Asp

The medieval bestiary records that there are many different types of asp all of which have a poisonous bite.

Some move with their mouth open steaming. When the asp notices a snake charmer trying to get it to come out of its hole and it doesn't want to, it will lie with one ear on the ground and put its tail in the other ear to stop from hearing the charmers magic sounds (Barber 2008).

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