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Venom type

Frigidis Nov 19, 2007 05:41 PM

Ive been looking and asking people for awhile now but i just cant see mto find out wha ttype of venom rhino vipers have.Do they have neurotoxic venom or do they have hemotoxic venom?

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LarryF Nov 19, 2007 07:13 PM

The short, simple and not very meaningful asnwer would be "hemotoxic".

The correct answer is that venom is a lot more complicated than just being one of those two, which makes it hard to get (or give) a short answer. I'm at work and my books are at home, but I suspect you're looking at some combination of hemotoxins, cytotoxins and myotoxins (at least).

Someone else can probably give you a more thorough answer or point you in the right direction.
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