SCIENCE
ZOOLOGY
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Question
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Hemotoxin
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Neurotoxin
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Proteolytic
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Cytotoxin
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Detailed explanation-1: -Snake Venoms Elapid snakes-including coral snakes, cobras, mambas, sea snakes, and kraits-have primarily neurotoxic venom. In contrast, vipers-including rattlesnakes, copperheads, and cottonmouths-have primarily hemotoxic venom.
Detailed explanation-2: -The venom of the Australian lowlands copperhead, Austrelaps superbus, produces significant and potentially lethal neurotoxic paralysis in cases of clinical envenomation.
Detailed explanation-3: -Neurotoxic venom tends to act more quickly, attacking the nervous system and stopping nerve signals getting through to the muscles. This means paralysis, starting at the head, moving down the body until, if untreated, the diaphragm is paralysed and the patient can’t breathe.