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The snake that smells like Fritos and bites first, warns never.
means A venomous North American pit viper with a copper-colored head and hourglass-shaped bands, known for freezing and striking rather than rattling a warning.
from Named simply and literally in American English for the coppery, unmarked color of its head — straightforward description, not folklore. The same name was later borrowed, in the mid-1800s, as a political slur for Northerners suspected of Southern sympathies, the snake's reputation for a hidden, unannounced strike making it a ready-made insult.
- camouflage genius
- Invisible in leaf litter, bites happen by accident
- tail trick
- Juveniles wiggle yellow tails to lure frogs closer
- venom reality
- Painful, rarely deadly, most survive without antivenom
- smell test
- Musk reportedly resembles cucumbers or corn chips