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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Sivu 82
... delivered . It might be expected that sea snakes would have a greater Bohr shift than land snakes and in this way make better use of the oxygen carried by their blood and prolong their stay underwater . However , this does not seem to ...
... delivered . It might be expected that sea snakes would have a greater Bohr shift than land snakes and in this way make better use of the oxygen carried by their blood and prolong their stay underwater . However , this does not seem to ...
Sivu 117
... delivered in rather small doses . Most venomous sea snakes deliver less venom than do many dangerous land snakes . Of the species for which venom yields have been studied , some species deliver on average less than 1 mil- ligram of ...
... delivered in rather small doses . Most venomous sea snakes deliver less venom than do many dangerous land snakes . Of the species for which venom yields have been studied , some species deliver on average less than 1 mil- ligram of ...
Sivu 118
... deliver multiple doses . Again , species differ . Olive sea snakes ( Aipysurus laevis ) delivered substantial doses only on the first ' bite ' . A second milking sometimes yielded a small amount of venom but the third one was nearly ...
... deliver multiple doses . Again , species differ . Olive sea snakes ( Aipysurus laevis ) delivered substantial doses only on the first ' bite ' . A second milking sometimes yielded a small amount of venom but the third one was nearly ...
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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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