Researchers quantify in high speed a viper's strike in nature for the first time
Friday, January 13, 2017 - 05:02
in Biology & Nature
Feeding is paramount to the survival of almost every animal, and just about every living organism is eaten by another. Not surprisingly, the animal kingdom shows many examples of extreme specialization - the chameleon's tongue, fox diving into snow, cheetah sprinting - for capturing prey or escaping predators.