Published 13:58 IST, September 19th 2020
Video of ‘incredibly beautiful’ blue snake coiling around red rose leaves netizens amazed
Nature never fails to mesmerise humans and yet again a video of an ‘incredibly beautiful’ Blue Pit Viper has left internet users amazed.
Nature never fails to mesmerise humans and yet again a video of an ‘incredibly beautiful’ blue snake has left internet users amazed. Shared on Twitter by user ‘Life on Earth’, the video captures the magnificent Blue Pit Viper coiled around a blood-red rose. The bright blue snake has taken the internet by storm as it’s rare colour has surely fascinated Twitteratis and they can’t stop gushing about how ‘pretty’ the snake is.
Even though the rare snake has evoked a sense of amazement among netizens, the blue pit viper is not as harmless as it looks. According to the Moscow Zoo, the snakes' venom is so deadly that it can cause severe bleeding, both internally and externally. The snakes are the blue variety of the white-lipped island pit viper, which is also a venomous pit viper subspecies found in Indonesia and East Timor.
The general director of the Moscow Zoo, Svetlana Akulova, said, “Interestingly, a couple of blue-colour snakes can give birth to green babies. White-lipped pit vipers are viviparous. This means that they give birth to youngsters that are ready to fend for themselves”.
Netizens call it ‘venomous and adorable’
Since being shared on Twitter, the video has been viewed over 94,000 times. With more than 7,000 likes and thousands of comments, while some users called the venomous snake ‘adorable’, others cautioned to stay away from it. One user joked and said, “Thanks for the nightmare”. Another said, “Very, very cute. I haven’t seen such a cute snake”. “Beautiful and dangerous,” wrote third.
Updated 13:58 IST, September 19th 2020