#pitvipers — Public Fediverse posts
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CW: snake-aroo news, everyone's OK
Dangit, 'lamestream media' ... the story is actually: "Sweet and friendly cottonmouth tolerates high school football player who wore him as hat"
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/aug/12/arkansas-football-player-cottonmouth-snake-helmet
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@KateShaw has released a new episode: The snakes of Snake Island (a lancehead and a snail-eater), the Martinique Fer-de-lance (a different lancehead), and the Louisiana Pine Snake (a constrictor).
https://strangeanimalspodcast.blubrry.net/2024/07/29/episode-391-welcome-to-snake-island/
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Five #NewSpecies of Eyelash #Pitvipers Discovered in South America https://www.sci.news/biology/bothriechis-eyelash-pitvipers-12681.html
Systematic revision of the Eyelash Palm-Pitviper Bothriechis schlegelii, with the description of five new species and revalidation of three https://evolsyst.pensoft.net/article/114527/
"certain populations exhibit longer, more stylized eyelashes compared to others. The variations in the condition of the eyelashes led researchers to hypothesize the existence of undiscovered species"
