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 * ...that the Scarlet King Snake can be distinguished from the Coral Snake by the mnemonic "red and yellow, kill a fellow" and "red and black venom lack"?
 * ... that venom is thought to have had a single origin in the evolutionary history of snakes?
 * ... that in local New Guinea folklore, the magic-man sends the Papuan black snake to kill enemies?
 * ... that the limestone quarries near Ein Yabrud in the Judean Mountains have produced the only fossils for the extinct snakes Pachyrhachis and Haasiophis?
 * ...that the San Francisco garter snake is an endangered species capable of digesting toxic newts but is not found in San Francisco?