BZ3765 - Venomous Australian Animals
[Offered in odd-numbered years]
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2013 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 2 |
| Administered by: | School of Marine & Tropical Biology |
This subject outlines the differences between venoms and poisons in the animal kingdom. Students will acquire the knowledge of how and why organisms use venoms (venom ecology) as well as how venoms operate in envenomed prey items, predators or human victims. The subject will also describe the relevant first aid practices that should be employed to maximise a victims survival as well as outline the current controversies in first aid treatment of envenomed victims. Students will also acquire skills in laboratory procedures used to compare lethality of different venoms, venom composition and venom collection.
Learning Outcomes
- to gain knowledge on the ecology of venomous organisms;
- to learn the correct first aid treatments for victims envenomed by organisms in the field;
- to understand how animal venoms affect the human system;
- to understand the differences between venoms used by organisms;
- to understand the various mechanisms employed by organisms to introduce venoms into prey/victims.
Graduate Qualities
- The ability to find and access information using appropriate media and technologies.
| Assumed Knowledge: | Students enrolling in this subject should have a good understanding of level 2 zoological processes and taxonomy. |
| Prerequisites: | 12 Credit points of level 2 Science AQ, BC, BZ, CH, EA, EV, MA, MB or PH subjects |
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: | ZL3430 BZ3735 BZ5735 BZ5765 |
Availabilities | |
| Cairns, Block, Study Period 3 | |
| Census Date 07-Feb-2013 | |
| Face to face teaching 04-Feb-2013 to 15-Feb-2013 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Assoc. Professor Jamie Seymour. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (55%); presentations (15%); essays (15%); assignments (15%). |
Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.