新概念四Lesson-20PPT课件.ppt

- Snake poison Lesson 20 Snake poison What are the two different ways in which snake poison acts? How it came about that snakes manufactured poison is a mystery． Over the periods their saliva, a mild,digestive juice like our own, was converted into a poison that defies analysis even today． It was not forced upon them by the survival competition; they could have caught and lived on prey without using poison, just as the thousands of non-poisonous snakes still do． Poison to a snake is merely a luxury; it enables it to get itsfood with very little effort, no more effort than one bite．