Guam’s invasive bird-destroying snake less unique than thought

Mongabay
Dec 3, 2018, 3:33 am334 pts
The highly toxic brown tree snake, which has killed off most of the native birds on the Pacific island of Guam, was once thought to have its own distinctive venom. However, scientists have now proven that other snakes are armed with the same poison. In a recent study in the Journal of Molecular Evolution,…

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