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• n  New World vipers with hollow fangs and a heat-sensitive pit on each side of the head

News & Articles

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• 'Naked and Afraid' competition on Discovery strips survival down
  Discovery Channel producer Steve Rankin made headlines when he was bit by a deadly pit viper in early May. After being rushed to the hospital from the remote Costa Rican wilderness, and after several serious surgeries, he is lucky to still have his foot.        
  July 13, 2013 - Los Angeles Times