Blue Malayan coral snake

Δύναμη δηλητηρίου

Δαγκώματα

Το δηλητήριο βγαίνει από τα δόντια του όταν δαγκώνει.

Τι κάνει το δηλητήριό του όταν δαγκώνει ή τσιμπάει;

Its venom contains a neurotoxin, which is a venom that attacks the nerves. Calliotoxin causes almost instant paralysis in prey by stopping the prey's sodium channels from switching off properly. This effect has not been seen in humans. The venom also contains phosphodiesterases, which release adenosine and can lower blood pressure and cause inflammation in prey and in bite victims.1

Πόσο επικίνδυνο είναι για τους ανθρώπους;

Its venom has only occasionally caused human deaths, but it is potentially lethal. In people, local effects of a bite usually clear up without complications, and serious whole-body effects are rare.1

Τι κάνει όταν φοβάται;

When threatened it usually flees, but it may stay still and hold its red tail upright as a warning.1