viper

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In 2019, officials at the Chennai airport seized a horned pit viper snake, five Iguanas, four blue-tongued skinks, three green tree frogs and 22 Egyptian tortoises from a man travelling from Thailand.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2025

Even if you’re pretty sure it was the viper, doctors will likely wait to see whether you develop symptoms before giving you the drug—a delay that could cost you a limb or even your life.

From Science Magazine • Mar. 8, 2024

In 2013, biologist Alejandro Arteaga had just co-authored a book about the amphibians and reptiles of Mindo, Ecuador, complete with a beautiful, lime-colored eyelash viper on the cover.

From National Geographic • Feb. 13, 2024

A serpent-tongued viper might call these true believers goobers, rubes, suckers, and dupes, but what good would it do?

From Salon • Jan. 30, 2024

“After all I’ve done for you, you wrote something like that? A viper in our own bosom! You can kiss Levy Pants goodbye, traitor. Discarded? You’ll get discarded!”

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole