For the past century, vipers were thought to be the fastest thing in nature, and they represented the pinnacle of snake strike performance. Well, not so anymore, according to a new study published ...

Vipers — venomous snakes such as rattlesnakes and cottonmouths — are commonly thought to possess the quickest strikes. Not so fast, according to three researchers at the University of ...

Debunking the Viper’s Strike Rattlesnakes are part of the venomous viper family, thought to have the fastest strikes of any snakes. That is, until researchers decided to run a few experiments. NA.