Scientists have filmed snakes striking in slow-motion, revealing how different species use their fangs and venom, uncovering the secrets behind their lightning-fast attacks View 3 Images Scientists used slow-motion cameras to compare the strike speeds of vipers, elapids, and colubrids (Image: Getty Images)

In a groundbreaking study directly comparing the strike speed and venom delivery methods across all three major families of snakes for the first time, scientists found the reptiles’ bite secrets. Capturing the historical moment in slow-motion footage, vipers, elapids, and colubrids showed some astonishing differences. ‌

Australian researchers based at a venom laboratory in Paris, France, have unveiled new findings on the striking speed and venom delivery of various sn

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