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Fear inoculation among snake experts

BMC Psychiatry, 2021
Background Fear acquisition of certain stimuli, such as snakes, is thought to be rapid, resistant to extinction, and easily transferable onto other similar objects.
Carlos M. Coelho, Jakub Polák, Panrapee Suttiwan, Andras N. Zsido   +3 more
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A long-term study of a snake community in north-western Tuscany (central Italy): population structure and density patterns [PDF]

Herpetozoa, 2019
We analysed a snake species community of a Mediterranean 0.2 ha ecotonal area during a 21 year time span, monitoring two colubrid and one viperid snake species.
Federico Storniolo, Sacha Menichelli, Marco A.L. Zuffi   +2 more
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Preferential Neuronal Responses to Snakes in the Monkey Medial Prefrontal Cortex Support an Evolutionary Origin for Ophidiophobia

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 2021
Ophidiophobia (snake phobia) is one of the most common specific phobias. It has been proposed that specific phobia may have an evolutionary origin, and that attentional bias to specific items may promote the onset of phobia.
Ha Trong Dinh, Ha Trong Dinh, Hiroshi Nishimaru, Hiroshi Nishimaru, Quan Van Le, Jumpei Matsumoto, Jumpei Matsumoto, Tsuyoshi Setogawa, Tsuyoshi Setogawa, Rafael S. Maior, Carlos Tomaz, Taketoshi Ono, Hisao Nishijo, Hisao Nishijo   +13 more
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New locality records of the Stout Sand Snake Psammophis longifrons Boulenger, 1890 (Reptilia: Squamata: Lamprophiidae) in Telangana, India

Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2017
The Stout Sand Snake Psammophis longifrons Boulenger, 1890 is reported herein based on two live specimens, rescued from Boduppal & Hayathnagar, Hyderabad, Telangana, southern India.  This documentation is the first record from the state of Telangana.
Avinash C Visvanathan, Sandeep Anne, Aditya Kesav Kolli   +2 more
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Ultrasonographic characterization of the organs in the middle third and caudal coelomic cavity of snakes in the Boidae Family [PDF]

Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira, 2021
: The aim of this study was the ultrasonographic evaluation of the organs in the middle third and caudal coelomic cavity of healthy snakes in the Boidae family.
Nathana B. Martins, Lucas A.R. Ferreira, Nataly N.R. Pinto, Christina S. Mendonça, Liria Q.L. Hirano, André Santos A.L.Q, Vanessa M.F. Milken   +6 more
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Predictors of orbital convergence in primates: A test of the snake detection hypothesis of primate evolution [PDF]

, 2011
Traditional explanations for the evolution of high orbital convergence and stereoscopic vision in primates have focused on how stereopsis might have aided early primates in foraging or locomoting in an arboreal environment. It has recently been suggested
Alirol, Allman, Araújo, Barros, Barton, Beaupre, Bininda-Emonds, Boinski, Bradley, Brandon C. Wheeler, Brenda J. Bradley, Brown, Burney, Burnham, Campbell, Carbone, Cartmill, Cartmill, Cartmill, Chippaux, Crompton, de Cock Buning, Dorcas, Doyle, Erberle, Faul, Felsenstein, Fitzgerald, Fleagle, Fleagle, Foerster, Forsman, Garland, Greene, Greenwald, Hailey, Harcourt, Hartline, Hartmann, Heesy, Heesy, Heesy, Heesy, Heesy, Hodgson, Hutchinson, Isbell, Isbell, Jason M. Kamilar, Jones, Kamilar, Kamilar, Kamilar, Kamilar, Kirk, Lockwood, Luiselli, Luiselli, Luiselli, Luiselli, Maddison, Martin, Midford, Miller, Morgan, Müller, Nekaris, Nunn, Nunn, Ossi, Ouattara, Perry, Pettigrew, Quinn, Ramakrishnan, Range, Reed, Rogers, Ross, Ross, Ross, Ross, Schall, Schwenk, Shine, Shine, Shine, Skoczylas, Smith, Sokal, Surridge, Sussman, Tan, Tan, Tello, Terribile, Terribile, Towner, van Schaik, Veracini, Wheeler, Wheeler, White, Wright, Wüster, Wüster   +105 more
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Serological Variety and Antimicrobial Resistance in Salmonella Isolated from Reptiles

Biology, 2022
Salmonella enterica is one of the best adapted bacterial pathogens causing infections in a wide variety of vertebrate species. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of Salmonella in different reptile species and to evaluate their ...
Lina Merkevičienė, Česlova Butrimaitė-Ambrozevičienė, Gerardas Paškevičius, Alma Pikūnienė, Marius Virgailis, Jurgita Dailidavičienė, Agila Daukšienė, Rita Šiugždinienė, Modestas Ruzauskas   +8 more
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Snake prices and crocodile appetites: Aquatic wildlife supply and demand on Tonle Sap Lake, Cambodia [PDF]

, 2010
Commercial trade is a major driver of over-exploitation of wild species, but the pattern of demand and how it responds to changes in supply is poorly understood.
Berkes, Blake, Bonheur, Brashares, Broad, Brooks, Brooks, Brukner, Cheung, Clarke, Courchamp, Cowlishaw, Dickson, Dulvy, East, Edward H. Allison, Fa, Hall, Huitric, Jennifer A. Gill, Jerozolimski, John D. Reynolds, Kroner, Kummu, Lamberts, Lamberts, Lim, MEA, Pinnegar, Revol, Robinson, Rowcliffe, Sharon E. Brooks, Shine, So, Stuart, Stuart, Stuart, Thorbjarnarson, van Mulekom, Wilkie, Wilkie, Wilkie, Yiming, Zhou, Zhou   +45 more
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USE OF INHALANT ANESTHETICS IN THREE SNAKE SPECIES [PDF]

, 2000
Different snake species respond differently to various anesthetic agents. Hence, an anesthetic procedure developed for one species cannot necessarily be safely transferred to another species.
Blouin-Demers, Gabriel, Brown, Gregory P., Parent, Christopher E., Shilton, Catherine M., Weatherhead, Patrick J.   +4 more
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The fast and forceful kicking strike of the secretary bird [PDF]

, 2016
The study of animal locomotion has uncovered principles that can be applied to bio-inspired robotics, prosthetics and rehabilitation medicine, while also providing insight into musculoskeletal form and function [1, 2, 3, 4].
Biewener, Birn-Jeffery, Campbell P. Murn, Daley, Emily L. Sparkes, Ernesto-Blanco, Henry, Maloiy, Martin, Monica A. Daley, Patek, Steven J. Portugal, Steyn, Usherwood   +13 more
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