Taxonomy
South America
3 entries
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Book VII
Bushmaster — unclaimed
The longest viper in the world, and its genus is named after the Fate who cuts the thread
Lachesis muta. Lachesis was the Moira who measured the thread of a life. Muta means silent. The full name reads: the silent one who decides how long…
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Book VII
Anaconda — unclaimed
The heaviest snake alive, and it does not use venom at all
A constrictor kills by making it impossible for the circulatory system to continue. It is not suffocation. It is a mechanical argument with blood…
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Book VII
Fer-de-Lance — unclaimed
French for “spearhead”. Named for the shape of its head, which is the shape of a weapon.
A large, irritable, superbly camouflaged pit viper responsible for a substantial share of serious snakebites across Central America, with a name…