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The fer-de-lance (which means
“lance head” in French) is not one species but any of several pit vipers
from Bothrops, a genus from Central and South America, and Trimeresurus,
a genus from Asia. Some officials maintain that young fer-de-lances may
be more deadly than the adults because they have not learned to control
the doses of venom they deliver
Tuesday, 30 April 2013
The barba amarilla (“yellow chin”) of Latin America
The fer-de-lance (which means
“lance head” in French) is not one species but any of several pit vipers
from Bothrops, a genus from Central and South America, and Trimeresurus,
a genus from Asia. Some officials maintain that young fer-de-lances may
be more deadly than the adults because they have not learned to control
the doses of venom they deliver
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