The coucal kills snakes by battering them against the ground or a branch.

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In winter, when the temperature drops below 60, copperheads and other snake become lethargic, but aren’t totally asleep.

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When discussing venomous snakes, Georgia Wildlife said three are a serious threat. Here's where they live in the state.

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It's well known that deadly snakes strike very swiftly, and it is easy to infer that if you’re unlucky enough to be bitten, the moment of contact will be as simple as it is sudden: a lightning-quick ...

A tenth of a second is all a viper snake needs to land a bite. In Paris, a team filmed hundreds of venomous snakes and mapped their strike speed in 3D to see exactly how they do it. The work tracked ...

Deinagkistrodon acutus, a species of viper endemic to Southeast Asia, strikes the fake prey at high speed. Credit: Journal of Experimental Biology A viper can bite its target faster than you can blink ...