The venom of a pit viper snake is produced and held in twin glands behind the snake's eyes. The toxic brew is delivered through movable fangs that can be folded up against the roof of the mouth, ready ...

Pit vipers share common traits with other vipers, such as retractable fangs and venom glands, which they use to inject venom into their prey. Their snake venoms are typically hemotoxic ...

Whether one is walking on a park trail or hiking in the woods, it’s exciting to see a snake in the wild. It could be a small ...

Bushmaster: Bushmasters are large venomous pit vipers native to Central and ... possess the longest fangs among snakes, which they use to deliver potent venom for immobilizing their prey.

Like pit vipers, coral snakes have hollow fangs in the front of the mouth with tubular connections to venom sacs located in the head. But the two groups differ in several ways. Coral snakes are ...

Unlike pit vipers, Texas Coral snakes, have no pit organs. Their eye pupils are round, and non-foldable, hollow fangs are firmly-anchored at the front of their upper jaws. Compared to pit vipers ...