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Ophidia / oʊ ˈ f ɪ d i ə / (also known as Pan-Serpentes [2]) is a group of squamate reptiles including modern snakes and reptiles more closely related to snakes than to other living groups of lizards.
[3] [page needed] In Britain there were only 14 known fatalities between 1876 and 2005—the last a 5-year-old child in 1975 [6] —and one nearly fatal bite of a 39-year-old woman in Essex in 1998. [6] An 82-year-old woman died following a bite in Germany in 2004, although it is not clear whether her death was due to the effect of the venom. [35]
They range in size from Grammanoides opisthodon which measures just 5 centimetres (2.0 in) in length, to Lamprogrammus shcherbachevi at 2 metres (6.6 ft) in length. [ 4 ] The families Ranicipitidae ( tadpole cods ) and Euclichthyidae ( eucla cods ) were formerly classified in this order, but are now preferred in Gadiformes ; Ranicipitidae has ...
Rectilinear locomotion relies upon two opposing muscles, the costocutaneous inferior and superior, which are present on every rib and connect the ribs to the skin. [5] [6] Although it was originally believed that the ribs moved in a "walking" pattern during rectilinear movement, studies have shown that the ribs themselves do not move, only the muscles and the skin move to produce forward ...
[5] [7] As in many other animals, the muscles activate late in the lengthening phase of the muscle strain cycle, just prior to muscle shortening which is a pattern believed to maximize work output from the muscle. Terrestrial Locomotion: EMG recordings show a longer absolute duration and duty cycle of muscle activity during locomotion on land. [5]
A rare six-planet parade is predicted to align in our night sky on Jan. 21 that will not only form a fascinating display from our view on Earth but will dazzle the cosmos in a way that affects ...
The Brazen Serpent (illustration from a Bible card published 1907 by Providence Lithograph Company). Pseudo-Tertullian (probably the Latin translation of Hippolytus's lost Syntagma, written c. 220) is the earliest source to mention Ophites, and the first source to discuss the connection with serpents.
Engineers finally received a status update from the most distant spacecraft from Earth, after identifying the cause of the aging probe’s five-month communication issue. Voyager 1 is sending data ...