Videoradiographic analyses were made of hissing in puff adders (Bitis arietans). During the hiss the larynx remains relatively stationary immediately adjacent to the internal nares. The exhalatory ...

Pictured in the photos above, an eastern hognose snake curls up in East Bay Township this week. Though the snake’s defensive behavior of flattening its neck and body and loud hissing seem threatening ...

Puff Adders are the ultimate ambush predator. This African viper species, Bitis arietans, relies on stealth, both to find its prey and to hide from their predators. And, while they have always been ...

We are well into the spring season and the weather is nice and warm. This also means that snakes will now be active after a long period of hibernation, hungry and in search of food. The City of ...

The puff adder is one of the deadliest snakes in Africa, and also an expert at camouflage. Can you spot the puff adder in the accompanying image, or in the footage before the narrator zooms in?

There's a deadly snake lurking in the sands of Africa, and it's mastered the techniques of camouflage. A new study now suggests that the puff adder, a highly venomous viper, is even better equipped ...

Puff adders are so difficult to detect by scent that trained snake-finding dogs can walk over a live adder without noticing. “The puff adders wouldn’t react, and the dogs would be sniffing on the ...

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