Le taïpan du désert chasse grâce aux substances chimiques contenues dans l'air

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00:00 This female Taipan, which is over 1.80m long, faces the midday sun.

00:05 She is in search of food.

00:07 But in this landscape where temperatures exceed 37°C, the surface is burning and nothing moves.

00:15 To protect themselves from this relentless heat, the prey hide in the shadow of their eyes.

00:24 They may be invisible, but they are no less easy to spot.

00:30 The female crawls on the cracked ground, while testing with her tongue the colder and darker corners.

00:37 The nocturnal rodents spend the day hidden in their burrow, where they rest in a relative freshness.

00:46 They feel safe, even though they are nothing.

00:57 Equipped with specialized receivers, the reptile detects chemical substances in the air that allow it to locate prey.

01:04 The hunt is open.

01:09 Thanks to its fuzzy body, the female Taipan can easily enter the den of rodents.

01:15 Discretion is the key to her success.

01:22 Her skin, covered in smooth and polished scales, reduces friction and makes her movements fluid and silent.

01:29 With a good vision of prey, she quickly spots her target.

01:35 But Australian rodents are fast and agile, which does not make them easy prey for a Taipan, even in a confined space.

01:51 The female has cast her will on a very muddy plain.

01:56 She leaves nothing to chance and positions herself strategically to stalk her prey before attacking.

02:05 She strikes with lightning speed and great precision.

02:12 In order to protect herself from the repulses of their opponent, the snakes tend to attack and then retreat.

02:20 But the Taipan of the desert strikes several times in a row.

02:24 [music]