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A snake
...that the
Scarlet King Snake
can be distinguished from the
Coral Snake
by the
mnemonic
"red and yellow, kill a fellow" and "red and black venom lack"?
... that
venom
is thought to have had
a single origin
in the
evolutionary
history of snakes?
... that in local New Guinea folklore, the magic-man sends the
Papuan black snake
to kill enemies?
... that the
limestone
quarries near
Ein Yabrud
in the
Judean Mountains
have produced the only fossils for the extinct
snakes
Pachyrhachis
and
Haasiophis
?
...that the
San Francisco garter snake
is an
endangered species
capable of
digesting
toxic
newts
but is not found in
San Francisco
?