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Venomous Bites of Snakes in Australia.
As Australia has many unique and strange inhabitants in the wildlife. This includes about 140 species of venomous snakes living in Australia, more than any other country in the world. Australia is the only large land area where venomous snakes outnumber harmless ones. With these confounding facts, it would prove to be of interest to me in finding more about the toxicology of the venoms and poisons produced by these venomous reptiles.
In Australia there are about 3,000 snake bites per year. Of these snake bites, only 200 to 500 (less than 17%) receive antivenom. ... Half the deaths are due to bites from the brown snake, the rest mostly from tiger snake, taipan and death adder. ... In 1906, the untreated death rates were as high as 40% to 50% for death adder and tiger snake bites. ... Venomous animals use venom. ... made by the animal) used by snakes to capture and/or kill the prey and also helping to digest the prey. ...
Venomous or Poisonous? ... Venomous animals have a stinger or fangs to inject venom into other animals. ... Snakes deliver their venom through two large, hollow fangs in the upper jaw. ...
Specific types of venom or poison effects in Australian snakes include:
Neurotoxins - basically venom toxins that cause paralysis or interfere with nervous system function.
Neurotoxins are responsible for the majority of symptoms following Australian snake bites. ...
Snake species with this type of toxin include: tiger snakes, taipans, death adders, rough scaled snake, copperheads, brown snakes (but rare). ...
Snake species with Myotoxins include; tiger snakes, mulga snake, taipans, rough scaled snake and sea snakes.
Approximate Word count = 1329
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