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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?