Viperidae

Ophidian paramyxovirus is a virus that affects snakes, particularly in the family Viperidae; it compromises the immune system, which can lead to mortality through secondary bacterial infections. This negative-sense, single-stranded RNA virus infects the respiratory system and can be transmitted through feces, respiratory tract secretions, fomites, or vectors such as mites; as such, in captivity, good husbandry practices are critical to prevent transmission of this disease. Paramyxovirus is a viral

Zora Neale Hurston’s short story “Sweat” is about a woman, Delia who is physically and emotionally abused by her husband, Sykes, whose actions she struggles to overcome towards her. Through all the abuse, Delia takes pride in her hard work and her religion. In this story, Hurston uses religions and moral symbolism that controls the character’s actions throughout the plot. Delia is a hard working woman who uses her faith in God to guide and protect her from her husband’s physical and

The Little Prince, by Antoine De Saint-Exupéry, is about the narrator, who is a pilot, crashing his plane into the desert. While trying to repair his plane, he is interrupted by a little boy who asks him to draw him sheep. As he begins to draw the sheep, a series of conversations between him and the Little Prince occur. The narrator learns that the Little Prince comes from Asteroid, where he left a very important rose and three volcanoes. Before he arrived on Earth, he visited other planets and met

Snake Bite Shows How Dangerous Assumptions Can Be By Taylor Pastrick Four young boys venture from their camp into the woods searching for a poisonous snake, armed with a book to identify what is poisonous from what is not. While burying a non-poisonous snake that Xavier (Luke Darga) killed, Dylan (Andrew Fox) is bit by another snake. Only Dylan's best friend Tyler (Gabe White) sees the snake that bit him. Cole (Holden Goyette) asks the two whether the snake has a red or black tail because if

know what they look like, what their venom does, and what action to take if bitten. There are four types of venomous snakes in the area; they are all classified as Pit Vipers: Copperhead, Cottonmouth, Timber Rattle Snake and Pygmy Rattlesnake (Powers, 2014). Ticks, brown recluse spiders, and black widow spiders also pose potential health threats to members of the community (“Tennessee”, 2007). Human-made Environment Hendersonville is experiencing rapid growth of retail, office, and industrial businesses

According to the Shaper, “Grendel was the dark side…in effect. The terrible race God cursed” (51). From his very upbringing, Grendel was cursed, set apart from the rest of nature. This isolation became evident throughout the novel as it seemed both humans and nature were against him. In the novel Grendel by John Gardner, the theme of nature fighting what is unnatural is supported by the motifs of animals, snakes, and trees. The prevalence of nature’s clash with that which is unnatural is evident

Alien species have been a huge issue in Japan, and not only Japan but the whole world. Alien species are animals, plants or any living thing that are not originally in that country, but people bring them over. Alien species can damage other animals, plants or any living thing that originally was there. They can break ecosystem and can affect the environment. There are many alien species in Japan that are causing trouble. Alien species can harm the ecosystem, but how do they get there? We are the

Green Travel A-Z Heard and McDonald Islands The Heard and McDonald Islands are located in the Southern Ocean, approximately 1,700 kilometers from the Antarctic continent and 4,100 kilometers south-west of Perth. They are the only subantarctic islands and provide the opportunity to observe ongoing geomorphic processes and glacial dynamics. The islands benefit from the complete absence of alien plants and animals, as well as human interference. In total the property covers 658,903 hectares, of which

even notice it. CHOMP! You have been bitten and you have nothing to do to save you. Your only option is to sit there and slowly and painfully. The snakes by the name of Tree Vipers are members of two families named the Crotaliadae family and the Viperidae family. Their adaptation to tree life has created changes in both their behavior and their body structure. There are three similar kinds of Vipers named the Russell’s Viper, the Carpet

Intro “Each year around 1 million people world wide are bitten by snakes, and around 30,000 to 40,000 of the snake bite victims die from the venomous injection of a venomous snake. Of the 2,000 species of snakes, about 400 are venomous. The cobra, coral snake, and rattlesnake are common examples of venomous snakes.” (Snake2). Knowing this information and more can possibly save yours or somebody else’s life when put into a situation when you have been bitten by a snake and can’t identify it