The ability of venomous snakes to strike with remarkable speed has become a subject of growing interest among researchers aiming to understand how animals operate at the limits of physical performance ...

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High up from the forest floor, birds flit from limb to limb and weave their homes from leafy foliage, seemingly safe from ...

To capture snake strikes on video, scientists put medical gel on a stick and warmed it to mimic the body temperature of a mammal. Then, they waited for the snakes to attack. Oliver Neuman via ...