Gila monsters are found in the Mojave, Sonoran, and Chihuahuan deserts of the southwestern US and northwestern Mexico. They take their name from Arizona’s Gila river basin, where they were first discovered. The Gila monster is one of the handful of venomous lizards in the world (others include the similar-looking Mexican beaded lizards as well as monitor lizard and Iguanas.) Their venom is mild. They release venom from groves in their teeth when they latch on the prey.
It will roll into a ball so that its stiff spines are protecting itself. The hedgehog has very poor eyesight. This was surprising for me because it would need could eyesight to be active at night. Instead of its eyes, they use their ears and sense of smell. Hedgehogs are immune to toxins so they are able to eat beetles, wasps, and some venomous
This reflects the fact that amphibians are a large part of their diet. Garter snakes, like all snakes, are carnivorous. Their diets consist of almost any creature they are capable of overpowering: slugs, earthworms, leeches, lizards, amphibians, ants, crickets, frog eggs, toads, minnows, and rodents. When living near water, they will eat other aquatic animals. The ribbon snake (Thamnophis sauritus) in particular favors frogs (including tadpoles), readily eating them despite their strong chemical defenses.
The Invasion of Guam by the Brown Tree Snake What is the Brown Tree Snake? The brown tree snake (Boiga irregularis) is a member of the family Colubridae whose members are mostly harmless and nonvenomous. Despite being part of a family of nonvenomous snakes the brown tree snake is venomous. When the snake feels threatened it is known to be extremely aggressive by striking and biting repeatedly. It has several teeth but only the back two can inject venom, which is used to subdue and kill prey but is not considered to be dangerous to an adult human.
Biological poisons are made in living organism such as spiders and snakes, they are absorbed into the victim tissues by been injected with fangs, open words or sprayed into victims sensitive areas such as the eyes. Physical poisons are normally very pure substances, such as mercury and arsenic poisoning. Poisons work in disturbing central nervous system, blocking neurones and destroying enzymes or interrupting major processes that keep the body alive. For example arsenic, stops the production of ATP by “blocking and competing with molecules that form ATP” leaving the body without enough energy to maintain its normal routine. In this report I will be exploring two major poisons; a biological poison known as Laxcotoxin produced by the Black widow spider, commonly found in the United states and south America, and physical poison, well known a mercury.
In the tropical rain forests of Central and South America, even as far as Mexico Spider monkeys have been found to call these places their home. These primates have long arms that able them to combine the motions of leaping and arm swinging. They also are able to use their tail as an extra hand. They are in the subfamily Ateloidea, family Atelidae. Spider monkeys like to hang upside down using all four limbs and their tails which can sometimes make them look like spiders, giving them their name.
The black mamba By Roald Dahl • The narrator convinces the audience that the snake ‘black mamba’ is a deadly snake by saying how it is the only snake that doesn’t fear man and that one bite and your dead. • The narrator starts the story of by saying he was in the bathroom gazing out of the window, he says that he was gazing out the window when he saw the snake heading towards the boy and this is how he became aware of the snakes presents. • The narrator suggests that the snake is dangerous by describing the length, colour and width “…it was six feet long and thick as my arm and quite black”. • The narrator showed evidence that the snake was very fast because he compares it to the speed of a galloping horse “…at full speed the mamba could travel as fast as a galloping horse”. • I think Salimu went into the position he went into so he could get to the same height of the snake and not threaten it so much, so he could get more leverage in that position, also it would have been quicker to jump out of the way if the snake was to attack first.
They prefer rocky woodlands but can be found almost anywhere. The most common way a human is bit by a Copperhead is when they accidently step on one. Copperheads have the least lethal venom of all venomous snakes found in this southern state. Western Cottonmouth The Cottonmouth’s average size is about the same as the Copperhead’s. The cottonmouth is a dark, stout, thick-bodied snake.
2007). With frog populations dissipating worldwide due to the deadly chytrid fungus, there is increasing pressure to find a natural solution to this problem. Scientists have reason to believe that the poison frog's toxin could provide help in finding a cure to this fast spreading, deadly fungus (Macfoy et al. 2005). Along with providing answers to mass frog extinctions, the mimicry relationships among poison frogs and non-toxic species may prove to be an ideal model for other ecological interactions (Darst & Cummings 2006).
Coatis are considered carnivores by most scientists, though they eat vegetation and carrion (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrion) as well, which would make them omnivores. Primarily omnivores, coatis usually look for fruit. Coatis eat palms, eggs, beetles, scorpions, centipedes, spiders, termites, lizards, small mammals, and rodents. The predators of the coati are other carnivores. Enemies include jaguarondis, foxes, dogs, ocelots, and jaguars.