Puff adders protect African crops by eating rodents. They outcompete mammals during outbreaks and need no care.

More information: Graham J. Alexander, Factorial scope of ingestion and the potential functional response of puff adders (Bitis arietans) to high prey abundance, Scientific Reports (2025). DOI: 10 ...

New research has revealed that puff adders (Bitis arietans) can be highly efficient at controlling rodent populations that threaten agricultural production on the continent. Puff adders ...

Africa’s coolest pest control agents have fangs, no overheads and a killer instinct. Enter the puff adder (Bitis arietans) — ...

The cobras are apparently especially fond of puff adders (Bitis arietans); the African viper accounted for almost a third of the snake prey recorded. More surprisingly, five of the six species ...

Some adders are in the viper family, but they are in different genera, such as the common adder or black adder of Europe (Vipera berus) and the puff adder of Africa (Bitis arietans). The death ...

SAIMR polyvalent snake antivenom is a preparation of refined immunoglobulins from the serum of horses that have been hyperimmunized against the venom of the following snakes: Bitis arietans (puff ...

“I couldn’t believe what I was seeing,” he says. On the film, a puff adder (Bitis arietans) had extended its tongue, leaving the tip curled up—unlike the usual flicking in and out to sense ...

The Puff Adder (Bitis arietans) is one of Africa's deadliest snake species, not only due to its deadly venom, but also because of its stealthy behaviour in the way that it hunts by ambushing prey.

Puff Adders are the ultimate ambush predator. This African viper species, Bitis arietans, relies on stealth, both to find its prey and to hide from their predators. And, while they have always ...

Beware, they can cause you permanent blindness if the venom touches the eyeball. The ‘Bitis arietans’ loves to dwell in grasslands, more reason why they are found in Nairobi. It is one of the ...