| 单词 | pit viper |
| 例句 | The fuming concoction sent swirls of steam up to the cave ceiling, where bats flapped their wings, clinging upside down from their claws, and pit vipers uncoiled themselves from thick iron hooks. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z It took Mr. Daley the rest of recess to calm them down and to convince them that there were no pit vipers in Washington State—or anywhere in the United States. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z “The earthquakes disturbed thousands of snakes that had been living on the mountain. They came slithering down into Saint-Pierre. Some of them were venomous six-foot-long pit vipers. Hundreds of people died from bites.” I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z He explained about the warning signs—the rotten-egg stench of sulfur gas, the mudslides, and, of course, the pit vipers. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z I sampled most everything — though not the whole, dried specimens of soft-shell turtle and pit viper, nestled snugly in their cellophane-wrapped containers. In Tokyo, Following Elders to Bargains 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z Sri Lanka also is home to all these snakes, but its most frequent envenoming is from the hump-nosed pit viper, for which no commercially available antivenom exists. More People Die from Venomous Snakebites Each Year Than Have Ever Died from Ebola 2023-09-23T04:00:00Z The North American copperhead, Agkistrodon contortrix, a type of pit viper. What You Need to Know About Recent Copperhead Bites 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z Other snakes, including a pit viper, exist even higher, “but the key difference is that they are predominantly found at lower elevations,” says Anita Malhotra, a herpetologist and molecular ecologist at Bangor University. Secrets of Tibet’s hot-spring snakes revealed 2022-10-11T04:00:00Z A sign warned of pit vipers, and sheep roamed about the land. What Does Sustainable Living Look Like? Maybe Like Uruguay 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z Captopril, the first, was created in the 1970s from the venom of a Brazilian jararaca pit viper to treat high blood pressure. Deadly Venom From Spiders and Snakes May Also Cure What Ails You 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z First, he uses a metal hook with an extended handle to snag a five-foot-long pit viper. More People Die from Venomous Snakebites Each Year Than Have Ever Died from Ebola 2023-09-23T04:00:00Z For non-experts, that isn't advisable: More than once, in the past, the researchers lifted something and found themselves facing a pit viper, responsible for plenty of snakebite deaths. Making sense of the great whip spider boom 2021-05-30T04:00:00Z For non-experts, that isn’t advisable: More than once, in the past, the researchers lifted something and found themselves facing a pit viper, responsible for plenty of snakebite deaths. Making Sense of the Great Whip Spider Boom 2021-05-18T04:00:00Z Some snakes, including pit vipers and pythons, are known to hunt in the dark by sensing the heat their prey radiates. Snakes’ Flexible, Heat-Sensing Organs Explained 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z The same month, Lee was also called to a high-rise residential building in a rural area to capture a bamboo pit viper - a common, venomous green snake whose bite can cause a nasty swell. No snake soup for Hong Kong’s young snake catcher 2021-01-02T05:00:00Z But the greatest perils are the pit vipers and their poisonous bites. On Brazil’s tropical island of cats, virus led to starvation 2020-10-14T04:00:00Z The Amazon is home to more than a dozen species of venomous snakes, mostly pit vipers from the rattlesnake family. Opinion | Could the Amazon Save Your Life? 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z The week before we arrived his son was bitten on the foot by a venomous fer-de-lance pit viper in the nearby forest. Discovering Colombia's rare flora and fauna 2020-06-06T04:00:00Z Captopril, an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor with an ingredient that imitates the venom of a South American pit viper called jararaca, was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 1980. Research in venom-imitating medications sees revival in pharmaceutical industry 2020-05-08T04:00:00Z Andueza was heading out for a slog through a swamp where pit vipers patrol the undergrowth and carnivorous caimans, hidden in dark pools, eye passersby. Peru’s Peatlands Could Greatly Accelerate Global Warming 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z Captopril, the first of a class of drugs for high blood pressure known as angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors was developed from a small protein in the venom of a Brazilian pit viper. New universe of miniproteins is upending cell biology and genetics 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z While he’s been bitten by pit vipers and other snakes, it was a king cobra bite in May 2018 that left his right thumb disfigured, according to the South China Morning Post. Thai firefighter wrangles 16-foot python with bare hands, wrestles it into rice sack 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z The other two species, also part of the pit viper family, are the timber rattlesnake and eastern massasauga. Pennsylvania woman bitten by venomous snake while doing laundry 2019-06-19T04:00:00Z Unless it is a fer-de-lance, or bothrops asper, a nasty pit viper found in Central and South America. From bears to hippos: the expert guide to surviving killer beasts 2019-06-10T04:00:00Z This means that many different versions are needed, because there are so many venomous snakes found throughout the world - cobras, mambas, kraits, vipers and pit vipers, to name just a few. Why are so many people still dying from snake bites? 2019-01-20T05:00:00Z Last year’s winner, a feral Australian dog called the desert dingo, defeated a Malaysian pit viper, a “solar powered” sea slug, and the bombardier beetle, which squirts its enemies with a caustic, boiling-hot liquid. Cracking the Code of Life—at Light Speed 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z His immersion in all things rain-foresty led him to cozy up to pit vipers, one of which bit and almost killed him. Review | Two Westerners in search of art and adventure in Borneo 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z Bruno was bitten by a pit viper snake and almost died. Two Men Set Out To Find Borneo’s Jungle Tribes. One Never Came Back. 2018-03-10T05:00:00Z Another proposal would lift a ban on all snakes except those that are poisonous or dangerous, such as rattlesnakes, boa constrictors and pit vipers. Minot deciding whether to allow chickens and snakes in town 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z The snake that bit Rachel Myrick is a North American copperhead, Agkistrodon contortrix, a type of pit viper. What You Need to Know About Recent Copperhead Bites 2017-09-25T04:00:00Z He is a consummate gentlemen in a cesspool of diseased vermin and poisonous pit vipers, writhing and scampering around in their eternal dark struggle to exterminate one another. Jeff Sessions too nice for Al Franken, Patrick Leahy, other jackals 2017-03-05T05:00:00Z In a separate study also published last month2, another group of researchers in Brazil used synthetic antibody fragments to neutralize the effects of bites by the pit viper Bothrops jararacussu. Synthetic biology tackles global antivenom shortage 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z Captain Thomas Christ of the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission said a waterways conservation officer opened the box and found two venomous pit vipers, both dead. Two venomous snakes found dead in package at post office 2016-03-27T04:00:00Z Capt. Thomas Christ of the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission said a waterways conservation officer opened the box and found two venomous pit vipers, both dead. 2 dead, venomous snakes found in package at post office 2016-03-27T04:00:00Z Capt. Thomas Christ of the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission said a waterways conservation officer opened the box and found the bodies of two deadly pit vipers. Federal authorities are investigating after two venomous snakes were found in a package in a western Pennsylvania post office earlier this month 2016-03-27T04:00:00Z A squashed snake on a road in Kyrgyzstan is a venomous pit viper unknown to science—and there are likely more to be found, experts say. Snake Roadkill Is New Species of High-Altitude Viper They can sense body heat like a pit viper, run and jump surprisingly well, and urinate half of their blood meals’ water content within 30 minutes of eating. Why Female Vampire Bats Donate Blood to Friends 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z With its unusually intricate red, orange, and yellow patterns, the "dazzling" Himalayan lance-headed pit viper is considered a jewel of the reptile world, according to WWF. Noseless Monkey, Blue-Eyed Frog Among 200 New Himalaya Discoveries 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z Its venom was a whopping 25 times more deadly than that of a pit viper, but this time the researchers were smart—they didn’t pick it up. Amid agony, scientists discover world’s first venomous frog 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z “Well, there was that time when a pit viper bit my wrist and I went to the doctor in Novo Airão,” he added. ‘Hermit of the Jungle’ Guards a Brazilian Ghost City Rich in History 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z Instead, Vogel suspects that the expedition team collected mostly roadkill specimens because the newfound pit viper is nocturnal, as are other pit vipers. Snake Roadkill Is New Species of High-Altitude Viper Lawrence is a fan of the cobras and mambas, but assistant supervisor Matt Vaughan is a pit viper guy. When snakes bite, Dallas Zoo comes to the rescue 2015-04-05T04:00:00Z With its unusually intricate red, orange, and yellow patterns, the "dazzling" Himalayan lance-headed pit viper is considered a jewel of the reptile world, according to WWF. Noseless Monkey, Blue-Eyed Frog Among 200 New Himalaya Discoveries 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z Boas and pythons are from a snake lineage that is approximately 30 million years older than the pit vipers. How We Sense the Heat of Chili Peppers and the Cool of Menthol [Excerpt] 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z It's Panama's answer to the Bermuda Triangle - with wild tropical forest, mountains, a web of rivers, jaguars, armed drug runners and lethal pit vipers. Weekendish: Best longer reads from the week 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z Seems pit vipers aren’t the only reptiles that like the high life. Snake Roadkill Is New Species of High-Altitude Viper These days armed drug runners are as big a hazard as the region's lethal pit vipers. The gap in the world's longest road 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z With its unusually intricate red, orange, and yellow patterns, the "dazzling" Himalayan lance-headed pit viper is considered a jewel of the reptile world, according to WWF. Noseless Monkey, Blue-Eyed Frog Among 200 New Himalaya Discoveries 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z Captopril is a bestselling blood pressure medicine that was originally derived from the venom of the Brazilian pit viper. Why drug discovery is hard - Part 2: Easter Island, Pit Vipers; Where do drugs come from? 2014-01-07T17:45:46.370Z If men are obsolete, then women will soon be extinct — unless we rush down that ominous Brave New World path where women clone themselves by parthenogenesis, as famously do Komodo dragons, hammerhead and pit vipers. It’s a Man’s World, and It Always Will Be 2013-12-16T15:51:06Z The black mamba, the pit viper, the candy-cane-striped Honduran milk and the iridescent blue Malaysian coral are among the animals featured in a new photo book that seems tailor-made to snake and art enthusiasts alike. Modern-day bestiary looks at curiosities of the animal world 2013-06-03T19:50:19Z He started with the piranhas, which lurk in rivers, and the pit vipers like the feared bushmaster, the Western Hemisphere’s longest venomous snake. From Jungle, Brazil Aims to Extend Its Reach 2013-05-07T00:35:22Z This striking ruby-eyed pit viper is one of 21 new reptile species that were spotted. Pictures: New devil bat and singing frog 2012-12-19T17:02:32Z The large evolutionary distance between pit vipers and pythons and boas indicates that the two groups of snakes separately evolved infrared sensing. Remarkable Creatures: Animals’ Lifestyles Evolve When Old Genes Learn New Tricks 2012-08-27T21:26:51Z Researchers are also working on medicines — for multiple sclerosis, Type 2 diabetes and hypertension — that are derived from the venom of cobra, gila monster and pit viper venom, respectively. Underwater habitats for humans don?t attract scientists; drugmakers focus on venom 2012-05-14T21:37:43Z Studies on the venoms of North American pit vipers. Natural History of Cottonmouth Moccasin, Agkistrodon piscovorus (Reptilia) 2011-12-17T03:00:17.963Z The girdle about her waist was made from the skins of spotted pit vipers. The Argus Pheasant 2011-08-27T02:00:20.160Z A Malayan pit viper mangled an index finger. Bill Haast, a Man Charmed by Snakes, Dies at 100 2011-06-18T01:08:07Z An enzyme in the venom of the South American pit viper Bothrops jacara revealed a new mechanism for controlling human blood pressure. Specimens: How Species Save Our Lives 2011-02-28T12:46:50Z He observed flies that looked like bees, beetles that looked like wasps, even caterpillars that looked like pit vipers. 2010-02-15T19:12:00Z Some properties of North American pit viper venoms and their correlation with phylogeny. Natural History of Cottonmouth Moccasin, Agkistrodon piscovorus (Reptilia) 2011-12-17T03:00:17.963Z There is a depression or pit between the nostril and eye on the upper lip, hence the name "pit vipers" given to poisonous snakes. The Home Medical Library, Volume I (of VI) All of them can be distinguished by a deep pit behind the eye, which gives them the name of "pit vipers." Outdoor Sports and Games Then I was dumb enough to try the bite of a wall lizard that Gerry had caught to feed to his pit vipers. Free from School The biggest specimen I have ever found of this ophidian was under four feet in length; but the body is thick, as in all the pit vipers. Far Away and Long Ago |
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