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 22
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... BLOOD Increasing the amount of oxygen carried by the blood could be achieved either by ( 1 ) having more blood than land snakes of equiva- lent size , thereby providing a greater capacity for oxygen storage , or ( 2 ) having better blood ...
... BLOOD Increasing the amount of oxygen carried by the blood could be achieved either by ( 1 ) having more blood than land snakes of equiva- lent size , thereby providing a greater capacity for oxygen storage , or ( 2 ) having better blood ...
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... blood volume much higher than other snakes ( average about 13 per cent ) and so , everything else being equal , could carry a greater amount of oxygen in its blood during dives than could other species . If a large blood capacity is not ...
... blood volume much higher than other snakes ( average about 13 per cent ) and so , everything else being equal , could carry a greater amount of oxygen in its blood during dives than could other species . If a large blood capacity is not ...
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... blood to the body and one pulmonary one that carries blood to the lungs . This unique cardiac structure has a profound effect on the ver- satility of how snakes ' hearts function , including adaptations related to diving . vary- The ...
... blood to the body and one pulmonary one that carries blood to the lungs . This unique cardiac structure has a profound effect on the ver- satility of how snakes ' hearts function , including adaptations related to diving . vary- The ...
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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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