Sea SnakesKrieger Publishing Company, 1999 - 148 sivua This text describes the varieties and distribution of sea snakes, what they eat and what eats them, how they reproduce and grow, and how they cope with excess salt and scarcity of freshwater. It also discusses how they adjust to diving at depth, and describes the nature of their venom. |
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Tulokset 1 - 3 kokonaismäärästä 28
Sivu 76
... amount of oxygen used or by the amount of carbon dioxide produced . The first is the easiest and most common method . BODY TEMPERATURE ( ° C ) 29- 28 27 26 25 241 23- 22- 21 Figure 8.3 Relation of body temperature to water temperature ...
... amount of oxygen used or by the amount of carbon dioxide produced . The first is the easiest and most common method . BODY TEMPERATURE ( ° C ) 29- 28 27 26 25 241 23- 22- 21 Figure 8.3 Relation of body temperature to water temperature ...
Sivu 82
... amount of oxygen in its blood during dives than could other species . If a large blood capacity is not an important adaptation of most marine snakes , perhaps instead the blood they do have may have a higher concentration of red blood ...
... amount of oxygen in its blood during dives than could other species . If a large blood capacity is not an important adaptation of most marine snakes , perhaps instead the blood they do have may have a higher concentration of red blood ...
Sivu 118
... amount of venom but the third one was nearly always dry . In contrast , Astrotia stokesii ( Figure 10.1 ) yielded massive and approximately equal doses of venom for seven consecutive ' bites ' , the amount decreasing only on the eighth ...
... amount of venom but the third one was nearly always dry . In contrast , Astrotia stokesii ( Figure 10.1 ) yielded massive and approximately equal doses of venom for seven consecutive ' bites ' , the amount decreasing only on the eighth ...
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PREFACE | 1 |
The Kinds of Sea Snakes 5 Origin and Evolution of Sea Snakes | 8 |
Regional Distributions | 18 |
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