Snakes Toxic Rank 7

Snake's Description: Yellow-Jawed Tommygoffs are locally referred to as 'Fer-de-lance', has variable coloration, from gray to olive, brown or reddish, with dark triangles edged with light scales. Triangles are narrow at the top and wide at the bottom.


Snake's Characteristics: Yellow-Jawed Tommygoff has an irritable disposition and may strike with little provocation. Heat-seeking fangs help it strike accurately even in the dark. This highly poisonous snake is responsible for a high mortality rate. The female fer-de-lance is highly prolific, producing up to 60 new born. The venom of this species is hemotoxic, extremely painful and hemorrhagic (causes profuse internal bleeding). Its venom also causes massive tissue destruction.

Snake's Habitat: Fer-de-lance are found on cultivated land and farms, they often enter houses in search of rodents.

Snake's Length: Average length of Fer-de-Lance is about 1.4 meters and maximum of 2.4 meters.

Snake's Distribution: Yellow-Jawed Tommygoffs or Fer-de-lance are found Southern Mexico, throughout Central and South America.

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Miracle man walks again

He survived against all the odds; now Peng Shulin has astounded doctors by learning to walk again.
When his body was cut in two by a lorry in 1995, it was little short of a medical miracle that he lived.


It took a team of more than 20 doctors to save his life.
Skin was grafted from his head to seal his torso – but the legless Mr Peng was left only 78cm (2ft 6in) tall.
Bedridden for years, doctors in China had little hope that he would ever be able to live anything like a normal life agan.

But recently, he began exercising his arms, building up the strength to carry out everyday chores such as washing his face and brushing his teeth. Doctors at the China Rehabilitation Research Centre in Beijing found out about Mr Peng's plight late last year and devised a plan to get him up walking again. They came up with an ingenious way to allow him to walk on his own, creating a sophisticated egg cup-like casing to hold his body with two bionic legs attached to it. He has been taking his first steps around the centre with the aid of his specially adapted legs and a resized walking frame. Mr Peng, who has to learn how to walk again, is said to be delighted with the device.

What a Self-confidence !!!! Great

Medical miracle It survived in spite of all expectations, now [Peng] Of [shun] amazes doctors making the striking successes in walking. In 1995 by truck to it was cut off half of body, the fact that it survived already was medical miracle. Its body with a length of 78 centimeters was for years riveted to the bed. After 12 years the engineers designed the prosthesis in the form of egg to which they
were fastened two bionical feet, with the aid of whom Mister [Peng] again can independently walk.
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Snake's Toxic Rank 8

Multibanded Krait is the world's No.8 venomous snake.
Snake's Characteristics: Multibanded Krait is most active at night. Its venom is a very strong neurotoxin. Its victims are usually fishermen who untangle these deadly snakes from large fish nets.

Snake's Habitat: Multibanded Kraits are often found in aquatic areas hunting for fish, frogs or other snakes.

Snake's Length: Multibanded Krait's average length is in range of 1.8 meters.

Snake's Distribution: Multibanded Kraits now rare in wild, are most preferred edible snakes in China.

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