Functional bases of the spatial dispersal of venom during cobra "spitting"

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 80-89

  Young, Bruce A ^a   Boetig, Melissa ^a   Westhoff, Guido ^b  

^a WASHBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SNAKE VENOM;

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MORPHOLOGY; MUSCLE; SNAKE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIALIZATION; VENOM; VIDEOGRAPHY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SNAKE; TOOTH; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; COBRA; COBRA VENOMS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PRESSURE; TOOTH; VIDEO RECORDING;

ELAPIDAE; NAJA NIGRICOLLIS;

EID: 58849127089     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/595589     Document Type: Conference Paper

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