bacteria in WTL vipers

bacteria in WTL vipers

Postby coral snake » Sun Jan 20, 2013 6:06 pm

This will be a very interesting post if I'm succesful :D

Tomorrow I will do a biology project on bacteria and I thought why not see what goes on in a white lips mouth.

Now I'm asking you guys if this project will be succesful???

I will later give you the completed report.
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Re: bacteria in WTL vipers

Postby Bushviper » Mon Jan 21, 2013 1:20 pm

Do this as gently as possible so that you dont express venom into the mouth.

You could by comparison get some venom and see if that has any bacteria in it. My gut feeling says no but check it anyway.
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Re: bacteria in WTL vipers

Postby Eyelash » Mon Jan 21, 2013 2:02 pm

Would be pretty cool to see, especially to see wether there is bacteria in the venom itself..

Just make sure all your equipment (swabs, agar plates, gloves and the process as well) is sterile to avoid false results.
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Re: bacteria in WTL vipers

Postby coral snake » Mon Jan 21, 2013 2:32 pm

Thanks for the input! I'm taking every precaution not to mess this up. Thanks for giving me an even better idea! I'll then be taking 2 swabs-one with venom and one without.

I'll keep updating :)
Brown House snake 0.2
Corn snake normal 3.1
Corn snake Albino 0.1
Leopard Gecko 0.0.1
Western Hognose 1.0
White lipped Tree viper 1.1
Yellow anaconda 1.0
Bahai scarlet birdeater 0.1
Fire Red birdeater 0.1
Curly hair 0.1
Chilean rose 0.1

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