🐍 Today is Snakebite Awareness Day. Every snakebite should be treated as a medical emergency. Knowing what to do can save a life. Learn how to respond to a snakebite — and stay away from ssssnakes! https://bit.ly/Ssssnake
Dr. Maik Damm 🐍
@dammmaik.bsky.social
Post-Doc in Animal Venomics Lab All about Snakes and Venoms 🐍 Mass Spec & Venom researcher. Founder of 🎙 #VenomWednesday and 📰 #TheWeeklySerpent. TU Berlin Alumni
🐍 🗺️Announcing the Snakebite Community Map A free, global directory connecting researchers, clinicians & organizations working on snakebite envenoming. 📄 Read and share the 1-page announcement 🔓🔗 doi.org/10.5281/zeno... or via sites.google.com/view/snakebi... #SnakebiteAwarenessDay
🧪🐍 Our newest study about snakebites envenoming by the snake Hognose (Heterodon nasicus) is out! The survey underlines the Hognose title as world's most commonly kept venomous pet snake - not severe to humans, but stronger than most people would expect. 🔓OA: www.frontiersin.org/journals/amp...
Frontiers | 34 reports of snakebite envenoming by the Western Hognose snake (Heterodon nasicus): a retrospective online survey
The Western Hognose snake, Heterodon nasicus, is earth’s most commonly kept venomous pet snake. Generally assumed to be harmless, recent reports suggested a ...
frontiersin.org
This year the Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists is happening in New Orleans! You can now submit abstracts for talks and posters until April 10th (link below and in the bio). We hope to see many of you at the meeting! jmih.net/abstract-submission-system/
„Ecuadors Parlament erlaubt Bergbau auf den Galápagosinseln“
Ecuador: Parlament erlaubt Bergbau auf den Galápagos-Inseln
Auf den Galápagosinseln soll künftig der Abbau von Rohstoffen möglich sein. Nach der Abstimmung im Parlament protestierten in der Hauptstadt Hunderte Menschen gegen das umstrittene Gesetz.
spiegel.de
Termine! 📅 2026 tagen die DFG-Gremien turnusmäßig wieder 4 Mal – und beraten sich über Anträge in der Einzelförderung, von Forschungsgruppen und andere Entscheidungsvorlagen. Die Ausschüsse der Graduiertenkollegs (GRK) und Sonderforschungsbereichen (SFB) kommen an gesonderten Terminen zusammen.
Congrats Tucker Heptinstall - 1st ever winner of the IOB Best Student Paper winner! @doc-brock.bsky.social lab see his science & amazing photos via tuckerheptinstall.weebly.com & read his co authored paper doi.org/10.1093/iob/... & watch his thank you YouTube youtu.be/n6sszCzChuA #herpetology
I am excited to share my new book, California Amphibians and How To Find Them, hot off the press from Heyday Books and ready to help guide your wet winter frog and salamander adventures! It is available now from my website or Feb 3 at bookstores. www.centralcoastsnakeservices.com/shop.html
#NewPaper on a conspicuous Bothrocophias sp. finding from the lowland forests of the Ecuadorian Chocó. #herpetology #biogeography Find the paper here: herpetologynotes.org/index.php/hn...
🐍💉 Ketamine in Snake Venom 🧪 ... sounds strange? Our recent #AnimalVenomics #MassSpec publication, shows anesthetics and secretion enhancers, incl. their metabolites ends up in the venom. 🔓Damm et al. 2025 doi.org/10.1038/s415... In @natureportfolio.nature.com Scientific Reports
Funded Master's position in Rattlesnake Biology at Cal Poly SLO jobs.rwfm.tamu.edu/view-job/?id... Please share!
Spookiest decoration at the "Zoo Goes Boo" event at the John Ball Zoo in Grand Rapids? Giant model of parasitoid wasps hatching from cocoons affixed to their caterpillar host.
+++ Hissscord🐍 NEWS +++ Second call for joining our server! 🐸 Hissscord is open to everyone in the scientific herpetological community, from students to established researchers. 💬 DM me for an invite to the Discord channel, or reach out via email: hissscord[at]gmail.com Please share!📣
N. Joris Fleck@njorisfleck.bsky.social · last yr.+++ Hissscord🐍 NEWS +++ Our new server is live! 🐍 A free space for young and experienced herpetologists to connect, collaborate, and get quick help. 💬 DM me here on Bluesky or elsewhere for an invite to the Discord channel! Please feel free to share and repost! #Herpetology #SEH2025 #Hissscord
🦎+🐍=? A potential missing link: Breugnathair elgolensis gen. et sp. nov. (Benson et al., l2025) has a varanid body and head with snake-like teeth and jaw. #SnakeScience 🧪🐍
Kenneth Becker@geophotographer.org · last yr.A new Jurassic fossil from Scotland, Breugnathair elgolensis, shows a combination of snake-like jaws and teeth with a lizard-like body and limbs, providing direct evidence of diverse squamate traits early in their history. #Paleontology #Evolution #Fossils 🧪🐍🦴⚒️ Paper www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Come work with me on reptile brain evolution! 🦎🧠🐍
Dr Alice Clement@draliceclement.bsky.social · 2y agoWe are hiring!! 🦎🧠🐍 2 year postdoc to work on on the evolution of brains in snakes and lizards (on our current ARC Discovery project). Applications close 25th March 2025! careers.adelaide.edu.au/cw/en/job/51...
Say hello to Florida's newest established species, Typhlonectes natans - the Rio Cauca Caecilian! You can read about their relative abundance, distribution, & natural history, in our brand new paper: journals.ku.edu/reptilesanda... Here is one individual I CT scanned that had 7 babies inside!
I’m setting up a Discord server for young herpetologists, derived from an idea at #SEH2025. The goal is to create a space for quick help, collaboration, and networking. If you’d like to give input or get involved, let me know! #herpetology
#SEH2025 what a week! Plenty of great talks, lovely people and chats… Also presented a poster on our Grass Snake project in Berlin.
Spiders 🕷️ learn to trap glowing fireflies 🪲💡 then use them as bait to catch dinner 🍽️ www.earth.com/news/spiders... @earthdotcom.bsky.social @animalecology.bsky.social 🧪
Spiders learn to trap glowing fireflies then use them as bait to catch dinner
Taiwanese spiders exploit firefly bioluminescence as bait, keeping trapped fireflies alive to attract additional prey.
earth.com
All 10 of the Dinosaurs Survived series...so far. Series One: Cryolophosaurus Tyrannosaurus Dilophosaurus Deinonychus Carnotaurus Series Two: Ceratosaurus Allosaurus Spinosaurus Irritator Velociraptor Series Three...? www.emmalerae.com/store.html
#SciArtSeptember 11 - Venomous Whoops, I forgot to post this yesterday. Cretan giant centipede (Scolopendra cretica). Though almost all endemic mammals of the Mediterranean islands are extinct, there is still numerous unique species to preserve: reptiles, arthropods, plants and so on.
The second day of #SEH2025 kicks off with a plenary talk from @markscherz.bsky.social on why miniaturisation in amphibians is a big deal. #Herpetology #Amphibians
⚠️🐍⚠️ Our snakebite survey (in english, spanish and german) will be online until the end of month. Please report your bites and share the links.
Dr. Maik Damm 🐍@dammmaik.bsky.social · 2y ago🐍⚠️Bitten by a #Hongnose or other non-front fanged snake?⚠️🐍 Please report your bite in this survey, where I want to learn more about their bite consequences and symptoms. English: shorturl.at/fI3hC German: shorturl.at/Es5rz Spanish: shorturl.at/vLjbc Feel free to share the survey links!
🐍⚠️Bitten by a #Hongnose or other non-front fanged snake?⚠️🐍 Please report your bite in this survey, where I want to learn more about their bite consequences and symptoms. English: shorturl.at/fI3hC German: shorturl.at/Es5rz Spanish: shorturl.at/vLjbc Feel free to share the survey links!
📄 New Publication by our Animal Venomics Lab! 🐍🐸🕷🐝🪸 We mapped the architecture of animal #toxin systems by #MSImaging. First overview of MSI in #zootoxinology and future applications. 🔓#OpenAccess Damm et al. 2025 - doi.org/10.1016/j.bi... #MassSpec #venom @LuddeckeTim @Fraunhofer
Starting my new Habilitation position at the @jlugiessen.bsky.social in coop with @fraunhofer.bsky.social IME! The next 3+ years in the Animal Venomics group of Tim Lüddecke. Thanks @dfg.de for the previous Walter-Benjamin funding leading to this opportunity! #VikingsInVenomResearch
