This morning, a juvenille Fer-de-Lance viper, or Terciopelo, (Bothrops asper) struck at me on one of the forest trails. Luckily, it being only 12" long, and me being about a meter away, it missed! Last November, we were cleaning up the trails and I narrowly missed standing on this deadly beauty, which was coiled right on the edge of the trail. A pretty impressive photo taken by Reinaldo and a sobering reminder of why it is forbidden to enter the LCO forest trails in sandals or sneakers!
