Talk:Viperidae

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The term poisonous snake is somehow inaccurate, it's more proper to use the term venomous snake since:

Venom describes inoculable toxic substances while the word Poison describes swallowable ones.

The reference is taken fron Dr. Mara's "Venomous Snakes of the World" 22:39, 20 July 2005 User:Elbetolaija

[edit] Proteolytic enzymes

Proteolytic enzymes do not degrade lipids or DNA--just proteins. --209.180.218.156 05:07, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Etymology

The etymology vivo pario is very suspect. In ancient Roman times the animal was already known as vipera.

It's possible. But, as you can see, we have a reasonable reference for the current explanation and it sounds plausible to me. If you have a better one -- with a reference -- then you're welcome to add it. --Jwinius (talk) 01:02, 24 February 2008 (UTC)