The bushmaster, at up to 10 feet long, is the world's largest pit viper and a dangerous one. |
First, it impersonates a pit viper, coiling and striking and hissing viciously. |
You remember the old story of the tender-hearted man, who placed a frozen viper in his bosom, and was stung by it when it became thawed? |
The viper fish swims very fast and uses these needle-like fangs to stab its prey. |
The adder or viper is common throughout mainland Britain and some of the islands off the west coast of Scotland. |
Why nourish a viper in one's bosom, cultivate an adversary, possibly an enemy? |