adder - a poisonous snake in length from 35 to 50 cm, which lives in the south of Russia, in the European part, in the Altai Territory, as well as in European countries and in North-East China.
This viper can be of different colors: silver, light gray, yellow, brown.Belly - dark gray, black color.The tip of the tail of her lighter, usually lemon.But the hallmark of the snake is a broken zigzag line on the back with a series of longitudinal spots.
Adder has a flat head, which is much wider than the neck and the tail - a short, ending hard tip.The adult male has a length of half a meter, the length of the females 70-80 cm. The eyes of vipers male big and round, bright, fiery red, the females are a little darker - reddish brown.Pupils can expand and contract, which is not characteristic of reptiles.
Regarding habitat viper snake picky: it can live in deserts and forests, swamps and mountains, in the fields and steppes.For it is only the presence of substantial glare and food.
But while adder and loves heat and light, it does not belong to the reptiles, which are active during the day.On the contrary, in good weather it becomes a slow, long basked in the sun, and when it gets dark, it crawls on the hunt.
adder especially loves the swamp and the surrounding area - here they can be almost countless.Viper live in any hole or crevice in the soil between the stones, tree roots.However, outside of the refuge have to be open to a reptile could take his beloved sun.
as adders prefer food animals with stable body temperature (warm-blooded animals), particularly mice.That small rodents are essential foods in their diet.In the process of hunting adder can get his victim, even underground.Certain species of birds nest on the ground to twist, so the bird eggs and small birds are often the victims of cold-blooded hunter.Frogs and lizards are vipers for food only in extreme cases.
the winter adder is usually asleep, intertwined body in one big tangle with the bodies of their relatives.If you disturb the tangle, the venomous reptiles randomly and slowly start to crawl, forked tongue sticking out.Summer is for these snakes nastaёt in April, but sometimes in March, they have been active.
Vipers mating process usually occurs when installed favorable warm weather.The number of cubs, which are born, due to the age of the female.
After the birth of the little viper crawl.Mother really cares about the safety of future offspring, in the truest sense of the word "lose their minds" of the instinct of conservation egg.Therefore, it is in the protection of nests catches on everything that comes into her eyes from a living creature to stick, and even his own shadow.And, although it is often attacked in vain viper in any case will not back down, because the defeat of the enemy - is its main task.During the attack she focuses on the speed of movement, rather than accuracy.
During the attack, the snake curls, forming a flat lace.In this neck dragged her to subsequently pull it more than 20 cm. Viper retracted neck - is a signal of attack.The evil, it becomes inflated, although ideally it is quite thin.
Before the attack on the victim produces a shrill hiss of a snake.This sound is made with a closed mouth - so she exhales and inhales air with a stronger sound.At the time of a strong hiss and low, with a breath - a weak and high.
Very often you can hear about that from the bite of a viper comes death.This is not a legend or a myth.Normally a person dies within a few hours after the attack (and maybe a week).Even if the victim rescued from death, then traced lingering soreness, even necrosis of the affected part.
Therefore, the bite should immediately drag harness bitten limb above the place and try to squeeze or suck the blood of the poison from the wound.But most importantly - it's as fast as possible to transport the victim to the hospital or call the place of a doctor, in order to enter into the body antidote.It should also be remembered that in nature if I have to face the viper, it is best to quickly and quietly walk away, leaving her alone.Surely, it will protect your life.
