• Hearing in the Animal World| Leave a Comment

    You have a right to be impressed with the wonder of human hearing. But what about that of other creatures? Well, people can see the external ears of dogs, cats, horses and monkeys, and they know that such animals respond to sounds. Also, though birds lack external ears, most persons are well aware that these [...]

  • Snake Antivenin From Eggs| Leave a Comment

    Indian scientists have discovered that chicken eggs can become a source of molecules to treat snake bites,says The Times of India. Birds about 12 weeks old are injected with a sub-lethal dose of venom intramuscularly and a booster dose two to three weeks later.
    After 21 weeks, they start laying eggs that contain antivenin antibodies. [...]

  • Poisons Price| Leave a Comment

    Many poisons are worth far more than either gems or gold, says the Soviet magazine Sputnik. “For example, an ounce of the poison of the cobra costs 9,000 dollars [U.S.], that of Bungarus caeruleus 14,000 dollars, one of the sea snake 43,000 dollars, the North-American coral cylinder-snake 56,000 dollars, the African boomslang snake 283,000 dollars, [...]

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