Adrian approached again, his movements steady, skillfully using the frost-covered gloves to lightly touch the side of a slightly larger female snake's neck and feeding it a strip of meat.
The fire-scaled viper emitted a long, low hum, the "hiss" gentle and without hostility.
"Neutral signal, not perceiving humans as predators." He gestured to Louis.
The entire team acted in perfect coordination, and soon several fire-scaled vipers were gently tied with soft straps, slowly and securely guided out of the valley.
Three hours later, over seventy fire-scaled vipers were all captured, almost sweeping this area of its snake population.
The most remarkable among them was the giant specimen coiled at the edge of a lava fissure.
A king fire-scaled viper, nine meters long, with its entire body fiery red, scales reflecting a metallic luster.
Under the effect of potions, it maintained its vigilance but did not burst into aggression, and was finally successfully guided to the taming area.
