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Snake Venom? What’s That? By Damien Fusco-Adams

Snake Venom? What’s That? By Damien Fusco-Adams. What is snake venom? What is anti-venom? What do venomous snakes look like?. What Is Snake Venom?. Snake venom is actually a venomous snake’s saliva but it has toxins in it that paralyze, digests, and defends against threats. . Anti-Venom.

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Snake Venom? What’s That? By Damien Fusco-Adams

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  1. Snake Venom? What’s That? By Damien Fusco-Adams What is snake venom? What is anti-venom? What do venomous snakes look like?

  2. What Is Snake Venom? Snake venom is actually a venomous snake’s saliva but it has toxins in it that paralyze, digests, and defends against threats.

  3. Anti-Venom Anti-venom is a liquid that is put into people to protect them from a snake’s venom. It is made from the venom of a snake by milking it. Then it is diluted to make it not as strong. Then it is put into a horse or a goat. Then it builds resistance to the venom. Then its blood gains antibodies. Then the antibodies are used for anti-venom

  4. How To Tell If A Snake is Venomous If a snake has a triangular head its venomous. But for some types of venomous snakes like the coral snake has venom and it has an oval shaped head. A venomous snake has a wider head because it stores the venom there before it goes to the fangs

  5. Conclusion In conclusion snake venom is a snake’s defense, if a snake has a triangular shaped head its venomous, and anti-venom actually starts out as venom. You now know all you need to know about snake venom.

  6. Bibliography Rattlesnakes by Julie Murray Slither and Crawl by Jim Arnosky Top 50 Questions Poisonous Animals by Seymour Simon http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snake_venomhttp://library.thinkquest.org/C007974/2_6sve.htm http://ufwildlife.ifas.ufl.edu/venomous_snake_faqs.shtml

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