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packman

(16,296 posts) Sun Sep 5, 2021, 07:29 PM Sep 2021

Blue pit viper on a red rose

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Blue pit viper on a red rose (Original Post) packman Sep 2021 OP

wow Skittles Sep 2021 #1

Great color contrast! lunatica Sep 2021 #2

Whoa Deuxcents Sep 2021 #3

Looks like it's from Indonesia. rog Sep 2021 #5

Ty Deuxcents Sep 2021 #6

Beautiful I_UndergroundPanther Sep 2021 #4

Two beauties, but I wouldn't want to have my hand near a pit viper! Tanuki Sep 2021 #7

Beautiful!! Ferrets are Cool Sep 2021 #8

That rose has a beautiful thorn. Solly Mack Sep 2021 #9

Skittles

(153,160 posts)

1. wow

Reply to packman (Original post)

Sun Sep 5, 2021, 07:30 PM

Sep 2021

lunatica

(53,410 posts)

2. Great color contrast!

Reply to packman (Original post)

Sun Sep 5, 2021, 07:36 PM

Sep 2021

That viper is beautiful! And of course the only kind of roses there are are the beautiful kind!

Deuxcents

(16,197 posts)

3. Whoa

Reply to packman (Original post)

Sun Sep 5, 2021, 07:44 PM

Sep 2021

Just fantastic.. any idea where this was ?

rog

(649 posts)

5. Looks like it's from Indonesia.

Reply to Deuxcents (Reply #3)

Sun Sep 5, 2021, 07:56 PM

Sep 2021

Apparently the snake only lives in Indonesia, in the Komodo Islands.

https://www.indiatoday.in/trending-news/story/blue-pit-viper-coils-around-red-rose-in-rare-viral-video-internet-reacts-1791147-2021-04-15

“This is quite an aggressive predator called the white-lipped island pit viper (Trimeresurus insularis), found on the lesser Sunda islands of Indonesia the blue variety is rare, and only occurs in places such as Komodo Islands,” the user captioned the post.

.rog.