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 9
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... mammal of the same size . That means that even terrestrial reptiles with no special diving adaptations should be able to hold their breaths six to seven times as long as terrestrial birds and mammals . If one takes two minutes as a ...
... mammal of the same size . That means that even terrestrial reptiles with no special diving adaptations should be able to hold their breaths six to seven times as long as terrestrial birds and mammals . If one takes two minutes as a ...
Sivu 88
... mammals and birds . Some other reptiles , especially those that use diving merely to escape predators , seem to have ... mammal ( 88 SEA SNAKES.
... mammals and birds . Some other reptiles , especially those that use diving merely to escape predators , seem to have ... mammal ( 88 SEA SNAKES.
Sivu 90
... mammals , and from there passes through a valve into the ventricle . During contraction of the left atrium , blood pressure forces the flaps of the valve downward against one of the septa of the ventricle and deflects most of the blood ...
... mammals , and from there passes through a valve into the ventricle . During contraction of the left atrium , blood pressure forces the flaps of the valve downward against one of the septa of the ventricle and deflects most of the blood ...
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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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