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RE: Got Ptyas?

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Posted by: BGF at Mon Oct 18 08:57:26 2004   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by BGF ]  
   

Hi mate

Yeah the king cobra mimicry is fascinating, particularly on the big Ptyas carinatus. They are eerily like a king, particularly when they are also four meters long! In a lot of respects, a big wild P. carinatus is harder to work with than an equivalent sized king!

Cheers
B
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Dr. Bryan Grieg Fry
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Australian Venom Research Unit,
University of Melbourne
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Population and Evolutionary Genetics Unit,
Museum Victoria
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http://www.venomdoc.com

   

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