[Animal Lore] Rare Snakes

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Stumbling across the journal of an explorer, there are two entries, regarding rare breeds of snakes.


The Sky Viper
Sky vipers, though they are more closely related to the common adder, are a unique breed of snake, dwelling in forests and jungles. This peculiar snake has wings that allow it to fly short distances, and permit excellent gliding. Using its body to climb trees, its favored method of targetting prey is dive-bombing animals, using its fangs to attack. The poison of the Sky Viper is usually non-fatal to descendants, but smaller creatures, including halflings, will want to avoid these serpents. The Sky Viper’s strange venom actually serves as a risky cure for a variety of other venomous creatures bites. The Viper uses its climbing, gliding, and flying abilities in order to avoid its predators. The venom of the Sky Viper is similar to that of the adder, causing swelling, pain, nausea, confusion, and in higher concentrations or smaller creatures, death.


The Butterfly Cobra
The Butterfly Cobra is another curious creature native to forests, though it also stalks meadows. Much like a normal snake, it moves about stealthily. But the brightly colored scales that are revealed when it flares its hood are designed to attract attention to the facial region, allowing the serpent to wield its hypnotic abilities, lulling its targets to sleep so that it can kill and digest them at leisure. The butterfly cobra eliminates its prey by using its needle-like fangs in order to inject its venom into the body while it sleeps. Being a patient creature, it simply waits for the prey to die. However, its venom can also be spit at a target, to ward off predators that would otherwise overwhelm the beast. The venom of a Butterfly Cobra, if spat into the eyes of an enemy, can cause extreme pain and blindness. Within the body, however, it can cause respiratory failure, leading to death.

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