Puff adder Sometimes called African adders, puff adders ( Bitis arietans ) are members of the viper family. "Generally, more venomous vipers are in tropical areas, such as South America and Africa ...

The puff adder is one of the deadliest snakes in Africa, and also an expert at camouflage. Can you spot the puff adder in the accompanying image, or in the footage before the narrator zooms in ...

Van der Merwe said the snake was well under a metre, but it was “a nice fat one”. He said puff adder venom is potently cytotoxic, causing severe pain, swelling, blistering and, in many cases ...

Johannesburg - Step on a puff adder and it bites. Everyone knows that. That is why bush lovers are told to watch where they tread so as not to step on this dangerous snake. But one scientist has ...

So next time you see a puff adder in your barn or near your wheat field, maybe hold off on the hoe. That fat, lazy, patterned lump might just be your best employee. DM ...

PUFF Adders are heavily-built, stocky snakes and adults can grow to almost a metre long. They’re often referred to as being short and fat, and yes they can look short and stubby, but they aren ...

The puff adder is a relatively thick meter-long snake that makes its living as an ambush predator. It stays still and waits for prey to wander to it. But the adder’s scentless nature might not ...

John Post, 31, was home alone when he reached into the African puff adder’s cage and was bitten on the finger about 4:45 p.m., said Officer Lenny […] Skip to content. All Sections.

Puff adders are so difficult to detect by scent that trained snake-finding dogs can walk over a live adder without noticing. “The puff adders wouldn’t react, and the dogs would be sniffing on ...

This is the jaw-dropping moment a cobra eats a puff adder in the middle of the road while the puff adder is still alive. Klaus Bohmer, an engineer and nature enthusiast, captured this rather rare ...