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，利用它叉开舌头品尝着空气直到近得可以看见猎。

Cobras, vipers, and pit vipers have large teeth. They are called fangs.

眼镜蛇、蝰蛇和蝮蛇有巨大牙齿。它们被称为毒牙。

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画，上面疯子、一具尸体、一个恶棍和一条蝮蛇。

Lanceheads are not difficult to find.

矛头蝮蛇并不难找到。

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，所以蝮蛇几乎不移以保存能量。

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

我成功拍摄到了世界上最致命蛇之一，而且是一条巨大矛头蝮蛇。

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

矛头蝮蛇以轻易发而闻名，这条蛇也不例外。

Lanceheads have an extremely potent tissue-destroying venom.

矛头蝮蛇有极具杀伤力毒液，能破坏活体组织。

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

这是世界上最原始雨林之一，也是巨型矛头蝮蛇主要栖息地。

I will note that one news article is out there saying that he said it was a puff adder with a weird head, just a weird-looking puff adder, and that that was nothing to worry about.

我要指出，有一篇新闻报道称，他说那是一条头部形状奇怪矛头蝮蛇，就是一只长相奇特矛头蝮蛇，没什么好担心。

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.

大多数人所说红色，蝮蛇可以通过它们眼睛，以及其他器官来感知热量散发。

Venomous creatures alive today, like vipers and scorpions, use fangs or stingers to shoot toxins into other animals.

今天活着有毒， 比如蝮蛇和蝎子，使用毒牙或毒刺将毒素注入其他体内。

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。

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，我宁愿在我衬衫前面扔一条蝮蛇，也不愿聘请补偿顾问。