viper

Powell compared China’s naval strategy around Taiwan to that of a boa constrictor, moving slowly to overpower its rival, rather than striking dramatically as a viper might.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026

That interpretation is consistent with the 2023 genomic study, which focused on species delimitation in this pit viper group while accounting for gene flow.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 21, 2026

In 2019, officials at the Chennai airport seized a horned pit viper snake, five Iguanas, four blue-tongued skinks, three green tree frogs and 22 Egyptian tortoises from a man travelling from Thailand.

From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2025

He played Tedros, a wannabe music industry impresario who also happened to be a pseudo-cult-leading viper attracted to the shiny fame of Lily-Rose Depp’s pop star, Jocelyn.

From Salon ● May 19, 2025

After a long, uncomfortable silence, Heqet said wryly, “Do I make myself unpleasant, as the viper said to the asp?”

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw

Bouncing down dusty roads, performing at snake-handling parties, rescuing homeowners from vipers and thousands of creatures from nameless obscurity, the snake men appeal to the renegade in us all.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

The ultimate hope is to have either a single antivenom that can do everything, or one injection for elapids and one for vipers.

From BBC ● May 2, 2025

It is visible to pit vipers as heat, giving them a Predator-like advantage for hunting.

From Salon ● Nov. 16, 2024

Nausea and appetite loss during gestation is not a uniquely human trait -- these symptoms have been observed throughout the animal kingdom, from monkeys, dogs, and cats, to chickens, vipers, and octopuses.

From Science Daily ● May 22, 2024

I might also then fall straight into a pit of vipers, but I can't worry about that now.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins