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Bitis arietans (Viperidae) - Beuteerwerb und Schlingakt

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Title
Bitis arietans (Viperidae) - Beuteerwerb und Schlingakt
Alternative Title
Bitis arietans (Viperidae) - Preying and Swallowing
Author
License
CC Attribution - NonCommercial - NoDerivatives 3.0 Germany:
You are free to use, copy, distribute and transmit the work or content in unchanged form for any legal and non-commercial purpose as long as the work is attributed to the author in the manner specified by the author or licensor.
Identifiers
IWF SignatureE 864
Publisher
Release Date1965
LanguageSilent film
Producer
Production Year1964

Technical Metadata

IWF Technical DataFilm, 16 mm, 197 m ; SW, 18 min

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Abstract
German
German
Puffotter erbeuten Mäuse mittels Giftbiß. Nach dem Biß lassen sie die Beute los, verfolgen sie aber mit Hilfe des Geruchssinns. Die Schlange orientiert sich auf die Schnauze der Beute und beginnt sie zu verschlingen. Mit Zeitdehnung.
English
English
At normal speed and in slow motion the film shows mice being caught by juvenile and adult puff adders by poisonous bites. Immediately after biting them, the snakes grasp the small prey until they gulp them down. Larger mice are let loose by young vipers straight after the bite. The puff adders then follow their tracks by the sense of smell. When the prey partly swallowed is too large, it is choked up again. The film goes on to show how a juvenile and an adult puff adder gobble up their prey.
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German
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IWF Classification
German
German
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English