Mention of the famous African venomous snake, many people's first reaction is the "black mamba", which is loved by netizens with its charming appearance and ferocious habits, and it can be said that it is the most well-known venomous snake in the world. However, in Africa, there is a snake that is more famous than the black mamba, and the number of wounds of the black mamba is very small, far less than it, that is, the viper "Sizzle Viper genus". The reason why it is called sizzle viper, because it is constantly expanding through the body when it is angry, it will make a hissing sound like a gas can leak, the sizzle viper is a special poisonous snake in Africa, the main species are drum belly sizzle viper, Gabon sizzle viper, rhinoceros viper, rhinoceros horn sizzle viper and so on.
They have a unified feature is that they are short and thick, of which the drum belly viper is the smallest, the maximum is not more than 2 meters, usually about 1 meter, and the weight can reach 10 kilograms, some people will question whether this is still the smallest? Indeed, compared with its "brothers", it is particularly thin. Don't look at its size is not dominant, but it is the most famous local venomous snake, because it is the most murderous venomous snake in the entire African continent, the number of injuries is more than all the venomous snakes in Africa combined, the toxicity is also the strongest of all the Vipers, the toxicity test is: intraperitoneal injection ld50 = 0.9mg / Kg, the average detoxification volume is 250 mg, the maximum 750 mg.
One might wonder, isn't the saw-scale viper the most injured venomous snake? The saw-scale viper is the most injured venomous snake in the world, and in Africa it is a drum-bellied viper, which is also related to its habits and quantity. Drum belly sizzling viper is good at sneaking attacks, usually hiding in dry grass, rocks, railroad tracks and other areas close to the house, feeding on rats, lizards, birds, it is lazy, generally will not move at will, will only hide in place and wait for the prey to arrive. If someone passes by, they will enter a state of alert, shrink their head into an S shape, use the strength of the abdomen and tail to launch a forward attack, and even eject the entire body, and the aggressiveness is also the strongest in the genus Of Vipers.
Drum belly viper has a wide range of distribution, it is also the most capable of growing poisonous snakes, up to 150 at a time, an average of about 80, it can be said that the descendants are all over Africa, no matter where you can see. And its toxicity is complex, biting people can cause serious coagulation abnormalities, resulting in patients bleeding, hematemesis, swelling and other symptoms, severe bleeding, wound necrosis, organ bleeding failure, it can be said that it bites to non-death or disability, even more terrible than the five-step snake. In African countries with underdeveloped medical care, the fatality rate is extremely high, the people are crying bitterly, and there are as many as 6 kinds of serums in the world, which shows the degree of threat to human beings.
In addition to the drum-bellied viper, the number of other vipers injured is not much, the Gabon viper mainly inhabits the inaccessible tropical rainforest, it is even larger, the largest can grow to 2.5 meters, weighs more than 15 kilograms, is the world's fattest venomous snake. Fat enough to even walk up is difficult, can only slowly squirm forward like a caterpillar, looks very cute, do not be deceived by its appearance, it is the world's largest detoxification of poisonous snakes, up to 2400 mg, an average of up to 600 mg. The toxicity test is: intraperitoneal injection ld50 = 1.9mg / Kg, the toxic intensity and type are comparable to the five-step snake, and the detoxification amount is more than 3 times that of the five-step snake, which can be imagined how terrible it is.
The rhinoceros viper is the most beautiful of the sizzling vipers, it is similar in size to the Gabon sizzling viper, the color is more gorgeous, very ornamental, like the camouflage version of the Gabon sizzling viper, usually composed of black, blue, purple, orange, red, etc., but the number of rhinoceros vipers is small, and they live in specific areas, and there are few injuries. There is also the rhinoceros sizzling viper, which itself is a subspecies of the Gabonese sizzling viper, which was later listed separately, and the habits, appearance, body shape, and venom type are similar to the Gabon sizzling viper, which can only be distinguished by the black "eyeshadow" under the eyes, the rhinoceros sizzler has a black eyeshadow under the eyes, and the Gabonese sizzling viper is two.
Its fangs are also the longest in the world, the largest growing as long as a human thumb, and can easily bite through any clothing. Because of the fat body, usually can only hide under the dead branches and leaves to sleep, waiting for the prey to send it to the door by itself, don't look at it fat, the attack speed is not slow, as if more like a strong "muscle snake", it can catapult the first half of the body in 0.25 seconds, and then bite the prey until the other party dies before letting go. Due to the large amount of detoxification, the toxicity spreads extremely quickly, and it can kill a mouse in about 10 seconds, fortunately it only lives in the inaccessible rainforest.
It is such a super poisonous, fierce behemoth, even will admit that vipers rarely have snake-eating species, serious lack of combat experience, it is precisely because of this that their fighting ability is not strong. The Egyptian cobra is the most common cobra in Africa, with a strong snake-eating nature, even its own kind will prey, see the drum belly sizzle viper immediately rush to follow up with a full meal, as if to know that it is not fast and not in a hurry, bite it and wait for it to die slowly. The drum belly sizzling viper is even more instigated to go home, facing the Egyptian cobra that is not as large as his own, he is afraid to die, he only wants to run away, and he does not even have the courage to fight back, because the movement speed is slow, he can't run the other side, and finally he can only admit it.
Not only Egyptian cobras, but even African forest cobras, black mambas and other snake-eating species with strong snake-eating characteristics can easily subdue the drum-bellied vipers, as long as they encounter it, they will definitely be eaten by each other. It also makes many people very surprised, why do they have such big poisonous fangs and such a strong body shape? Because this is also the biggest weakness of the Viper family, there is too little combat experience.