kingsnake venomous snakes venom neutralize

Kingsnakes can swallow rattlesnakes without dying from their venom

Kingsnakes regularly hunt other snakes, including venomous rattlesnakes. They overpower prey by constriction and possess resistance to the toxins of several venomous species. That resistance is not universal immunity, but it allows them to eat animals whose bites can be dangerous to much larger predators.

Greek writing returned to western Europe

In medieval times, Greek works on science, math and philosophy reached western Europe and the Islamic world, often in translation. Greek literature, histories and speeches mostly stayed with Byzantine scholars. Renaissance scholars later brought these works back to western Europe.

Plants react to damage without consciously feeling pain

Plants can detect injury and react to it. But they do not have a brain, nerves, or pain receptors like animals do. Their response to damage is therefore not evidence that they consciously feel pain.

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kingsnake venomous snakes venom neutralize

Kingsnakes can swallow rattlesnakes without dying from their venom

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