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Pit vipers are the Southeast's most plentiful snakes | ECOVIEWS
habitat and venom capabilities, but all have one common characteristic, a heat-sensitive pit located on the side of the head between the eye and the nostril. A pit viper uses the pit in total ...
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Gaboon Viper vs King Cobra: What’s the Difference?
King cobras can’t sense heat like pit vipers, but they have better ... cobra weighs only up to 20 pounds. Gaboon Viper vs King Cobra: Location and Habitat Another big difference between the ...
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Elusive 2-foot-long predator — with ‘dangerous’ bite — discovered as new species
Two Protobothrops flavirostris, or Vang Vieng lance-headed pit vipers, as seen in their natural habitat. Photos from J. Wohlschiess and P.L. Stenger via Grassby-Lewis, Brakels, Maury, Sitthivong ...