What is the mechanism of the venom for the snake pictured above?
Eastern Coral Snake venom is an alpha-neurotoxin which inhibits acetylcholine at the nicotinic receptors of the neuromuscular junction causing descending muscle weakness/paralysis.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coral_snake; https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK519031/
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