April 7th, 2012
biomedicalephemera: biomedicalephemera: Method of the mussurana’s attack upon the jararaca. Note the size difference between the two snakes. The mussurana is able to consume comparatively large snakes because its digestive system compresses the body of the other snake into a wave-like shape. Through the Brazilian Wilderness. Theodore Roosevelt, 1914. Here’s a jararaca! I’m still gonna find that other one, whether it wants to be found or not…

biomedicalephemera:

biomedicalephemera:

Method of the mussurana’s attack upon the jararaca.

Note the size difference between the two snakes. The mussurana is able to consume comparatively large snakes because its digestive system compresses the body of the other snake into a wave-like shape.

Through the Brazilian Wilderness. Theodore Roosevelt, 1914.

Here’s a jararaca! I’m still gonna find that other one, whether it wants to be found or not…

(via scientificillustration)

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