Nanostructures Make Viper Skin Ultra-Black and Stealthy http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png

From even a short distance, this West African Gaboon viper looks just like a pile of dead leaves. New research shows that the highly-camouflaged snake owes its elusiveness to nanostructures in its black scales.



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