Out of the 725 venomous snakes discovered, a whopping 280 can kill you in only one bite! When it comes to snakes they differ greatly, and one of the greatest kinds of snakes are viperidae or viper. We will be talking about vipers different type of behavior, how to tell them apart from other snakes, and most what their diet is.
The behavior or snakes differs from species to species, but viper snakes tend to act the same. If threatened at times they might coil up into a flat spiral or might hiss to warn you off. Another way of getting you to back off it them jerking their head at you. This could either be a threat to show they might bite or they are just trying to get you away. They might also blow their body up to intimidate you, and you should …show more content…
All vipers have long, hollow, hinged fangs and tend to have a triangular shaped head with rounded corners. They also have an elliptical pupil, which looks like a cats, and a nostril and heat sensing pit, which is located under the nostril. They also have short tails, keeled scales, and camouflage which they rely on due to their slow movements. Their size varies from the smallest being less than 2 feet and the longest being 11 feet! Know that all vipers are venomous and you are able to see venom flow down their fangs as a warning and if necessary to be used. The longest of viper snakes is the gaboon viper which stated before is about 11 feet. They tend to have a lifespan of between 12-18 years, bigger snakes tend to die faster. This means that most other smaller snakes will live longer if not …show more content…
They usually feast on smaller things that are easy to get down in one gulp. They focus on things like mice, insects, or birds. They eat things like this because snakes aren’t able to chew there food so they must gulp them down. Such things are small so vipers have very little trouble eating them, thus making them a favorable diet. Most vipers live in places like mountains and rainforests which also makes prey like that effortless to
The behavior or snakes differs from species to species, but viper snakes tend to act the same. If threatened at times they might coil up into a flat spiral or might hiss to warn you off. Another way of getting you to back off it them jerking their head at you. This could either be a threat to show they might bite or they are just trying to get you away. They might also blow their body up to intimidate you, and you should …show more content…
All vipers have long, hollow, hinged fangs and tend to have a triangular shaped head with rounded corners. They also have an elliptical pupil, which looks like a cats, and a nostril and heat sensing pit, which is located under the nostril. They also have short tails, keeled scales, and camouflage which they rely on due to their slow movements. Their size varies from the smallest being less than 2 feet and the longest being 11 feet! Know that all vipers are venomous and you are able to see venom flow down their fangs as a warning and if necessary to be used. The longest of viper snakes is the gaboon viper which stated before is about 11 feet. They tend to have a lifespan of between 12-18 years, bigger snakes tend to die faster. This means that most other smaller snakes will live longer if not …show more content…
They usually feast on smaller things that are easy to get down in one gulp. They focus on things like mice, insects, or birds. They eat things like this because snakes aren’t able to chew there food so they must gulp them down. Such things are small so vipers have very little trouble eating them, thus making them a favorable diet. Most vipers live in places like mountains and rainforests which also makes prey like that effortless to