Huggormsexkursion
Lördag 13 oktober anordnas en huggormsexkursion i Kista. Samling vid Kista tunnelbanestation kl. 11:00. […]
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Virgin births discovered in wild snakes
By Jeremy Coles Reporter, BBC Nature A form of virgin birth has been found in wild vertebrates for the first time. Researchers in the US caught pregnant females from two snake species and genetically analysed the litters. That proved the North American pit vipers reproduced without a male, a phenomenon called facultative parthenogenesis that has […]
Poisonous Snakes Can’t Resist Toxic Toad Tucker…or Can They?
By Andrew Durso, August 21, 2012 Scientific American Can you imagine a circumstance when it would be beneficial to eat something poisonous? Perhaps you could see the benefit if, in low doses, it also acted as a medicine by poisoning parasites, as in the cases of fruit flies (and humans) consuming alcohol or other drugs. Many of our pharmaceuticals […]