Johannesburg – South African researchers might have discovered a feature that makes puff adders the ultimate ambush predator. Puff adders hide using highly evolved visual camouflage, but were also ...

Puff adders are masterful ambush predators. Coiled up in a pile of leaves, they are almost invisible. New research suggests they hide their smell too Puff adders lie in wait for their prey. Their ...

Puff adders can become motionless and scentless to avoid detection by those preying on them. Shutterstock The puff adder (Bitis arietans) is one of the most widespread and venomous snakes in Africa.

Puff adders are so difficult to detect by scent that trained snake-finding dogs can walk over a live adder without noticing. “The puff adders wouldn’t react, and the dogs would be sniffing on the ...