Snake boomslang drama poison swallowed chameleon

not a competitor in a struggle with the boomslang snake and is forced to pay for the enemy.

Boomslang snake grabs the chameleon tightly.(Photo: Josephine Williams).

Visitors Josephine Williams witnessed a chameleon struggling to escape the snake boomslang (Dispholidus typus) in Kruger National Park, South Africa, Earth Touch News on April 3 reported. The hunt took place north of the park, in the middle of a forest near the Punda Maria campsite.

The boomslang snake, one of Africa's most dangerous venom, rushes to attack the chameleon Chamaeleo dilepis, biting its fangs into its prey and haemotoxic venom pumping. Chameleon is the favorite target of the boomslang snake, but the hunting behavior of this snake is rarely observed in nature. In contrast to the green skin of the male, the female snake snake is gray, but both genders are easy to identify based on the big eyes. They are distributed almost throughout the sub-Saharan region of Africa and spend a lot of time locating on the tree tops.

The boomslang snake's venom can be deadly. As a member of the snake family, the snake boomslang possesses fangs at the back of the jaw. They can open their mouths almost 180 ° when biting. After infiltrating into the body, toxins begin to destroy red blood cells, disrupt blood clotting, which can lead to external bleeding or internal bleeding, eventually organ failure and death if left untreated. timely treatment.