equipped with fangs and venom, but no rattles. Instead of rattles, they’re born with a small scale at the tip of their tail called a button. As the young snake grows and sheds its skin ...
Venomous snakes generally fall into two categories. Snakes with fixed fangs usually use neurotoxic venom which affects the nervous system and breathing, while other species have folded fangs which ...
Types of venom fangs in snakes: rear fangs (crab-eating water snake), fixed front fangs (taipan), and hinged front fangs (Gaboon viper); fangs highlighted in red (image credit A. Palci ...