Desert horned viper With its spine-chilling ... It inhabits Central and West Africa's rainforests and boasts the longest fangs of any snake—up to two inches—strong enough to deliver a ...

Evolution has given snakes some odd but clever adaptations ... They are the only limbless vertebrates known to have this skill. Desert horned vipers, which hail from northern Africa and the ...

The desert horned viper blends almost perfectly with the sandy ground. It usually stays buried under the sand, with just its eyes and horn-like scales sticking out. When a small rodent or lizard ...

These fangs ... horned vipers have horns; sometimes the same clutch of eggs will yield animals with and without horns. The horns can bend back to be flat against the head, which is useful when the ...