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Fig. 8.1
Experimental manipulation of Saharan sand viper (
Cerastes cerastes
): polar coordinates
of predatory strike and distance from the prey. (
a
) Control strike. (
b
) Strikes after denervation of
olfactory and vomeronasal nerves. (
c
) Strikes after denervation as in (
b
) and bilateral occlusion of
the eyes. The nonsignificant difference between trials (
a
) and (
c
) demonstrates that this species can
direct strikes using other sensory reception (Reproduced with permission from Young and Moran
2002
)
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