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Black Bear Reactions to Venomous and Non-venomous Snakes in Eastern North America
Bears are often considered ecological equivalents of large primates, but the latter often respond with fear, avoidance, and alarm calls to snakes, both venomous and non-venomous, there is sparse information on how bears respond to snakes. We videotaped or directly observed natural encounters between black bears (Ursus americanus) and snakes. Inside the range of venomous snakes in Arkansas and W...
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There is no epidemiological study that exists in the UK for non-venomous snakebites. People most likely to be bitten by snakes live in rural areas in Africa, Asia and Latin America, and work mostly in agriculture. It is however a very unusual injury in Europe. We present the case of a patient who sustained a bite from a non-venomous snake, identified as a Boa constrictor, on her right hand with...
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متن کاملA Venomous Bite
As to the evidence of some venomous bite, a faint patch of the ecchymosis was seen mentioned in the accompanying report of the police, just on the inner side of the left anklejoint (about the internal inaleolus). This site of injury was cleansed, and haying failed to observe anything like the ecchymosis, I cut into the said part, which also did not reveal any extravasation of blood thereabout. ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Scientific American
سال: 1891
ISSN: 0036-8733
DOI: 10.1038/scientificamerican10101891-233