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Learn how the spider-tailed horned viper uses predatory mimicry and a spider-shaped tail to lure birds in Iran.

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If you're not a fan of snakes, look away now. Experts have captured slow–motion footage of a viper sinking its fans into prey – and it's not for the faint hearted. The video reveals how venomous ...

“They are the ones that have to be able to strike as quickly as possible,” says Alistair Evans, a zoologist at Monash University in Melbourne. It typically takes mammals between 60 to 400 milliseconds ...

High-speed video helped researchers to get close-ups of the attack strategies of three snake families. By Ari Daniel Venomous snakes inhabit a different perceptual world than we do. “Before the mammal ...

High-speed cameras have been used to capture the biting mechanisms of different kinds of snakes, including vipers and the death adder. Thirty-six species were filmed with high-speed cameras biting ...

A unique snake in Iran, the spider-tailed horned viper, has a tail that mimics a spider. This adaptation helps it lure birds and other prey. Scientists discovered this remarkable hunting strategy. The ...