agadez007:
That’s a gaboon viper,The snake is said to have one of the quickest strikes in all snake-dom
In Igbo it’s called “echi eteka” meaning tomorrow is too far because you can never reach tomorrow after bitten by this snake
It’s always said that it counts before striking and they have the longest fangs in all snakes

I am so much fascinated by Snakes,please does anybody know where I can learn to be a Snake handler?

tuzle:
omo I use Google check this o.

Maysdevices:
I highly doubt what he wrote there is accurate,

First the word ‘Carbon Dating’ has nothing to do with the counting the age of living things

Second, below are images of new born baby gaboon Vipers with almost 13 patches on their back

He is most likely regurgitating what someone told him on the site about the snake

AfroBeatDiary:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drS2Yc7QCvI


This is an 11 years old viper killed on the farm by a group of casual worker, they initially wanted to keep the trophy but upon letting me know, I gave them an additional 2k.

okoroemeka:
I think the king Cobra is the largest venomous snake,even the black manba can grow very big and long,however I hate my enemies I will not wish my them to confront an adult black manba face to face,it is an experience guaranteed to give nightmares because it is only snake to actively attack human beings with little or no provocation

Nicepoker:
Start dating lots and lots of women.

AfroBeatDiary:


No sir, the white patches at the back indicates the numbers of year it has spent and this has 11 matured patches.

Zonefree:

Who calculated the age?

Sirmwill:


They asked it before they killed it na 🙄😏


Everyone knows how to ask snakes for their age naaw

🙄🙄

AfroBeatDiary:


Can you share me a link to where it can be sold.

iamoyindamola:
Gaboon viper
The guy should be careful with the mouth still dangerous in dead state

Reeberry:
That's why black mamba is the most feared and most dangerous snakes. It will attack and chase you just by spotting you.

It even bites repeatedly, because it is too aggressive.

Reeberry:
That's why black mamba is the most feared and most dangerous snakes. It will attack and chase you just by spotting you.

It even bites repeatedly, because it is too aggressive.

AfroBeatDiary:


I have never seen a gaboon viper this big

ChybuzzDD:


How? Who told you that? Una dey move around with a century old myth dropped by our ignorant and illiterate ancestors

Venoms are stored in glands that are located around the head, and these glands are connected to the hollow teeth through ducts.

Muscle contractions are required to expel the venoms from the glands through the ducts to the hollow teeth.

A dead snake, just like a dead human, has no working muscles.

So, how will the dead snake move the venoms to her teeth and then into the victim's body?

AfroBeatDiary:


No sir, the white patches at the back indicates the numbers of year it has spent and this has 11 matured patches.

Maysdevices:
Yep. Even if you cut of a venomous snake’s head for hours, with very little contact, it will bite you

It’s severed body can still lunge for you

ChybuzzDD:


How? Who told you that? Una dey move around with a century old myth dropped by our ignorant and illiterate ancestors

Venoms are stored in glands that are located around the head, and these glands are connected to the hollow teeth through ducts.

Muscle contractions are required to expel the venoms from the glands through the ducts to the hollow teeth.

A dead snake, just like a dead human, has no working muscles.

So, how will the dead snake move the venoms to her teeth and then into the victim's body?

Curious345:
but you've killed it already!

dopedan:

Determining the age of a Gaboon viper (Bitis gabonica) or any other snake can be quite challenging, especially once the snake is no longer a juvenile. Reptiles do not have annual growth rings like trees that could help easily identify their age. Here are a few methods that might give you a general idea, though none will provide a precise age:

1. **Size as an Indicator**: Generally, size can be considered a rough indicator of age for juvenile snakes, as they grow more quickly in their early stages. With Gaboon vipers, expected growth rates in captive conditions might be estimated based on data from regular measurements, but this would require knowing the history of the specific snake from a young age.

2. **Veterinary Assessment**: A reptile-savvy veterinarian might be able to give you an approximate age based on physical health, size, and developmental markers. However, keep in mind that this will be an estimate, not an exact date.

3. **Documentation from Captivity**: If the Gaboon viper was born in captivity, records might exist that document its birth date. Breeders or previous owners may have this information.

For wild caught specimens, unfortunately, there is no reliable method to determine the exact age.


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Fujiyama:


^^^

Be stern with them on this matter.

Death by snakebite is terrible - and that is a fully grown specimen with massive venom glands, no doubt. Your farm is probably very far away from a hospital (not that our hospitals are likely to stock antivenin anyway ). Death is almost guaranteed if any of those young men is bitten.

Warn them seriously about this. You may be saving their lives by so doing.

ChybuzzDD:


How? Who told you that? Una dey move around with a century old myth dropped by our ignorant and illiterate ancestors

Venoms are stored in glands that are located around the head, and these glands are connected to the hollow teeth through ducts.

Muscle contractions are required to expel the venoms from the glands through the ducts to the hollow teeth.

A dead snake, just like a dead human, has no working muscles.

So, how will the dead snake move the venoms to her teeth and then into the victim's body?

Nicepoker:
Start dating lots and lots of women.

AfroBeatDiary:


No sir, the white patches at the back indicates the numbers of year it has spent and this has 11 matured patches.

Fujiyama:
Your video shows a young man placing the dead viper (with its head still intact) around his neck.

That young man is dicing with death. He obviously doesn't know.

The bite reflex in some snakes is still active long after 'death' has occurred. There is a reason why so many Nigerian languages have proverbs about making sure the head of a snake should be cut off after it has been killed.

One mistake (just a slight grazing of that boy's flesh by any of those fangs) and you could very well have a fatality within 60 minutes.

Educate your farmhands/labourers ASAP. I am surprised they didn't know this already.

AfroBeatDiary:


No sir, the white patches at the back indicates the numbers of year it has spent and this has 11 matured patches.