Extraordinary. The king of camouflag. very difficult to spot on the forest floor. They dont climb, and they ambush their prey. This one has been feeding fat. Massive. One should not kill snakes, because they dont disturb humans, and they eat rats and other rodents that cause lassa fever.

Extraordinary. The king of camouflag, Gaboon Viper. A very difficult to spot on the forest floor. They dont climb, and they ambush their prey. This one has been feeding fat. Massive. One should not kill snakes, because they dont disturb humans, and they eat rats and other rodents that cause lassa fever.

Love800:
Sir, i want to ask.
If am bitten by a poisionous snake, how can i revive myself?

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You are talking to a layman here...I am not a medic so I belong to the 'prevention is better than cure' school.

Your surest hope is to seek medical care in a hospital immediately. A good description of the snake will also be very useful if the snake itself cannot be safely brought along. Before getting medical attention, try to keep and stay calm - an increased heart rate makes it easier for the venom to travel through your system.

JoeEeL:
Even when the head is cut off, it still retains its biting reflex. The potential is always there just like chickens having the ability to run or flap even after the head has been cut off.

So not only cutting the head off but also keeping the head away from any living thing is the best bet.

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True.

That's why I mentioned the 'burying the head' immediately bit in my third post.

I stepped on a puff adder (related to the gaboon viper) once. The only thing that saved me was that it was already dead - maybe of natural causes? It blended so well with the sandy soil around that I just didn't see it - was somebody else who drew my attention to it.

If that adder was alive I would surely have been bitten and who knows how things would have turned out. I learned to be very cautious around snake territory after that incident. I give them their space and avoid a confrontation if I can help it.

AfroBeatDiary:


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

False. You're moving stoof with soo much confidence

Fujiyama:


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True.

That's why I mentioned the 'burying the head' immediately bit in my third post.

I stepped on a puff adder (related to the gaboon viper) once. The only thing that saved me was that it was already dead - maybe of natural causes? It blended so well with the sandy soil around that I just didn't see it - was somebody else who drew my attention to it.

If that adder was alive I would surely have been bitten and who knows how things would have turned out. I learned to be very cautious around snake territory after that incident. I give them their space and avoid a confrontation if I can help it.

Lucky you. And yeah, their ominous camouflage tendency is another trait not spoken as much as its striking speed capability or its venom power pack / long fangs etc.

Okay.
When you refering to hospital, which do you mean?
Clinic/dispensary, government hospita/fmc, teaching hospital. Which one?

Fujiyama:


^^^
You are talking to a layman here...I am not a medic so I belong to the 'prevention is better than cure' school.

Your surest hope is to seek medical care in a hospital immediately. A good description of the snake will also be very useful if the snake itself cannot be safely brought along. Before getting medical attention, try to keep and stay calm - an increased heart rate makes it easier for the venom to travel through your system.

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?

they are not dy snake with the long fangs,rattlesnakes have the longest.

Love800:
Okay.
When you refering to hospital, which do you mean?
Clinic/dispensary, government hospita/fmc, teaching hospital. Which one?

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I have very strong doubts most of our ph clinics or dispensaries will be able to handle venomous snakebites. I have my doubts because antivenin is quite expensive and it isn't made here...and proper training is also needed to manage bites - most ph clinics don't have that.

Most snakebite victims end up being referred to specialist centres, the fmcs and teaching hospitals. Unfortunately, most of them lack antivenin - and this is a problem that has been on for a long while.

This thread is old but it does provides quite a bit of useful information at least:

https://www.nairaland.com/6849436/how-insufficient-anti-snake-venom-treatment

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.

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
What's a very dangerous viper? Are there any friendly vipers?

Thanks so much.
Really appreciate.

Fujiyama:


^^^
I have very strong doubts most of our ph clinics or dispensaries will be able to handle venomous snakebites. I have my doubts because antivenin is quite expensive and it isn't made here...and proper training is also needed to manage bites - most ph clinics don't have that.

Most snakebite victims end up being referred to specialist centres, the fmcs and teaching hospitals. Unfortunately, most of them lack antivenin - and this is a problem that has been on for a long while.

This thread is old but it does provides quite a bit of useful information at least:

https://www.nairaland.com/6849436/how-insufficient-anti-snake-venom-treatment

Sirmwill:
How did you know it's age 😂

he grows a single teeth every year, definitely it has 11 teeth

Ganbite:

Are you a snake handler?

Big one OO

AfroBeatDiary:


It is an official carbon dating process, each year, the snake grow bigger and the patches moves from it's tail to back while a new patch grown through the tail so when counting to determine the age, only the mature patches is counted.

Carbon dating has nothing to do with whatever folktale you're conjuring there. Carbon dating ko, oxygen naming ni. Dey throw words around anyhow. 🙄

Dybala11:

Carbon dating has nothing to do with whatever folktale you're conjuring there. Carbon dating ko, oxygen naming ni. Dey throw words around anyhow. 🙄

You don vex baba

Fryx:
Humans and fear. Snakes don’t prey on humans, so why kill it?

if you ever encountered an adult black mamba that can rise 5 feet and look you in the eyes you will not make this comment,I am a farmer and I hate snakes with a passion because in our office which is the bush they are our nemesis,but among all of them I hate the vipers the most,they will just stay put waiting for you to step on them,but luckily they always deliver dry bites or low venom bites to humans because they don't see us as preys, thankfully that's why many people survive viper bites,if you get a full venomous bite you are guaranteed to die before you will reach any hospital,black mambas on the other hand rarely has encounters with people because it will spot you and move very fast out of the way but if you surprise it in an area it cannot easily escape your only bet is to run away as fast as possible because it will be right behind you

okoroemeka:
if you ever encountered an adult black mamba that can rise 5 feet and look you in the eyes you will not make this comment,I am a farmer and I hate snakes with a passion because in our office which is the bush they are our nemesis,but among all of them I hate the vipers the most,they will just stay put waiting for you to step on them,but luckily they always deliver dry bites or low venom bites to humans because they don't see us as preys, thankfully that's why many people survive viper bites,if you get a full venomous bite you are guaranteed to die before you will reach any hospital,black mambas on the other hand rarely has encounters with people because it will spot you and move very fast out of the way but if you surprise it in an area it cannot easily escape your only bet is to run away as fast as possible because it will be right behind you

Animals can sense your fear and hatred.

hstar:

Now, tell me how the person go survive

That one detest any living thing be dat o

Good thing, it is not in Nigeria.

To shock you more, it is a very long and can even lift half of its length and move with it. If you think I am lying do research about black mamba snake.

Reeberry:
Good thing, it is not in Africa.

To shock you more, it is a very long and can even lift half of its length and move with it. If you think I am lying do research about black mamba snake.

I never doubted you bro

But I'll still research about that for knowledge sake

hstar:

I never doubted you bro

But I'll still research about that for knowledge sake

I didn't pay attention to my last post, before posting. It lives in some parts of Africa, like South Africa and some countries, but good thing, it is not in Nigeria.

Thanks!