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Hunters of vipers


Hunters of vipers
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Copyright: Carlos Climent (Solrac) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 58 W: 0 N: 32] (210)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2009-10-12
Categories: Reptiles
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/125 seconds
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Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2009-10-13 4:15
Viewed: 238
Points: 8
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note [Spanish]
Among the predators, one of the fittest and evolution of snakes.

Skull. The first thing that strikes us is its head, in a triangle or lance. This form is because behind each eye has a venom gland of snakes do not.
In addition, his jaw dislocate is capable of swallowing prey whole bigger than his head.

Denture. The snakes are snakes with teeth larger. Their teeth are long and pointed. Sometimes snakes showing their teeth in a threatening manner to scare a potential predator.
It has two large retractable fangs, and that given the length of these teeth, if they were not, every time you close the mouth pierce the lower jaw.
These canines have an internal channel through which injected the venom of the snake. The way he makes is that your muscles releases the poison glands and exits under pressure, getting into the bloodstream of their prey.
Each bite of this snake injects a dose of poison enough to kill thousands of their prey.
Heat-sensitive pits. You can easily see all the snakes have them. They are located between the nostrils and eyes. These pits were used to detect temperature variations within walking distance, half meter. Thus they become a method of hunting termolocalización.
The way they hunt these snakes is to locate its prey by heat emanating, bite and inject venom and then crawl to swallow once dead.
The sensitivity of these pits are fundamental to hunt warm-blooded animals.

Pupils. All snakes have vertically elliptical pupils, like cats, giving us signs of their nocturnal habits.

Scales. The snakes have keeled scales form, unlike snakes that are smooth. This means that the edge of the tip of a scale does not exactly match the next, but overlap like tiles of a roof.

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Carlos
Waw, what a great capture!
I like this wonderful shots, whit this dangerous vipers.
Congratulation.
Horia

Hi MF Carlos,

A great collage of a Spanish viper (i think it is Vipera latastei, Lateste Viper) and their hunting by herpetologists:) when i look this great presentation i remembered our situation while we also trying to cath them to conduct scientific research on their venom effects.
TFS this collage MF!
Have a nice night!
Cheers,

Bayram

Hola Carlos,
un buon collage che documenta penso una cattura ai fini scientifici di questa vipera, immagini di grande impatto visivo.
Grazie e complimenti
Ciao Maurizio

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  • jmirah Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 506 W: 5 N: 1135] (4665)
  • [2009-10-13 14:28]

Hi Carlos
Nice capture of a deadly pit viper...Great composition of how it was discovered...Careful Careful...TFS
Jim

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