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Venomous Snakes

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Fast camouflage of the Sahara sand viper snake...

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King Cobra juvenile eating Indochinese Rat Snake
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( This post was last modified: 08-19-2020, 07:00 PM by BorneanTiger )

Vipers are the deadliest snakes in the UAE, and a number of them have been spotted in residential areas, particularly in Dubai, where they can feed on rodents, with others being in the Hajar Mountains to the east of Dubai City: https://gulfnews.com/uae/residents-spot-...0611956945https://gulfnews.com/uae/new-viper-sight...0683954926

Supplied image of a saw-scaled viper in Hattan Community, Emirates Living, New Dubai: 

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The Lebanon viper Montivipera bornmeulleri endemic to the levantine mountains. One of my favorite reptiles.

Credits: Akkar Trail درب عكار


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Brown vine snake... " Brown vine snake. Mildly venomous, rear fanged and one hell of a beautiful creature. I've always wanted to capture a shot just like this because of their raptor like eyes and mute black mouth (remind anyone of a much more deadly African snake...the Black Mamba?!). Costa Rica is rare. There are few places in the world where the forces of nature so violently tango like they do here. Everything fights for its space in such a biodiverse region and in a short amount of time ".

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Puff Adder model for educational talks created by the talented Randy Babb. Shows fangs, teeth, the glottis, venom glands and the venom duct.
Credit to @jmsnakes

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Dereck Joubert: " A creature with exceptional defensive marksmanship. Jerking movements of the head just before spitting help to disperse the venom … ensuring it hits the target (the eyes of a potential attacker) almost every time. "

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I really don't know which snake it is... But it is the first time I see a photo like this: a - probably venomous - snake swallowing a prey, a rodent probably too, and seeming to keep in reserve an other prey it has also caught. I believed the snakes swallowed their preys very quickly when they are still hot, and because of that the ingestion remains effective. How is this snake able to keep its second prey/meal "nice and warm" ? By eating rather fastly the first prey ?

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Beautifully camouflaged among fallen leaves, a West African Gaboon Viper Bitis gabonica rhinoceros awaits its next meal. This large species possesses the longest fangs of any snake, with reported lengths exceeding 5 centimeters (2 inches)
Credit to K.H. Switak

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Waving its curled tail to draw attention away from its concealed head, a Costa Ricab coral snake Micrurus micrurus exhibits a defensive posture seen in many unrelated terrestrial snakes.
Credit to Michael and Patricia Fogden.

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Adopting the characteristic defense posture of rattlesnakes a Western diamondback rattlesnake Crotalus atrox vibrates its rattle to warn on intruder.
Credit to John Cancalosi

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James Tyrrell : " Puff adders reportedly have the fastest strike in Africa. Not something I’d care to put to the test.
What HAS been shown however - and this is pretty terrifying - is the force of the strike is so strong, and the long fangs penetrate so deeply, that prey items are often killed by the physical trauma alone! "



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Subhash Nair: " Perspective matters! - Green vine snake shot on Mobile. "


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Javier Aznar: " Video by @javier_Aznar_photography // The Sand viper (Cerastes vipera) is one of my favourite animals in the world. It is simply amazing how well adapted this animal is to sandy areas, burrowing in the sand during the hottest hours of the day and for ambushing its preys. "


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The Most Venomous Snake - Inland Taipan 

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