ZOOLOGY BY JEREMY ZOLA
BACHELOR OF ZOOLOGY. HAS WORKED WITH WILDCATS, WOLVES, BIRDS OF PREY, AND SEA TURTLES - AMONGST MANY OTHER ANIMALS, EXOTIC AND DOMESTIC. THIS BLOG SERVES AS AN OUTLET FOR MY ENDLESS CURIOSITY FOR THE NATURAL WORLD AND IS MEANT TO BE INTERACTIVE - I ACCEPT SUBMISSIONS, REQUESTS, AND QUESTIONS.
Monday, March 28
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Boomslang Eating a Chameleon

Boomslang Eating a Chameleon

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Sunday, March 27
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The Boomslang (Dispholidus typus) is a relatively small, venomous colubrid snake native to sub-Saharan Africa.  Boomslangs are mostly diurnal, or active during the day, and arboreal.  Their diet includes lizards, frogs, small mammals, birds and bird eggs. During cool weather they will hibernate for moderate periods, often curling up inside the enclosed nests of birds such as weavers. (Wiki.) The venom of the Boomslang is primarily hemotoxic, meaning that it disables the blood clotting process.  Hemotoxins destroy red blood cells and often lead to deterioration of organs and tissues.  If bitten by a Boomslang, a human can die of internal and external bleeding if not treated with antivenom in time.

The Boomslang (Dispholidus typus) is a relatively small, venomous colubrid snake native to sub-Saharan Africa.  Boomslangs are mostly diurnal, or active during the day, and arboreal.  Their diet includes lizards, frogs, small mammals, birds and bird eggs. During cool weather they will hibernate for moderate periods, often curling up inside the enclosed nests of birds such as weavers. (Wiki.)

The venom of the Boomslang is primarily hemotoxic, meaning that it disables the blood clotting process.  Hemotoxins destroy red blood cells and often lead to deterioration of organs and tissues.  If bitten by a Boomslang, a human can die of internal and external bleeding if not treated with antivenom in time.

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