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... that the snake Philodryas baroni emits a foul-smelling substance from the cloaca when frightened?
... that the worm lizard Amphisbaena ridleyi, isolated on remote Fernando de Noronha, is known for eating snails and for climbing trees to drink nectar from the flowers?
...that goanna oil was sold amongst early European settlers of Australia as a panacea much like snake oil was in the Old West?
... that the Mangrove monitor possesses salt-excreting nasal glands, which enabled them to reach new islands and aided in its dispersal across thousands of miles throughout the South Pacific?
...that Crotalus tigris has the highest toxicity of venoms among rattlesnakes, even though it has a low venom yield?