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NEXT UP: #4 seed PICADO'S JUMPING PIT VIPER (Atropoides picadoi) vs #5 seed DEVIL FROG (Beelzebufo ampinga) #2021MMM Medium-sized thick bodied snake in a loose coil on a dark, lIllustration of a large bodied, heavily armored from with th
Pit viper's namesake Atropos is featured in the poem Shield of Heracles. Some descriptions of Atropos & Pit Viper are comparatively on point: "teeth are bright-white (λευκούς) like those of Fear; the long nails (fangs) w/ which they seize bodies" (Brockless 2017) #2021MMM Cover of a book by Hesiod titled The Shield of Heracles. TheExcerpt from the book The Shield of Heracles
While other descriptions are perhaps less on point. Some may perceive Pit Viper as having "antagonistic glares (δέρκομαι)" but snakes lack eyelids so they can't help but glare (Simões et al 2016) #StopLookingAtMe #2021MMM doi.org/10.1093/molbev… Close up view of the head of a pit viper. It's face is cream
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