Different species of snakes in nature use different feeding methods, pythons rely on their huge size to strangle prey, cobras rely on their powerful venom to kill their opponents, and venomous cobras can use poison to defend themselves. More venomous snakes rely on their camouflage to ambush their prey. In Central America, there is a poisonous snake called the jumping spearhead viper, which is generally called a viper, this poisonous snake is not large, the poisonous fangs are not long, and the poison is not strong, but it can jump up and bite people. Relying on their camouflage color, they like to ambush and kill prey, and in order to gain a place in the competitive Central American rainforest, the vipers have evolved two hunting skills: one is that they can jump off the ground to attack, and the second is that they will bite their prey once they bite and repeatedly inject venom.
The viper belongs to the viper genus of the viper family, which is mainly distributed in Mexico and Central America, and is known to have three different species, namely the Mexican jumping viper, the leather viper and the Tuxtla viper. Among them, the Mexican jumping viper is mainly distributed in the forests of Mexico to Panama and other regions. The Pitts are mainly found in Costa Rica and Panama. Tuxtla vipers are sparsely distributed, mainly in the Mexican state of Veracruz.
The viper is a small and medium-sized venomous snake, they are about 40-60 cm long, the longest body can grow to about 1 meter, the largest is the Mexican jumping viper, the longest body is the Piscet viper. The head of the viper resembles a large spearhead, with a body color of gray-brown color and a variety of markings on the body. The viper preys mainly on small mammals and lizards. The famous attack method of the viper is to make the body leave the ground instantly when launching the attack, and the jump distance is equivalent to half of the body, which can increase the attack distance and help improve the success rate of predation. There have even been rumors that jumping vipers can jump to a height of 2 meters to bite the throat of humans, of course, this is all unfounded nonsense, but they are indeed a strong and powerful poisonous snake, they bite their prey and do not let go of the mouth is indeed like a pit bull, the viper's fangs are smaller, the poisonous fangs are not as long as other poisonous snakes living in Central America, they are also less toxic, although the toxic chicken is weak, but the jumping viper is still one of the 10 deadliest poisonous snakes in Central America.
Jumping vipers are mainly distributed in Central America, from southern Mexico to the Panamanian rainforest have their tracks, although the viper is not long, but the muscle is strong, agile, they can bounce forward for defensive attacks, at this time the attack distance can exceed half of the length of the body, the jumping attack of the viper can make up for their petite disadvantages, especially in defense against danger or hunting. Their vipers derive their name from this method of attack, and they open their mouths to intimidate infestors like North American pit vipers in the face of danger, and they have a mouth as white as cotton.
Jumping vipers like to hide in the shadows to sneak up on their prey, they like to stay at the foot of deciduous piles and trees, this ambush method is particularly similar to the Gabonese viper in Africa, which relies on its body color advantage and likes to lurk at the foot of deciduous piles and trees to wait for prey. Jumping vipers face prey and threats with violent attacks, and the viper's favorite food is rodents, but the rats in the rainforest have evolved with their keen hearing system, and rats can rely on excellent hearing to ensure that they can detect predators before they get too close. The devil is one foot tall, and the road is one foot high. The viper remains completely unmoved until it launches a powerful attack, waiting for the rat to enter the attack range and bite the prey in one bite. Unlike many venomous snakes, other venomous snakes will let go of their prey after biting their prey, while the viper will bite the prey to the death and constantly inject venom. Compared with other pit vipers, their poisonous fangs are very short and the toxicity is not strong, they bite the prey after constantly in and out of the shaking of the poisonous fangs, causing multiple wounds of the prey, each time will inject a large amount of blood toxin, blood toxin will immediately decompose and destroy the prey blood vessels, then there will be a lot of internal bleeding in the prey, the important organs of the prey will rupture soon after, at this time the viper just needs to wait for the prey to lose its breath.