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		<title>The Deadly Golden Lancehead</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<a href="https://critter.science/the-deadly-golden-lancehead/" title="The Deadly Golden Lancehead" rel="nofollow"><img width="300" height="154" src="https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/gl1a-300x154.png" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="golden lancehead" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" srcset="https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/gl1a-300x154.png 300w, https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/gl1a-800x412.png 800w, https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/gl1a.png 900w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a><p>This article was originally published on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://critter.science">Critter Science</a>.</p>
<p>The golden lancehead is endemic to the Queimada Grande island, aka snake island. These deadly pit vipers are quick and are both <a class="glossaryLink" aria-describedby="tt" data-cmtooltip="&#60;div class=glossaryItemTitle&#62;terrestrial&#60;/div&#62;&#60;div class=glossaryItemBody&#62;Terrestrial creatures are animals that live predominantly or entirely on land. They may venture into the trees or water, but their primary existence is on land.&#60;/div&#62;" href="https://critter.science/glossary/terrestrial/" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{"attribute":"data-cmtooltip", "format":"html"}]' tabindex="0" role="link">terrestrial</a> (spend their life on the ground) and <a class="glossaryLink"  aria-describedby="tt"  data-cmtooltip="&#60;div class=glossaryItemTitle&#62;arboreal&#60;/div&#62;&#60;div class=glossaryItemBody&#62;Stemming from the Latin word arboreus, which means &#38;quot;pertaining to trees&#38;quot;, arboreal creatures spend all or most of their lives in or around trees and tall shrubs. They seldom venture to the ground, if at all.&#60;/div&#62;"  href="https://critter.science/glossary/arboreal/"  data-gt-translate-attributes='[{"attribute":"data-cmtooltip", "format":"html"}]'  tabindex='0' role='link'>arboreal</a> (spend their lives in trees). So death awaits you from above and below. Travel to Queimada Grande island is [&#8230;]</p>
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