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Cascavela: One bite and you're blind. The most dangerous rattlesnake and its poison All rattlesnakes are dangerous. Their venom is a cocktail that destroys blood and blood vessels, and the consequences of the bite must be treated for weeks. But the cascavela is a special snake. She figured out how to make this poison even more dangerous. Cascavela venom contains not only hemolytic, but also neurotoxic enzymes. This means that it causes hundreds of small hemorrhages and at the same time affects the nerve endings. Any nerve endings, up to the diaphragm and optic nerves. This is extremely dangerous for humans even with timely treatment. After all, poison not only causes enormous damage to health immediately, but can also cause irreversible consequences. One of them, albeit quite rare, is irreversible blindness. Well, rodents, reptiles and frogs are generally screwed, there are no options. Fortunately for us, the cascavela knows the value of its poison and does not waste it. Like all rattlers, it has a cool tail rattle made up of several layers of scales that rustle loudly if you shake its tail hard. It is needed so that some big idiot does not come too close to the snake, and he would not have to be bitten. But at the same time, the cascavela warns of its presence less often than other rattlesnakes. That's why the people of South America really don't like her. The snake itself perfectly sees both prey and predators, because in addition to two normal eyes, it has two thermal “eyes”. The pits on its face are special receptors that capture infrared light emitted by any warm objects. Even camouflage will not allow you to hide from her! It’s also interesting that snakes lack external ears and “hear” through the bones of the skull - sensing the vibrations of the earth. Cascavella perfectly senses the approach of prey through the soil. And you won’t be able to run away from a snake either. Her reaction speed is several times higher than that of a human and is only slightly short of that of a cat. It’s good that the cascavella didn’t care about people, because a 1.5-meter-long reptile simply couldn’t eat us! As for babies, the cascavella does not lay eggs - it gives birth to live, full-fledged cubs. This is called ovoviviparity. The entire process of maturation and hatching of eggs occurs right inside the female. One litter usually contains 6–12 baby snakes, which from the first minutes of life are completely independent and already know how to hunt. In Latin America, cascavella is a symbol of danger and at the same time respect. Its venom is being studied to create drugs against thrombosis and neurodegenerative diseases. But do not forget that without treatment, the mortality rate from the bite of this monster reaches 70–80%. Author: Yaroslav Ilyin 🏀 Hit the hoop and get an NFT gift — https://t.me/BasketbolX_bot