... powerful proteins, grouped into neurotoxins and hemotoxins, which set off destructive chain reactions when injected into the human body. In "Cold Blooded News- from March 2001, Ed Ferrer of the Colorado Herpetological Society explains the difference between the two. Neurotoxins are proteins that affect the nervous system and cause heart failure; cobra and coral snake are examples of neurotoxin venom. Hemotoxins ... it is expensive--$750 to $1050 a dose, according to Davidson College, its benefits are worth the price. It prevents the blood stream's platelets from sticking together in a w...

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