12-27-2008, 06:50 AM
What USGS says on brown tree snake bite:
It does take a male and a female to reproduce. A female that has mated can "store sperm" and lay eggs in another season.
Has your neighbor identified a picture of the species?
http://library.thinkquest.org/03oct/0094..._snake.jpg
Here's a photo ...
quote:
When threatened, the brown Treesnake is extremely aggressive and likely to lunge and bite repeatedly. The snake has numerous teeth but only the last two on each side of the upper jaw have grooves, which inject venom as it bites. Thus, the mouth must be opened as wide as possible to insert these fangs, and a deliberate chewing movement is employed to inject the venom by means of capillary action along the grooved fangs. The venom is used to subdue and kill prey on which the snake normally feeds but is not considered dangerous to adult humans. The snake often wraps its body around the prey to immobilize it while chewing on the animal to inject the venom with its grooved teeth.
It does take a male and a female to reproduce. A female that has mated can "store sperm" and lay eggs in another season.
Has your neighbor identified a picture of the species?
http://library.thinkquest.org/03oct/0094..._snake.jpg
Here's a photo ...