Facts about Eyelash Viper

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   A eyelash viper's venom contains hemotoxins that destroy tissue and can cause permanent scarring or limb loss in human bite victims within hours of envenomation.

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   Roughly 2 meters in maximum length, the eyelash viper rarely exceeds body weights of 1 kilogram in the wild despite being one of Central America's heaviest pit vipers.

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   Ambush predators like the eyelash viper can strike at prey with accelerations exceeding 8 meters per second squared, completing a full bite within 15 milliseconds.

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   Females of this pit viper species can change color from yellow to pink or red within weeks, a transformation linked to reproductive cycles and seasonal activity patterns.

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   Eyelash vipers reproduce through live birth, with females delivering between 4 and 20 fully formed offspring after a gestation period of approximately 6 to 7 months.

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   The eyelash viper's distinctive scale fringe above each eye contains up to 9 individual scales per side that resemble human eyelashes.

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   Central American rainforests host the eyelash viper in elevated regions between 900 and 2,600 meters above sea level.

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   Venomous heat-sensing pits line the eyelash viper's jaw, allowing it to detect prey temperature differences as small as 0.003 degrees Celsius.

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