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		<title>Do ostriches really bury their heads in the sand?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[No, contrary to popular belief, ostriches do not bury their heads in the sand. This myth may have resulted from the fact that when lying down and hiding from predators, these birds are known to lay their head and neck flat on the ground. They also do this when incubating eggs to remain as inconspicuous [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why can some cats roar while others can&#8217;t?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Sep 2007 19:49:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are actually only four well-known living species of cat that can roar: the lion, tiger, jaguar and leopard. This comprises about half the Pantherinae subfamily&#8211;the big (roaring) cats.
Up to the present time, the accepted theory was that the ridgity or flexibility of the hyoid bone (a U-shaped bone in the throat suspended above the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why are opossums immune to rattlesnake venom?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Sep 2007 19:46:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Opossums are actually immune to the venom of many pit vipers including rattlesnakes, copperheads and cottonmouths. The reason for this immunity is due to the ntihemorrhagic and antineurotoxic antibodies in their blood.
Opossums are considered ophiophagous mammals, meaning that they are snake-eating mammals. There are other snake-eating mammals such as the skunk and mongoose, birds such [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why do rattlesnakes rattle?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Sep 2007 19:36:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rattlesnakes rattle to frighten away intruders. It also serves as a warning that the snake is about to strike. Typically, the snake will try avoid human encounters because it only hunts for prey which it can swallow whole like rabbits, squirrels and other small rodents.
Rattlesnakes generally will not strike at a large animal or human [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why does my dog eat cat poop?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Sep 2007 19:35:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Coprophagia is defined as the consumption of poop. Little research has been done on this particular behavior, so veterinarians can only guess why dogs do this. However, dogs aren&#8217;t the only animals that eat poop. Many other animals eat poop on a regular basis including rodents, gorillas, many insects such as dung beetles and flies.
Herbivores [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is snake venom made of?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Sep 2007 19:28:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Snake venom is a highly-mofified saliva produced by specialized glands, called &#8220;venom glands.&#8221; Venom consists of complex mixtures of many toxins and enzymes which effectively immobilize prey and assist in digestion. All snake venoms have one or more of the following components: hemotoxins (including hemorrhagins and hemolysins), myotoxins, and neurotoxins. Enzymes in snake venom include [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is a rattlesnake&#8217;s rattle made of?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Sep 2007 19:21:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The rattle is made up of nested, hollow beads of dry, hard pieces of modified scales from the tail tip. A new rattle segment is added each time the snake sheds. The vibration of these shell-like rings on the end of its tail is what makes the rattling sound.
Some people think that you can tell [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How do fireflies produce light?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Sep 2007 19:18:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Firefly&#8221; is the common name for the nocturnal luminous insects belonging to the beetle family Lampyridae (order Coleoptera). They are also known as lightning bugs. These names come from the fact that some species as adults emit flashes of light to attract mates in order to reproduce, using special light-emitting, photic organs in the abdomen.
The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How does the gila monster inject its venom?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Sep 2007 19:17:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The gila monster is one of two poisonous lizards in the world. The other is the Mexican beaded lizard. The gila monster, like the Mexican beaded lizard, inject venom into its prey by biting down and squirting the venom down through gooves in its teeth.

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		<title>How is snake venom injected into a snake-bite victim?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Sep 2007 19:12:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are over 500 species of venomous snakes, distributed worldwide grouped into two main categories: rear-fanged and front-fanged.
Both types have hollow fangs with a cavity running down most of its length. These fangs work like hypodermic needles. Venom from the venom gland enters the snake&#8217;s fangs through the venom duct and travels down the hollow [...]]]></description>
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