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Recent Examples of krait
Snake Island, where the show staged challenges, was notorious for banded sea kraits and venomous vipers; the island was also a handoff point for pirates, which meant that it was patrolled by Australian special forces.
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Emily Nussbaum, Vulture, 5 July 2024
In the clip, the mimic octopus impersonates one of these creatures, turning his tentacles into snake-like appendages that are the same colors as a sea krait.
—Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 11 Apr. 2024
Researchers have created a powerful synthetic antibody that counteracts the deadly venom produced by snakes in the Elapidae family—which includes the black mamba, king cobra and kraits.
—Catherine Duncan, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Mar. 2024
Groups of five mice were given a life-threatening dose of the toxin from the venom of a krait, mixed with the antibody.
—Catherine Duncan, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Mar. 2024
Barbed arrow kraits can reach about 3 feet in length, the study said.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 1 Feb. 2024
When all is said and done, and the blanket removed, there is no krait at all.
—Vulture, 29 Sep. 2023
Milking a banded krait for venom.
—Erik Vance, Discover Magazine, 29 July 2013
In the 1950s, two researchers in Taiwan--CY Lee and CC Chang--decided to study the venom of the banded krait.
—Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 11 Mar. 2011
Emily Nussbaum, Vulture, 5 July 2024
In the clip, the mimic octopus impersonates one of these creatures, turning his tentacles into snake-like appendages that are the same colors as a sea krait.
—Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 11 Apr. 2024
Researchers have created a powerful synthetic antibody that counteracts the deadly venom produced by snakes in the Elapidae family—which includes the black mamba, king cobra and kraits.
—Catherine Duncan, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Mar. 2024
Groups of five mice were given a life-threatening dose of the toxin from the venom of a krait, mixed with the antibody.
—Catherine Duncan, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Mar. 2024
Barbed arrow kraits can reach about 3 feet in length, the study said.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 1 Feb. 2024
When all is said and done, and the blanket removed, there is no krait at all.
—Vulture, 29 Sep. 2023
Milking a banded krait for venom.
—Erik Vance, Discover Magazine, 29 July 2013
In the 1950s, two researchers in Taiwan--CY Lee and CC Chang--decided to study the venom of the banded krait.
—Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 11 Mar. 2011
Recent Examples of Synonyms for krait
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Share [Findings] Interviews with reptile poachers in southwestern Balochistan indicated that the Caspian cobra, the desert monitor, the Iranian mastigure, Maynard’s longnose sand snake, the Persian spider gecko, and the Tartar sand boa were being captured for use by snake charmers.Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
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Hahn is never funnier than when Agatha is trying to summon some of her own swagger while forced to wear Agnes’s drab clothes—a cobra stuck in the mundane form of a hamster.Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 24 Sep. 2024
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Kacey Musgraves' dog Pepper is healing well after taking a rattlesnake bite for her last week.Elizabeth Stanton, Fox News, 28 Oct. 2024
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Explore indoor and outdoor cultural and ecology exhibits (including meeting a rattlesnake up close), hands-on displays, and two multi-media theater experiences.Jayme Moye, Outside Online, 4 Oct. 2024
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The Australian Museum in Sydney said on its website that copperhead snakes have powerful neurotoxic venom and that a bite can be fatal without medical attention.Patrick Smith, NBC News, 28 Oct. 2024
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Snakes native to western North Carolina include the copperhead, said Duke’s Dr. Sean Bush, an emergency medicine physician.NBC News, NBC News, 1 Oct. 2024
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This month, new excavations will focus on the area behind the python, where researchers hope to identify the remains of the temple.Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 27 Nov. 2024
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The classes also will detail how to report pythons to the wildlife commission.Lauren Ferrer, Sun Sentinel, 29 July 2024
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Per a report from The Telegraph, Dingo was bitten by an Eastern green mamba.Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
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And a gladiator sandal recalled the coils of the mamba snake.WWD, WWD, 23 Sep. 2024
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Boa constrictors, however, are not typically dangerous to humans.Bailey Richards, People.com, 20 Nov. 2024
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The large nonvenomous constrictor captures its prey by ambushing it before coiling around it.Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2024
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That was when, along the margins of the Juma, the bushmaster snapped into view.Terrence McCoy, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2023
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Bushmaster The funky blues-rock band wraps up the Falls Church Concerts in the Park series.Sarah Lane, Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2017
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Firefighters placed the boa in a box and turned it over to the Arizona Herpetological Society for safe handling and care.Karen Bartunek, The Arizona Republic, 13 Nov. 2024
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The boas weren’t far from a flock of shorebirds that nest by salt flats in the refuge.Benji Jones, Vox, 21 May 2024
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“Krait.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/krait. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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