>>2172171>walking trail in Peruvian Amazon during field course for uni >it's dusk, climbing up a steep bank with dug in steps, single file and I'm at the front >hear rustling to my right >look down just in time to see fer-de-lance pit viper (pic related) lunging towards me with fangs bared >because of the steep bank it's aiming for my torso height, can't move cos another guy is on the step right behind me>reflexively whack it with my butterfly net and send it flying behind me>hear girl behind me scream>shitting myself and now think I've just launched it into her>turns out everyone was fine and we could see it hanging in a tree a few meters awayFuck fer-de-lances, so camouflaged and so aggressive. Would have ended the field trip for everyone and potentially killed me if it had bitten me near the heart I reckon, would have had severe necrosis in any case.Thank fuck for butterfly nets
