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Ultimate Viper
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  • Length

    52:00 mins

  • Education Subject Areas

    Biology

    General Science

    Life Science

  • Year Produced

    2007

  • Reference Number

    20370

  • Title

    Ultimate Viper

Ultimate Viper

Vipers have been evolving their way toward the top of the reptile heap for millions of years. Armed with an amazing arsenal of deadly tools, vipers have proven to be remarkably successful predators. Built-in heat pits enable thermal imaging for identifying prey. Blindingly fast strikes deliver deadly blows. Retractable fangs up to two inches long inject toxic venom deep into prey. A specially designed skull allows for devouring prey 1.5 times their size. Sharpened by millennia of natural selection, vipers have used these advanced traits to penetrate almost every continent on the globe. But in an ever-changing world where skills new and old are constantly put to test, how will these magnificent reptiles find new evolutionary paths in which to continue to advance?

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