Lanceheads are famous for striking with very little provocation, and that snake was no exception.

矛头蝮蛇以轻易发动攻击而闻名，这条蛇也不例外。

Lanceheads are not difficult to find.

矛头蝮蛇并不难找到。

Lanceheads have an extremely potent tissue-destroying venom.

矛头蝮蛇有极具杀伤力的毒液，能破坏活体组织。

They have heat receptors. These are pit vipers.

它们有热感应器，这些是颊窝蝮蛇。

I had successfully photographed one of the deadliest snakes in the world, and a massive one of them.

我成功拍摄到了界上致命的蛇之一，而且是一条巨大的矛头蝮蛇。

Jo glanced at the sheet and saw a pleasing illustration composed of a lunatic, a corpse, a villain, and a viper.

乔瞄了一眼，看到这张纸上有一幅很引人注目的画，上面疯子、一具尸体、一个恶棍和一条蝮蛇。

This is one of the most pristine pockets of rainforest anywhere in the world and prime habitat for giant lancehead vipers.

这是界上的雨林之一，也是巨型矛头蝮蛇的主要栖息地。

Some estimates on the size of the viper population go as high as 430,000.

一些估计称， 蝮蛇的数量高达43万条。

It has to do with a South American pit viper called the fer-de-lance.

这涉及到一种南美洲的穴居蝮蛇，名为矛头蝮。

However, other researchers guesstimate that there may be more like 4,000 vipers on the island.

然而，其他研究人员估计岛上可能有大约4000条蝮蛇。

The species that inhabits the island is the golden lancehead pit viper, which is both badass sounding and extremely dangerous.

栖息在岛上的物种是金矛头蝮蛇，这个名字听起来就很厉害， 而且极其危险。

For 10 months of the year there is nothing substantial to eat on the island, so the reptiles conserve their energy by barely moving at all.

一年中有十个月，岛上没有什么吃的，所以蝮蛇几乎不移动以保存能量。

We know that bites from regular lancehead snakes in mainland Brazil carry a 7% risk of death if the bite goes untreated.

我们知道，在巴西大陆上，普通矛头蝮蛇咬伤如果不治疗，死亡风险为7%。

This is why Charlie Munger said, I'd rather throw a pit viper down the front of my shirt than hire a comp consultant.

这就是为什么 Charlie Munger 说，我宁愿在我的衬衫前面扔一条蝮蛇，也不愿聘请补偿顾问。

The dropped meal is tracked down mainly by smell, the viper using its forked tongue to taste the air until it is close enough to see its quarry.

蝮蛇利用嗅觉追踪掉落的食物，利用它叉开的舌头品尝着空气直到近得可以看见猎物。

What most people refer to as red, pit vipers can sense heat emissions, essentially with their eyes, but also other organs and on and on.

大多数人所说的红色，蝮蛇可以通过它们的眼睛，以及其他器官来感知热量散发。

They hatch the eggs of vipers and spin a spider's web. Whoever eats their eggs will die, and when one is broken, an adder is hatched.

他们抱毒蛇蛋，结蜘蛛网，人吃这蛋必死。这蛋被踏，必出蝮蛇。