We are relatively familiar with modern snake bite advice, but what snakes did the ancient Egyptians deal with?
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Main Paper References:
McBride E, Winder IC, Wüster W. 2023. What Bit the Ancient Egyptians? Niche Modelling to Identify the Snakes Described in the Brooklyn Medical Papyrus. Environmental Archaeology:1–14. DOI: 10.1080/14614103.2023.2266631.
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Liedtke HC, Malonza PK, Wasonga DV, Müller H, Loader SP. 2023. A new genus and species of toad from Mount Kenya illuminates East African montane biogeography. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society:zlad160. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad160.
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087 Invasion Evasion
086 Illusionary Tortoises
085 Technicolour Dream Lizards
084 Beady Brains on the Move
083 Humans and Venom
082 Hey skink, why so blue?
081 Is that even a frog?
080 Genetics to the Rescue
079 Close Encounters of the Bird Kind
078 Colour in the Desert
077 Battle Frogs
076 Green Pit Viper Special
075 Trading Blows and Trading Reptiles
074 Actual Cannibal Salamanders
073 Lizards of the Night
072 Sidewinders Sighting Sites
071 Don’t count your Sand Boas before they hatch
070 Amphisbaenian Appetites
069 Freezing Frogs
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