Venom of Snakes. The fangs are used to bite and then the venom is injected. Approximately 375 species of snakes are able to create venom. The potency of it can be very strong or it can be very mild. It depends on the species and the location of where they live. The venom allows for the prey to be broken down.

Snake venom is merely modified saliva, or a combination of many different proteins and enzymes. The old way of categorizing venom indicated that some snakes have a neurotoxic venom (affecting the nervous system) and others have a haemotoxic venom (affecting tissue and blood).

Snake venom works by breaking down cells and tissues, which can lead to paralysis, internal bleeding, and death for the snake bite victim. For venom to take effect, it must be injected into tissues or enter the bloodstream.

Snake venom is one method adopted by snakes to immobilise their prey. Venom behaves like a modified form of saliva that is introduced into prey items via specialised hollowed teeth known as fangs. The purpose of venom is primarily to immobilise the prey and secondly to assist with the process of digestion.

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Snake venom is a special form of saliva that contains a range of zootoxins and is stored in something akin to our salivary gland. Once the venom is created and stored in these glands, it does not move back through the body, where it could infect other tissues, just as it does in their prey.

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The evolutionary history of venomous snakes can be traced back to as far as 25 million years ago. Snake venom is actually modified saliva used for prey immobilization and self-defense and is usually delivered through highly specialized teeth, hollow fangs, directly into the bloodstream or tissue of the target. Evidence has recently been presented for the Toxicofera hypothesis, but venom was ...