That’s because in a race of reflexes, the snake usually wins. For a mouse or human, it takes less than half a second to ...

Vipers have the fastest strikes, but snakes from other families can give some slower vipers stiff competition.

They say to kill a rattlesnake, just shoot in its general direction and it’ll intercept the bullet, inadvertently killing itself. The lunging movements of rattlesnakes and other vipers have been ...