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The book addresses venomous animals and antivenomous serum therapeutics, with a discussion of the bodily characteristics used to distinguish snake genera and species. The anatomical account describes movable bones in the face of poisonous snakes and an extensile ligament that permits the mouth to open widely during swallowing. The section on dentition says the external tooth row of non-poisonous snakes usually has small, backwardly curved teeth, with the internal row sharing that curvature.
The account of an injection into a young pig reports that the animal withstood the venom, while expressing doubt that the result represents true immunity. The account of pigs describes their readiness to eat vipers and their training to destroy young rattlesnakes and other poisonous serpents.
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- Author
- A. Calmette
- Reading time
- About 7 hours
- Pages
- 378
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Biology
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