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The "jaguar" color mutation is likewise controversial in the breeding of captive reticulated pythons, as certain specimens will develop neurological and osseous inner ears, similar to the "Spider" mutation that occurs in the ball python. It remains unclear as to why some individual pythons with the jaguar mutation display neurological issues ...
The ball python (Python regius), also called the royal python, is a python species native to West and Central Africa, where it lives in grasslands, shrublands and open forests. This nonvenomous constrictor is the smallest of the African pythons, growing to a maximum length of 182 cm (72 in). [ 2 ] The name "ball python" refers to its tendency ...
Artist's depiction of a scintillating scotoma, exhibiting a flashing visual pattern similar to dazzle camouflageused during WWI. Scintillating scotomais a common visual aurathat was first described by 19th-century physician Hubert Airy(1838–1903). Originating from the brain, it may precede a migraine headache, but can also occur ...
A yoga studio in Costa Mesa, Calif., offers “Snake Yoga,” where participants not only handle a live ball python, but let it slither across their body. At LXRYOGA, the owners have pet snakes ...
The Pythonidae, commonly known as pythons, are a family of nonvenomous snakes found in Africa, Asia, and Australia. Among its members are some of the largest snakes in the world. Ten genera and 39 species are currently recognized. Being naturally non-venomous, pythons must constrict their prey to induce cardiac arrest prior to consumption.
This is a list of major and frequently observed neurological disorders (e.g., Alzheimer's disease), symptoms (e.g., back pain), signs (e.g., aphasia) and syndromes (e.g., Aicardi syndrome). There is disagreement over the definitions and criteria used to delineate various disorders and whether some of these conditions should be classified as ...
Tracy M. Barker. Tracy Jo Barker (née Miller) (born December 10, 1957) [1] is an American herpetologist specializing in pythons. Barker grew up in Washington, D.C., as the daughter of J. Jefferson Miller [2][3] who was Curator of ceramics and glass at the Smithsonian Institution. [4] After an undergraduate degree in psychology at the ...
Peduncular hallucinosis. vascular and infectious midbrain, pontine and thalamic lesions, local subarachnoid hemorrhage, compression by tumors, basilar migraine, basilar vascular hypoplasia, and following regional surgical or angiographic interventions. [ 1 ] Peduncular hallucinosis (PH) is a rare neurological phenomenon that causes vivid visual ...