Snake Venom
By: James Wong
Featured Articles
- Introduction
- How Snake Venom Works
- Snake Venom For Medicinal Purposes
- Other Venomous Animals
- Most Dangerous And Venomous Snakes
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
Introduction
Snake venom is the liquid that snakes produce from a small sac behind their eyes. Venoms use two types of toxins to help disturb communications which can lead to instant death. Venom suffocates its prey. Its power makes people afraid.
How Snake Venom Works
Snake Venom Helping With Medicine
Snake venom can actually be very interesting once you learn what it can do. Even though the venom can be deadly, snake venom can actually be turned back into harmless molecules.
Snake venom can be useful! It can make medicines to help cure conditions like minor heart attacks. Researchers might also be able to use snake venom to make new medicine, and snake venom can help improve the medicine that we have today. Some medicines are eptifibatide and tirofiban. These medicines use venom from two different types of snakes. Mambalgin-1 and mambalgin-2 molecules are effective when trying to eliminate pain. One danger is that there may be side effects when used to treat someone. By understanding the connections to snake venom protein, there might be new treatments to help many people in the future.
Other Venomous Animals
There are some other animals that have poison like fish, reptiles, and insects. They all inject the poison, but may do so in different ways. Scorpions inject the venom from their tails. Scorpion venom can help the animals defend and hunt, just like snake venom does. Some poisonous fish have spines that extend from their bodies. Examples are the stargazer, lionfish, and puffer fish. Some animals use their tentacles; others their teeth. Venom can also be used by other animals to defend or catch food. Some of the most venomous animals include the Blue Ringed Octopus and the Box Jellyfish.
Most Dangerous And Venomous Snakes
Conclusion
In conclusion, snake venom can be deadly and dangerous, but it can be used to make medicine and help hunt for food or have protection. As you can see, many snakes are different and some are more deadly than others. People use the venom from the snakes to improve the medicine. These medicines are being pretty effective when they are used.
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