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Why this Project: the official statistics with the huge amount of accidents involving venomous

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the absence of quick access and easy understanding information;

the ecological consequences of the large numbers of animals being killed uselessly;

the absence of quality photos made for identification;

the difficulty that is the identification of these animal, that kill or incapacitate so much persons for so long;

the interest shown by the population, due to the large amount of requests to identify animals we receive regularly,

All that motivated us to create the COBRAS BRASILEIRAS Project.

What is the COBRAS BRASILEIRAS ProjectCOBRAS BRASILEIRAS Project constitute a photographic and information database, that will be used for the immediate identification of snakes of Brazilian fauna. As well as providing information on the initial steps of accidents involving these animals. Also be used as an important reference source of local support. Cover the areas of public health: medical, veterinary, biological, ecological and educational.

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In Portuguese, Spanish and English, it is composed of a website, a printed book, eBook, DVD, child book and photo exposition.

The Internet technology, as the official vehicle of the COBRAS BRASILEIRAS Project, would allow the poorest and more distant communities from urban centers have easier access to technical information and hundreds of photographic images from its database about these animals.

Through the Portal with photos taken for use in identification and executed following a scientific visualization methodology, it is possible the rapid identification of snakes, some spiders, scorpions and other venomous animals of the Brazilian fauna.

n Portuguese, Spanish and English, as well as a complete source for research, will be used as a channel of services and utilities for their users: doctors, health technicians, academics, biologists, and general population.

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The identification of the animal is of vital importance for the decision of the serum to be applied. The survival of the patient depends very much on the initial measures adopted. The importance of COBRAS BRASILEIRAS Project as a source of information for identification would be invaluable.

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The Project has a team of high level advisors (page 17), all professionals in their areas and as part of worldwide prestigious universities and institutions.

COBRAS BRASILEIRAS Project, through its efficient and modern design, in a simple way to disseminate complex technical information, through consulting with several industry professionals and extensive research, will be a reference source for consultation of great benefit to the population. Will be dynamic with the gradual addition of new elements.

The COBRAS BRASILEIRAS Project will generate a good marketing return and a very positive social image for its investors. (page 17)

The COBRAS BRASILEIRAS Project was created for 3 kind of user profiles:

1. The person that suffered an accident with a venomous animal and needs, as fast as possible, precise information. His life depends on this!

2. The doctor, veterinary or health professional, fireman, police etc. Profession-als that have to attend cases involving accidents with venomous animals. They need fast and accurate information about procedures. They have no time to spare!

3. The student, camper, ecologist. Any person that goes to the wide and needs info about the local venomous animals, support locations. Resumed informa-tion with good photos to identify the animals.

Who will benefit with this ProjectThis project is very well received by the medical and education areas in the country. We have many letters from Brazilian Institutions and Universities mentioning the utility of the COBRAS BRASILEIRAS Project as support to students and on professional formation.

Portuguese language, Brazilian population with Internet access; South Amer-ica Spanish language Countries and the world through English web version.

Hospitals, health centers and medical related personnel.

Veterinary, farmers and all the personnel's that works in the field.

Fireman, police and related.

Persons that live or enter in contact with nature. Campers, mountaineering.

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Students. All schools, from University to Infants, with Internet access and through the printed book.

Environment. The animals that will be preserved.

Project scopeAll Brazil, Portuguese language countries; South America and Spanish language countries and the world with English version.

Estimated duration

Estimated duration, considering the stages of pre-production and post production, until the end of the Portal will be 5 (five) months.

THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT AND USEFUL PUBLIC HEALTH PROJECT IT DESERVES YOUR HELP

HELP TO BE HELPED!

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The Problem with venomous animalsThe cited data below by itself justify the creation of the COBRAS BRASILEIRAS Project:

• Accidents with venomous animals is the 3rd cause of health injury complains in Brazil. MÉDIA ANUAL DE AGRAVOS - SINAN — Information System for Diseases Notification, Department of Health.

• In the last 10 years, in Brazil, accidents with venom-ous animals increased 157%. Survey conducted by Department of Surveillance and Technical Unit from

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PLOS Medicine - The Global Burden of Snakebite: A Lit-erature Analysis and Modelling Based on Regional Esti-mates of Envenoming and Deaths We estimate that at least 421,000 envenomings and 20,000 deaths occur worldwide from snakebite annually. These figures may be as high as 1,841,000 envenomings and 94,000 deaths. On the basis of the estimation that the total number of snakebites is two to three times the number of envenomings, we estimate that 1,200,000–5,500,000 snakebites may occur globally. The vast majority of the estimated burden of snakebite is in South and Southeast Asia, sub-Saharan Africa, and Cen-tral and South America, as identified in previous estimates of the global burden.

• WHO - World Heath Organization - The global burden of snakebite: data retrieval produced information for many of the world’s 227 countries, which were grouped into 21 geographical regions. The researchers estimate that 421,000 envenomings and 20,000 deaths occur worldwide from snakebite each year, but warn that these figures may be as high as 1,841,000 envenomings and 94,000 deaths, especially in areas of sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia where anti venoms are hard to obtain. India has the highest estimated annual enven-omings and deaths: 81,000, and 11,000 respectively.

• International Society on Toxinology - Global Snakebite Initiative. We estimate that, globally, at least 421,000 envenoming's and 20,000 deaths occur each year due to snakebite. These figures may be as high as 1,841,000 envenoming's and 94,000 deaths. Based on the fact that envenoming occurs in about one in every four snakebites, between 1.2 million and 5.5 million snake-bites could occur annually. CONCLUSIONS: Snakebites cause considerable morbidity and mortality worldwide.co - © Vital Brasil

The disorderly growth of urban centers provides more favorable conditions for the establishment and proliferation of these animals among these centers, endangering both people and animals.

PROBLEMS ON THE HEALTH AREAIN BRAZIL, DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS, 380 PERSONS BITTEN BY A VENOMOUS ANIMAL CAN HAVE SERIOUS HEALTH INJURY OR LIVE LOSS.Nowadays the accidents by venomous animals continue a grave problem of public health in Brazil, so much by the number of cases recorded, as much as by the gravity presented, being able to drive to the death or heavy sequels and generate temporary or definite incapacity for the work.

(MS (Ministério da Saúde) / FNS (Fundação Nacional de Saúde), 1998. Guia de Vigilância Epidemiológica.

Brasília: MS/FNS.)

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As the human population expands and the habitat for animals is reduced, accidents involving venomous animals continue to grow. WHO (World Health Organization) estimates about over 4.5 million venomous accidents every year. In Brazil alone, this equates to almost 140,000 bites annually.

ACCIDENTS WITH VENOMOUS ANIMALS IS THE 3RD CAUSE OF HEALTH INJURY COMPLAINS IN BRAZIL. MÉDIA ANUAL DE AGRAVOS - SINAN — Information System for Notifiable Diseases — Brazilian Department of Health.

ECOLOGICAL PROBLEMSThe Project is about animals of fundamental importance in the ecological system. They control the population of rodents, rats and insects and contribute a lot in the prevention of illnesses and epidemics. The dissemination of information on this project in an accessible and dynamic form will assist in its preservation.

For the ecology and preservation of the fauna, is necessary take into account that the man is no more than one of the species that inhabit this planet and as such can be so much the predator like the prey.

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PROBLEMS ON EDUCATIONThere is not a database with photos and information available online with all Brazilian snakes. This makes it difficult to identify these animals.

When finished the COBRAS BRASILEIRAS Project will have a rare image database with all Brazilian snakes, some of the venomous spiders

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Part of the photos of the Project will be under Creative Commons free copyright use. Will be available to technicians, doctors, population and students. Any one that needs photos of these animals to illustrate a doc, report etc.

Have many letters from Brazilian Institutions and Universities mentioning the utility of the Project as support to students and on professional formation.

Although the Project is still only a prototype online, we receive many requests from people and companies asking to identify animals.

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Project ObjectivesCOBRAS BRASILEIRAS Project will produce vitally needed communication tools to be used by public health programs, including: a Portal on the Internet, a book (Field Manual), eBook, DVD, booklet for children, and a photo exhibition to raise public awareness.

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Through the Portal with photos taken for use in identification and executed following a scientific visualization methodology, it is possible the immediate identification of vipers, snakes, some spiders and other venomous animals of the Brazilian fauna. Will assist in the initial procedures of the treatment caused by accidents and as a reference for local support.

The Project, will allow the poorest and more distant communities also have access to technical information and photographs of its database.

The animals are important, the serum is costly and the medical handling's also. The economy of financial and human resources, generated by an informed and aware population, can turn out to be very important.

However, for the population, these information needs to be of quick access and easy comprehension. Thousands of books in libraries is not of much use to who can die in just a few hours!

The absence of pictures with identification quality; the official statistics with the huge quantity of accidents with venomous animals; the absence of quick access and to easy comprehension of complex technical information; the ecological consequences of the big quantity of animals being uselessly killed; the difficulty that is the identification of these animal, that kill or incapacitate so much persons for so long, was what motivated us to start the COBRAS BRASILEIRAS Project.

This Project, by its importance on public health and on the echo system, transcend the simple animal identification.

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THE MAIN PROJECT OBJECTIVES ARE:1. Public Health (See page 6) - Provide subsidies and procedures for handling

accidents with venomous animals.

1. Ecology (See page 8) - Preservation of these animals.

1. Education (See page 8) - Training in Schools and Universities. It will be a refer-ence source for consultation.

Public Health - Animal identificationThe identification of the animal is of vital importance for the decision of the serum to be applied.

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The survival or worsening of the health of the victim of venomous animals depends very much of the initial measures adopted. The importance of a good source of information for its identification is invaluable. Preferably it should be administered in the first 2 hours.

Poisoning by a venomous snake, scorpion or spider is a serious medical emergency requiring immediate attention. Anti venom should be given only if its stated range of specificity includes the species responsible for the bite.

Importance of identifying snakes

Identify the animal that caused the accident procedure is important in that it:

• The identification of the animal is of vital importance for the decision of the serum to be applied.

• The serum or anti venom is specific to one snake genre, having no effect on the others and preferably should be administered within the first 2 hours.

• The survival of the patient depends very much on the initial measures adopted.The importance of a good source of information for its identification is invaluable.

• Despite the importance of clinical diagnosis, which guides the conduct in most accidents, the causing ani-mal must, to the extent possible, be sent for identification by a trained technician.

Manual de Diagnóstico e Tratamento de Acidentes por Animais Peçonhentos

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Identification Program

A database of technical information and photographs, prepared specially made for identification about not venomous and venomous animals of the Brazilian fauna. It will be accessed via an Identification Program, created for the project.

Initially will relate not venomous and poisonous animals (snakes, snakes, spiders, centipedes, scorpions) of the Brazilian fauna, and later add animals from neighboring countries, as extensions of the Amazon rainforest of Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana.

The Identification Program will made possible to identify animals using information such as color, shape, pattern, region, and other behaviors. You can also for example, not only choose the location for a camp and know which venomous animals exist there, but also have references of local support as hospitals with serum, Fire Department, Environmental Police, CIT, Civil Defense existing in that region.

Proposes to list not venomous and venomous animals of the Brazilian fauna. Brazil currently has cataloged 366 species of snakes, 56 of these are venomous.

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Each animal will have its description page (see example) for supply subsidies in vital and immediate decision-making, as well additional facts about habitat, habits, preservation and care.

Ecology - Preservation of these animalsThe preservation of these animals (snakes, vipers, snakes, spiders, centipedes, scorpions, caterpillars) depends heavily on the dissemination of existing knowledge about them, both to avoid unnecessary deaths and to avoid the handling and release these animals into wrong environments.

Is it dangerous? It should be eliminated? Can it be removed? As and by who? A confrontation can be avoided? Can we coexist with him?

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It is frightening to imagine the enormous quantity of these animals that are being killed by fear and ignorance. With the present demographic expansion the consequences of this in few years will be, at least, catastrophic! For both sides.

These animal are treated as they were disposable. The act - just in case, kill!.- Is absurd and should stop.

One of the main goals of the Project is to find, through its Advisors, a viable solutions for a coexistence with these animal. The solution is in education. Who knows does not fear!

Education - Training - Schools and Universities

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It is very important the dissemination of knowledge for the preservation of public health and wildlife. However, for the people, this information must be easy to understand and of quick access.

IMMEDIATE OBJECTIVES IN EDUCATION ARE: Maintain an online database with technical information and high quality

photos, available to students, technicians and interested persons.

Create videos and webinars (online seminars) to train medical, technicians, hospital personnel etc. The reception of persons bitten by venomous animals in the hospital emergency room must be immediate and priority number one. There should be no delay in attending.

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Inform and educate the public about the behavior of these animals and the importance of using preventive measures to avoid accidents.

Knowledge and prevention are the key factors to reduce accidents with venomous animals.

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The theme Accidents with venomous animals is universal and will always be present as long as people and these animals coexist.

The project will start in Brazil and is being planned to add other countries. We are using programs and methods adopted worldwide by scientific and technical communication specialists. This will ensure an easier portability of this project to other idioms.

The consulting team was selected for its ability to not only ensure a broad coverage in the most recent scientific concepts, but also for their interest and be able to continue the project. Our intention is not to create a static Project, online or printed, but a continuous and efficient movement of technicians, professionals and individuals interested in the subject over the years to come. Data and information will be kept updated.

We understand that our pretensions are great but the necessity of a global project of this social and public health spread is even greater. This will be the first steps of a long walk.

What currently exists on the InternetThere are many disperse informations. Or are of difficult access- ex: inside of the page of the page of the page-, or highly complex and specialized, or with a complicated and inefficient layout.

Photos of animals taken in nature, where the animal is camouflaged, is of little value for identification.

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For the identification of the animal and the taken of immediate vital decisions, the images must be of high visual and informative quality. COBRAS BRASILEIRAS Project will concentrate in its Portal all visual, technical, medical and veterinary informations necessary for a quick, clear and objective identification of the animal.

EXISTING SITES FOR IDENTIFICATION ONLINE IN BRAZIL:Site BUTANTAN - Serpents Identification

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Site FUNED, Fundação Ezequiel Dias - Serpents Identification

Site FIOCRUZ, Fundação Osvaldo Cruz - Serpents Identification

Site VITAL BRASIL - Serpents Identification

Site SAUDE ANIMAL - Serpents Identification

Site CIT Santa Catarina - Serpents Identification

Site Visão Geral da Medicina Veterinária - Serpents Identification

Site Brasil Escola - Brazilian venomous snakes

Blog Rede Vital para o Brasil - National information network, dialog and cooperation about venomous animals (Rede Nacional de Informação, Diálogo e Cooperação acerca dos animais peçonhentos).

Portal COBRAS BRASILEIRAS Project - still a prototype

Medias used in the Project Portal with free Internet access that will be online for 2 years.

(www.cobrasbrasileiras.com Portuguese- Spanish and English

DVD (See page 11)version to be purchased at the web site and sent via mail.

Multimedia digital versions of this information in Adobe Acrobat ®.

Traveling photo exhibitions.

Printed Book (See page 12)(Field Manual) for identification of animals (snakes, vipers, snakes, spiders, centipedes, scorpions, caterpillars).

eBook Digital version in EPUB, Acrobat PDF™, Adobe AIR™ .

Books for Children (See page 12)printed and eBook.

Portal (site)

Internet Portal for consultation totally free for two years. Portal already registered as www.cobrasbrasileiras.com for the Portuguese, Spanish and English versions. Responsive design.

Much information will be added and improved. The portal will be updated several times a year.

Information is presented in two stagesEach venomous animals have a summary of medical and veterinary treatment and recommendations.

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SIMPLE. The text, containing the necessary information about each animal will be described in a pedagogical and easily understandable to the layman. The first goal of the COBRAS BRASILEIRAS Project is to inform the population.

2. ADVANCED directed to medical, veterinary, health professional with all the text following the same level. The site will be used to redirect links to other sites with additional informations.

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HAS SECTIONS ON Snakes - with photos, drawings, features, maps, degree of toxicity, serums,

treatment.

Spiders - with photos, drawings, features, maps, degree of toxicity, serums, treatment.

Scorpions - with photos, drawings, characteristics, treatment.

Centipedes - with photos, drawings, characteristics, treatment.

Caterpillars - with photos, drawings, features, maps, treatment.

Preventive care. Products for sanitation.

Place a FAQ with answers to questions like: Is there insecticide to kill snake? What poison should I use to kill spiders? Useful questions for the population.

Tips, preventive measures and suggestions that can be taken to a safe and environmentally sound living with these animals. Places where so often found.

Ideas about architecture and location of a house to prevent the entry of these animals. Location of plants, potential nest places to be avoided.

Emergency medical procedures. Procedures adopted by the Ministry of Health and the WHO. Possibly a link to these sites.

Serum application poles. Accredited hospitals and serum for the treatment of accidents with venomous animals.

Links to specialized agencies

Fire Department and Environmental Police.

Testimonials. Report of people who suffered accidents with venomous animals. This gives “psychological validity” the information presented. Acci-dents do not happen only to others. Nature is not Disneyland.

Statistics data on accidents with venomous animals. throughout the country and separated state with the main animals that cause accidents.

Curiosities about these animals.

Serum fabrication. Illustrated page on serum and how it is fabricated.

Children section. Designed like a magazine with all information written for them.

Workshops and webinars.

Sponsor(rs) with informations, advertising etc.

DVD

Multimedia version, using the most modern audiovisual resources, with the

information contained in the Portal, using Adobe Acrobat PDF ®. Adobe Acrobat ® is a program with powerful features and visual search. No Internet need.

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Digital file

Acrobat pdf® e Adobe AIR ®, multimedia version of the Portal. Do not need Internet. To be acquired online at a price much inferior than the DVD.

Printed book

Paper type BRAZILIAN SNAKES - FIELD MANUAL, medium size (13x20cm). Containing only venomous animals, (± 55) snakes, some spiders, scorpions, centipedes and caterpillars. Addresses of accredited hospitals in the country, police, fireman and emergency medical recommendations.

The BRAZILIAN SNAKES - FIELD MANUAL will be very useful as a quick reference guide, in backpacks, pockets, glove box etc for campers, hikers, farmers and all who come in contact with nature. High quality printing and binding resistant to continuous use.

EBOOKDigital version of the COBRAS BRASILEIRAS FIELD MANUAL, to download in the Portal, for use in iPad, tablets, smartphones, eReaders in the formats: EPUB, Kindle, Nook.

Children book

According to statistics, a large proportion of accidents with venomous animals occur with children.

We will create a children's book, illustrated with photos and drawings and easy text, as a comic book.

Distributing this book in schools, we believe, that with knowledge about the snakes, many accidents involving children can be avoided.

EBOOK VERSION OF THE CHILDREN BOOKDigital version of the Children book to download in the Portal for use in iPad, tablets, smartphones, eReaders in the formats: EPUB, Kindle, Nook, PDF.

TextsThe text, containing the necessary information about each animal will be described in a pedagogical and easily understandable to the layman.

The main objective of the COBRAS BRASILEIRAS Project is to contain the necessary information about each animal, described in a pedagogical and easily understandable to the layman. All text written by an experienced technical writer using Information Mapping / Plain English techniques to reduce the amount of text, facilitate legibility and portability to other idioms.

Photographs and Videos

The absence of really good and informative pictures about animals that kill or incapacitate so much people at so long, is almost total.

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To be identified correctly these animal need images with high photographic and information quality. Pictures in their habitats, where they are camouflaged, are almost useless for identification.

Snakes are very beautiful animals with highly graphical movements and amazing patterns. We intend to explore this. To make the most informative photos as possible and at same time show a beautiful animal. People must learn to see these animals as what they are, animals, not monsters.

The photos must inform, instruct, inspire, amaze and provoke respect for species that are much unknown and eliminated as garbage

Method used in the photosAll photographs made specially for identification will have the same clean background and same angles. The absence of natural interferences will facilitate the identification and comparisons of the snakes. ALL LIVE ANIMALS!

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Snakes are very difficult to identify. There are people with an instinctive repulsion and fear, a psychological tendency to avoid looking at these animals. All this makes identification more difficult.

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Our first objective will be pictures for use in identification following a scientific methodology of visualization.

Security during the photographsMore than 200 different snakes will be photographed in the studio and on a special table. With about 10 pictures for every animal we will make at least 2000 pictures of snakes. Some spiders, scorpions, centipedes and caterpillars.

These animals are extremely dangerous, unpredictable, quick and deadly. They can cause terrible injuries. It will be adopted severe security measures.

The animals will be handled by highly trained and experienced technicians.

Because of the dangers in this work, in order to avoid possible legal action and compensation to the sponsors, an insurance contract with a reputable insurer providing coverage for injury or fatality during the shoot will be done through a lawyer. This will ensure that operators and representatives, receive a compensation in case of injury or fatality. A guarantee for the Company (ies) Sponsor (s).

Photographic Exhibition

Exposition with the 40 best photographic selected photos. This material will be at disposition of Sponsor (s), schools, museums.

Photos will be printed in a special long lasting paper, frames and packaging.

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The Making-off of the project will be filmed. Institutions, field technicians and all information that may enrich the project.

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Photos will be made in the cities of Porto Alegre, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Belo Horizonte, Cuiabá, Fortaleza, Manaus and for the non venomous snakes in national parks, farms and in the open field in several other states.

NOPA - FUNDAÇÃO ZOOBOTÂNICA, RS - Núcleo Regional de Ofiologia de Porto Alegre. Dra. Moema Leitão de Araujo.

CIT - CENTRO DE INFORMAÇÃO TOXICOLÓGICA, Porto Alegre. Dra. Maria da Graça Boucinha Marques.

INSTITUTO BUTANTAN, Herpetology Laboratory, São Paulo, Dr. Francisco Luís Franco.

FUNED - FUNDAÇÃO EZEQUIEL DIAS, Belo Horizonte. Dra. Giselle Cotta

FIOCRUZ - FUNDAÇÃO OSWALDO CRUZ, Rio de Janeiro. Dra. Rosany Boch-ner.

INSTITUTO VITAL BRAZIL, Rio de Janeiro. Division of Herpetology, Dr. Clau-dio Machado.

FUNDAÇÃO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL, Manaus. Management of Venomous Animals, Dr.Jean Samonek.

UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO AMAZONAS, Manaus. Biological Sciences Institute. Dra. Ermelinda Oliveira.

UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO CEARÁ, Fortaleza. Núcleo Regional de Ofiolo-gia-UFC (NUROF). Dra. Diva Borges Nojosa.

UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE MATO GROSSO, Cuiabá. Biosciences Institute, Dra. Christine Strüssmann.

Museums and herpetology institutions of the country, biological reserves, national parks and zoos.

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Distribution of informationThe informations on the Project should be available, in a quick and easy way, to anyone.

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Portal in the Internet with the necessary visual and technical information www.cobrasbrasileiras.com. Portuguese, Spanish and English.

DVD with all the existing information in the site for consultation without use of Internet.

Printed book Field Manual to be acquired in bookstores or online.

Child book to be acquired in bookstores.

Digital version, for download in the Site, in Adobe Acrobat® to be printed.

Photographic exposition with the main pictures of animals taken for the Project and that will be at disposal of institutions, schools, universities and museums interested.

Disclosure and CommunicationCOBRAS BRASILEIRAS Project will be widespread in diverse ways:

Because it is a Site of public utility and also ecological, we foresee an intense traffic of national and international users.

Registered in the main search engines.

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Divulged by email for all accredited hospitals in the country.

In the Universities that our consultants work.

Widespread through sites of immense propagation as Facebook, Orcut, LinkedIn, MySpace, Plaxo, Ecademy, Twitter etc.

Widespread in the press through the service of a Press Advisor.

Through the itinerant Photographic Exposition.

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We offer to the Sponsor high quality pictures, without extra costs and for exclusive use, of his products near those animals for use in publicity, hand-bills, poster etc.

The name and the logo of the Sponsor company (with link for his corporate page) and in all the site pages.

The Sponsor will receive copies of the book with the name and logo printed as the Sponsor company.

On the DVD the Sponsor logo will be used as the institutional supporters of the Project.

An itinerant Photographic Exposition about the Project that will be at disposal of the institutions, supporters and Sponsors in diverse communities of Brazil. The Exposition will be able to be carried out in schools, universities, museums, entities, and localities of interest of the Sponsor.

The Sponsors will have his companies and logos mentioned as a reference of sponsorship, in all the forms of disclosure and media of the Project. That includes the edition of the Book, the DVD, the Photographic Exposition and all the graphic stuff of support.

The COBRAS BRASILEIRAS Project is also an open project to the social interests of the Sponsors.

Technical Team and Project AdvisorsThe COBRAS BRASILEIRAS Project have a very high level team of advisors, all professionals in their areas.

They had been selected by their capacity, of guarantee an ample coverage inside the most recent scientific concepts and by their interest and for being able to give continuity to the Project.

Technical Team

FERNANDO BERGAMASCHI DE SOUZA — AUTHOR AND COORDINATOR OF THE PROJECT AND PHOTOGRAPH AND VIDEO — With more than 30 years of experience work-ing for advertising agencies and corporations in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo,

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BRUNO DALAPICOLA BERGAMASCHI DE SOUZA — COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY ADVISOR AND DATABASE WEB — Assembly of Web Suppliers. Network Security on Inter-net. Web design and multimedia. Sites with use of data base. Elaboration of the Search Program for the animals identification. Attending the College of Computer Sciences in the UFRGS.

JOSÉ CARLOS PIRRALHO — GRAPHICAL DESIGNER AND GRAPHICAL ARTS COUNSEL — With more than 35 years working as Art Director for the main industries and advertising agencies in Rio De Janeiro and São Paulo, and customers in all the country.

LISETE MARIA DALAPICOLA — ADVISORY AND PEDAGOGY AND METHODOLOGY AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH — Full Graduate in Education and School Inspection1º and 2º Grades, Specialist in Education from Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (1971); participated in the team for Adolescents and Adults Literacy - MOBRAL - RS; has taught high school and served as basis Advisory Office of the Secretary of Education and Culture of the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil(1972-74). Collaborated on educational and cultural projects.

Advisors Team

DR. CLAUDIO MACHADO — ADVISOR IN BIOLOGY OF SERPENTS AND PRODUCTION AND HANDLING OF THE SERPENTS FOR THE PHOTOS, INSTITUTO VITAL BRASIL, RIO DE JANEIRO. — BIÓLOGO com curso de Bacharelado em CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAScom especialização em ZOOLOGIA pela Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ),1989. Professor de Biologia com curso de Licenciatura em Ciências Biológicas pela Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), 1990. Desde 2005 e até a presente data, Chefe da Divisão de Herpetologia do Insti-tuto Vital Brasil - RJ.

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Atual coordenador da exposição permanente de animais peçonhentos do Instituto Vital Brasil - RJ. Biólogo do INSTITUTO VITAL BRASIL concursado em 1995, atuando na Divisão de Animais Peçonhentos (Serpentário) na manutenção, manejo e identificação de serpentes por 12 anos. Curso de Mestrado em Zoologia no Museu Nacional da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) de 1990 a 1992, com todos os créditos concluídos, mas sem apresentação de tese. Organizador da Coleção Herpetológica de referência (área de répteis) da Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ) no período de 1985 a 1990.

DRA.CHRISTINE STRÜSSMANN — ADVISOR IN VETERINARY MEDICINE AND PRODUCTION AND HANDLING OF THE SERPENTS FOR THE PHOTOS, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE MATO GROSSO, CUIABÁ, MATO GROSSO. — possui graduação em MEDICINA VETERINÁRIA pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (1982), espe-cialização em ZOOLOGIA E SISTEMÁTICA pela Pontifícia Universidade

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Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (1984), mestrado em ECOLOGIA pela Universi-dade Estadual de Campinas (1992), doutorado em BIOCIÊNCIAS (Zoologia) pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (2003) e aper-feiçoamento em BIOLOGIA DE AMBIENTES INUNDÁVEIS - Pantanal pela Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso (1989). Atualmente é Professor adjunto da UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE MATO GROSSO, Pesquisador colaborador da Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agro-pecuária - Centro Pesquisas Pantanal, Membro de Comissão Permanente do Conselho Regional de Medicina Veterinária do Estado de Mato Grosso, Perito nomeado do Ministério Público de Mato Grosso, Sócio Proprietário da Natur-plan Conservação e Tecnologia Ambiental Ltda. e Membro de corpo editorial da Phyllomedusa. Tem experiência na área de Zoologia, com ênfase em Faunística. Atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: herpetofauna, Mato Grosso, comunidades, taxonomia, Cerrado.

DRA. DIVA MARIA BORGES-NOJOSA — ADVISOR IN BIOLOGY OF SERPENTS AND PRODUCTION AND HANDLING OF THE SERPENTS FOR THE PHOTOS, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO CEARÁ, FORTALEZA, CEARÁ. — Graduou-se em CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS pela Universidade Federal do Ceará (1987), obtendo seu mestrado em Ciências Biológicas (Zoologia) pela Universidade Federal da Paraíba (1991), e de doutorado em Ciências Biológicas (Zoologia) pelo Museu Nacional - Rio de Janeiro / UFRJ (2002). É Professora Adjunto da UNIVERSI-DADE FEDERAL DO CEARÁ desde 1992, coordenadora do Núcleo Regional de Ofiologia-UFC (NUROF) e orientadora no Curso de Pós Graduação em Ecologia e Recursos Naturais (UFC). Tem experiência na área de Herpetologia, com ênfase em Sistemática, Zoogeografia e Biologia, atuando principal-mente nas áreas relictuais de mata atlântica no nordeste (Brejos-de-altitude) e nos biomas Caatinga e Costeiro.

DR. FRANCISCO LUÍS FRANCO — ADVISOR IN BIOLOGY OF SERPENTS AND PRODUCTION AND HANDLING OF THE SERPENTS FOR THE PHOTOS, INSTITUTO BUTANTAN, SÃO PAULO, SP. — possui graduação em CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS pela Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (1987), mestrado em BIOCIÊNCIAS(Zoologia) pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (1994) e doutorado em Ciências Biológicas (Zoologia) pela Universidade de São Paulo (1999). Atualmente é Pesquisador Científico Nível IV do INSTITUTO BUTAN-TAN. Tem experiência na área de Zoologia, com ênfase em Zoologia Apli-cada. Atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: Colubridae, Serpentes, Tachymenini, Taxonomia, Xenodontinae e Filogenia.

DRA. GISELLE AGOSTINI COTTA — ADVISOR IN BIOLOGY OF SERPENTS AND PRODUC-TION AND HANDLING OF THE SERPENTS FOR THE PHOTOS, FUNED- FUNDAÇÃO EZEQUIEL DIAS, BELO HORIZONTE, MINAS GERAIS. — possui graduação em CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais (1986) e mestrado em ZOOLOGIA DE VERTEBRADOS pela Pontifícia Universi-dade Católica de Minas Gerais (2000). Tem experiência na área de Zoologia, com ênfase em Utilização dos Animais, atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: serpentes, herpetologia, reprodução, animais peçonhentos. FUNDAÇÃO EZEQUIEL DIAS, Diretoria de Produção Farmacêutica e Imunobi-ológicos, Divisão de Imunobiológicos.

DR. JEAN FRANCISCO VENTURIN SAMONEK — ADVISOR IN VETERINARY MEDICINE, WILD ANIMALS AND PRODUCTION AND HANDLING OF THE SERPENTS FOR THE PHOTOS,

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FUNDAÇÃO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL, MANAUS, AMAZONAS. — possui gradua-ção em MEDICINA VETERINÁRIA pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná (2003), especialização em CLÍNICA MÉDICA E CIRÚRGICA DE ANIMAIS SELVAGENS pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná (2005), especial-ização em BIOLOGIA DA CONSERVAÇÃO E MANEJO DA VIDA SELVAGEMpela Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná (2005). Atualmente é Tenente Veterinário do Centro de Pesquisas da Fauna e da Flora da Amazônia - Zoológico do CIGS e Gerente de Animais Peçonhentos da FUNDAÇÃO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL DO AMAZONAS. Tem experiência na área de Medicina Veterinária, com ênfase em Animais Selvagens.

DRA. JUDITH TIOMNY FISZON — ADVISOR IN ARCHITECTURE AND PUBLIC HEALTH, FIOCRUZ-FUNDAÇÃO OSVALDO CRUZ, Rio de Janeiro. — possui graduação em ENGENHARIA CIVIL pela Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (1981) , mestrado em Saúde Pública pelo Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (1990) e doutorado em ARQUITETURA E URBANISMO pela Universidade de São Paulo (1998) . Atualmente é Professor Titular do Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Tem experiência na área de Saúde Coletiva. Atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: políticas públicas, saneamento, indicadores sociais, serviços urbanos.

DRA. MARIA DA GRAÇA BOUCINHA MARQUES — ADVISOR IN VETERINARY MEDICINE AND TOXICOLOGY, PORTO ALEGRE, CIT-CENTRO DE INFORMAÇÃO TOXICOLÓGICA, PORTO ALEGRE, RIO GRANDE DO SUL. — graduação em MEDICINA VETERINÁRIApela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (1981) e doutorado em FISIOLOGIA FARMACOLOGIA Y TOXICOLOGIA - Universidad de Leon (2004). Atualmente é técnica da Fundação Estadual de Produção e Pesquisa em Saúde, CENTRO DE INFORMAÇÃO TOXICOLÓGICA. Professor convidado da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul e professor adjunto da Universidade Luterana do Brasil. Tem experiência na área de Toxicologia, com ênfase em Toxinas Naturais, atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: animais peçonhentos, preven-ção de acidentes tóxicos, plantas tóxicas.

DRA. MARIA ERMELINDA DO ESPÍRITO SANTO OLIVEIRA — PRODUCTION AND HANDLING OF THE SERPENTS, PHOTOS IN THE NATURE, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO AMAZONAS, MANAUS, AMAZONAS. — possui graduação em LICENCIATURA EM CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS pela Universidade Federal do Amazonas (1985), especialização em ANIMAIS PEÇONHENTOS pelo Instituto Butantan, e mestrado/doutorado em Ciências Biológicas (Zoologia) pela Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (2003). Atualmente é professora adjunto da UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO AMAZONAS. Tem experiência na área de Zoologia, com ênfase em Taxonomia e História Natural, atuando prin-cipalmente nos seguintes temas: parasitologia, biologia comportamental, levantamento de fauna, herpetologia, petróleo e gás na amazônia (bioindica-dores), amazônia central.

DRA. MOEMA LEITÃO DE ARAUJO — ADVISOR IN BIOLOGY OF SERPENTS AND PRODUC-TION AND HANDLING OF THE SERPENTS FOR THE PHOTOS, FUNDAÇÃO ZOOBOTÂNICA-NÚCLEO DE OFIOLOGIA DE PORTO ALEGRE, PORTO ALEGRE, RIO GRANDE DO SUL. — graduação em HISTÓRIA NATURAL pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (1969) e especialização em ZOOLOGIA pelo Conselho Regional de Biologia 3ª Região (2000).

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Atualmente é Pesquisadora da FUNDAÇÃO ZOOBOTÂNICA DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL. Direção e administração, Museu de Ciências Naturais, Seção de Zoologia de Vertebrados. Com experiência na área de Zoologia e com ênfase em Zoologia Aplicada.

DRA. ROSANY BOCHNER — ADVISOR IN STATISTICS AND PUBLIC HEALTH, FIOCRUZ-FUNDAÇÃO OSVALDO CRUZ, RIO DE JANEIRO. — Possui graduação em ESTATÍSTICA pela Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (1985), mestrado em Engenharia de Produção, na área de Pesquisa Operacional pela Universi-dade Federal do Rio de Janeiro - COPPE (1990) e doutorado em SAÚDE PÚBLICA pela Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sérgio Arouca da Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (2003). Atualmente é pesquisadora da FUNDAÇÃO OSWALDO CRUZ e coordena o Sistema Nacional de Informações Tóxico-Farmacológicas - SINITOX. Tem experiência na área de Probabilidade e Estatística, com ênfase em Análise de Dados, atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: intoxica-ções e envenenamentos, acidentes com animais peçonhentos. Tem partici-pado do desenvolvimento de sistemas de informação em saúde e na elaboração de materiais educativos e de divulgação científica.

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