Africa.
