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Vipers
How does a viper poison its victim?
Snake venom is made up of several hundred proteins which all have a slightly different toxic effect on the human body. ... It can trigger lots of tiny...
Do pit vipers have rattles?
But the snakes do differ in their tactics for protecting themselves. Pit vipers have rattles or nubby tails that can thump the ground noisily, he said...
Is the Russell's Viper nocturnal?
a large, heavy-bodied, highly poisonous snake, Daboia russelli, of the viper family Viperidae. It is abundant in Southern Asia from Pakistan through C...
How are pit vipers unusual?
Pit vipers have two holes, or pits, on their snouts. The pits look like nostrils, but they're not. They're just two of the remarkable features on thes...
What does a vipers diet consist of?
Vipers eat a variety of food depending on the size of the snake. Prey includes small mammals, birds, lizards and eggs, according to Savitzky. When the...
What charactseristic is unique to pit vipers?
pit viper, any species of viper (subfamily Crotalinae) that has, in addition to two movable fangs, a heat-sensitive pit organ between each eye and nos...
What is the name of a young viper?
What do you call a baby viper?What is a family of vipers called?Is a cobra a viper?Is a rattlesnake a viper?Do Vipers eat their mother?Are baby viper...
Are vipers poisonous?
Topic Overview. Pit vipers, such as the rattlesnake, copperhead, and cottonmouth (also called water moccasin), are poisonous (venomous) snakes. They l...
What do Green Pit Vipers eat?
Pit Vipers sustain themselves on prey like rats, mice, other small rodents, birds, and lizards. Some Pit Vipers like to prey at night, while others ca...