Dwyer's snake

Siła jadu

Ugryzienia

Jad wydostaje się przez kły lub zęby, gdy zwierzę gryzie.

Jak działa jego jad?

Dwyer's snake has hollow fangs at the front of the upper jaw. These fangs connect through ducts to venom glands near the eyes. Herpetologists at the Queensland Museum describe its venom as weakly venomous.1

Jak bardzo jest niebezpieczne dla ludzi?

The Queensland Museum does not list Dwyer's snake among the eight snake species in the Brisbane area considered capable of inflicting potentially fatal bites. One man in Western Sydney reported that a bite did not hurt at all, and only a small infection developed a couple of days later.1

Co robi, gdy się boi?

When threatened, it prefers to coil into a tight ball, which protects its head and other vulnerable parts of its body from larger predators.1