Fortunately, a nose-horned viper bite is rarely fatal with proper (and prompt) medical care. You can find this viper in southern Europe, mainly northern Italy, the Balkans, and the Middle East.

its venom is not funny business—this snake has one of the deadliest bites in all of Europe. Ugly, menacing, and strangely intimidating, the nose-horned viper is indeed an odd reptilian creature.

Its venom, while dangerous, is typically used to immobilize prey rather than for defense, and bites to humans are rare. Vipera ammodytes, commonly known as the nose-horned viper, is a venomous ...