Movie 3.

Example of a feeding strike by a viperid snake, where venom drips out of fang before fang penetrates gel. Bitis nasicornis (ID STV1757-0027) video 3A (90° camera). Recorded at 1000 frames per second and played back at 30 frames per second (3% speed).

Kinematics of strikes in venomous snakes

Silke G. C. Cleuren, James P. Rule, Remi Ksas, Anthony Herrel, David P. Hocking, and Alistair R. Evans

Journal of Experimental Biology 2025. 228:None-None; doi: 10.1242/jeb.250347