| A | B |
|---|
| African Black Mambas | poisonous snakes from Africa that are related to cobras |
| constrictors | snakes that kill prey by crushing it in their coils |
| reptiles | cold-blooded animals with backbones and lungs, usually covered with horny plates or scales |
| critical | being important to the outcome of a situation |
| enables | gives ability, power, or means to; makes able |
| mucus | a slimy substance produced in the nose and throat to moisten and protect them |
| scarce | hard to get; rare |
| specialize | to develop in a special way |
| sterile | free from germs |
| aborigines | the earliest known inhabitants of Australia |
| nauseating | sickening; causing nausea |
| predator | animal or person that lives by killing and eating other animals |
