puff adder

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Do you know the difference between a puff adder and a gaboon viper?
你知道鼓腹毒蛇和加彭蝰蛇之間的區(qū)別嗎？
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The puff adder gets his name from being a terrific bluffer．He will swell up，hiss，and strike viciously to frighten you away．If that doesn't work，he will flatten out，making his head look like a cobra's．
為了把人嚇跑，它會鼓起身體，發(fā)出嘶嘶聲并兇惡地咬人。假如這一手不能奏效，它便放平身體，使它的頭看起來像眼鏡蛇的頭一樣。
The hognose snake，sometimes called the puff adder，is one of nature's clowns．Some people think that he is deadly poisonous．Actually，he's just a harmless fellow who spends most of his time huntingtoads．
豬鼻蛇，有時也被稱作膨身蛇，是自然界丑角中的一員。有人認為它是劇毒蛇，其實，它恰恰是無害的，其大部分時間用于捕捉蟾蜍。

a large venomous African viper, Bitis arietans, that is yellowish-grey with brown markings and inflates its body when alarmed