9 endangered venomous vipers born at St. Louis Zoo

FoxNews.com ^ | Published September 04, 2013/

[BenLurkin]

Maybe they are endangered because people know they are dangerous?

[HereInTheHeartland]

“9 endangered venomous vipers born at St. Louis Zoo”

A 2x4 would take care of that problem.

[skeeter]

Just what the world needs.

[IbJensen]

Move them into the White Hut where they can join the squad of Muslims who make America’s foreign policy.

[rarestia]

It’s in our best interest for herpetologists to milk these snakes for their venom. Venom helps to generate antivenin and there’s a burgeoning community of scientists hoping to use snake venom to create new medicines.

[dblshot]

So we have our next Supreme Court.

[Maceman]

Too bad all the venomous vipers in Washington DC aren’t endangered as well.

[Veto!]

As soon as the word got out that the rare snake species were still alive and slithering in eastern Turkey, snake collectors rushed to scoop up as many of the already wiped-out species as they could.

I may be the most dedicated animal lover at FR, but this one has me open-mouthed and wondering. I even rather like and certainly admire snakes -- at a distance--but. Speechless. That's what I am.

[Salamander]

Oh, heavens no.

We should just beat them all to death with a 2 x 4.

/s

http://biologybiozine.com/making-medicine-from-snake-venom/2081

People are such short-sighted, knee-jerk wimps.

[Olog-hai]

It was entomologists that “rediscovered” them, not herpetologists? Funny that these entomologists were not looking for bugs that day.

[carlo3b]

Being St Louis, I thought it was probably a maturity ward picture..

[skeeter]

*snort* future wards of the state.

[Flycatcher]

I may be the most dedicated animal lover at FR

Second most. Salamander third. :^)

But seriously, it's not often a new herp species is found or rediscovered. Looks to me, though, like it's just an isolated subspecies of the European adder.

[Veto!]

Yah, lots of animal lovers here. I really like your tag line:)

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

Brazilian pit vipers are responsible for an entire class of blood pressure reducing pharmaceuticals. Other venomous critters have proven to be a gold mine of other interesting and useful pharmaceuticals.

If it’s poisonous, toxic, or repulsive, save it.

[informavoracious]

Why can’t they let evolution take its naturalcourse? If the species goes extinct, it goes extinct. Survival of the fittest, right?

[MIchaelTArchangel]

Just what we need a breeding program for Democrats!

[Ouchthatonehurt]

So we have our next Supreme Court.

LOL !!!

[Flycatcher]

Thanks!

[Starstruck]

The species was thought to be extinct after a label incorrectly read that the snakes inhabited only an area of northwestern Iran

They do look like they would be Muslim.