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Christistruth00:
How do you know it’s age

The white patches on the back sir

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.

They knew but utterly stupid, you can see I can't move closer hence the reason why some shot are off focus but when you tell them things like this, they think one is not smart.

NeckingNgulping:
So, does it mean it came with one patch when it was hatched, given your explanation?

Usually none.

AkpaMgbor:
That’s a gaboon viper. It has the longest known fang in the snake kingdom. It delivers a very deep bite with haemotoxins that break down your blood vessels. It killed a farmer in the outskirts of Umuahia a few years ago. He was taken to a native doctor and was given treatments that were ineffective until his window for survival was closed and they now rushed him to FMC to perform magic….ignorance killed him.

I've never seen a venomous snake this big in my entire life.

He don buy market, involve police like that.

Puss360:
Crops!!!!

Corn...

opes:
Just this morning, i treated my maize when i observed fall armyworms, not long after, rain fell and washed the insecticides away. I had to re-apply again. How old are they?

The process can be painful plus the loss of chemical

ProjectsCityNG:
The maize suffered heat stress during the long period of heat and no rains. It took a toll on them

You're correct.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxhAYZfe5G4

I've seen corps planted by the road side eaten by animals so also those planted out f reach of domesticated animals but still eaten up by weevils and caterpillar especially corn. All these sum together could lead to low crop yield but this I've never researched into till we've almost become a victim here in the farm after our corn field came under attack of caterpillar from the eggs laid by butterflies.

Before I proceed, please do me a favor by supporting my brand here on YouTube by subscribing to my channel https://www.youtube.com/africandiarytv there are over 3k subscriber at the moment and these are young entrepreneurs or agriculture enthusiast just like myself. Thank you.

That said, my self and my assistance planted corn and after about 14days, started seeing butterflies in their 2s moving in their zigzag pattern perching randomly on crops and with the next 5 days, the form leaves started becoming horrible and it quickly caught my attention and his but we both kept quite until I called his attention, though he is a farmer but couldn't say while we both agreed its caterpillar.

I observed the situation during the day and nothing serious is seen but at night when the sunlight has gone, the caterpillar comes out to feed then I connected the lines as to previous observation as I observed the whole farm around and take daily record observation realising that days earlier the butterflies swarm round the farm perching randomly on the leaves thus realising they were trying to breed in the farm by laying their eggs on the field.

The following day we administer a pesticide, we had another encounter about this because the first pesticide was wash off by rain minutes after applying while the second spray too wasn't effective because of the brand until another better brand was administer and the corp are expected to be better soon.

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ALLNIGERIANSMAD:
you are just shouting massive.

I never see a creature like this before and I no believe say I live with one https://youtube.com/shorts/fo7-m-nY2Ac?feature=share

sapientia1:
Cameraman had only one job! Just one!

Which kind recording be this wey nor cover anything?

My brother no vex an fear dey catch me, this is a better view https://youtube.com/shorts/fo7-m-nY2Ac?feature=share

Broken1985:
GSI is coming mate, b very careful ooo

What's GSI?

I watch his documentary sometimes back, I knew it may not take long before he die as he give up on all available remedies to reduce the excess weight needed before the clinical begins, he needed to be under 300 pounds and he went to 600 from about 450 pounds, the doctor chastise him and made 2 visit to his home but at the second weighing, the doctor was disappointed and left and he said it doesn't seems he can overcome his condition and perhaps he should just enjoy the things he likes in this little time remaining. The power of tongue is strong.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nANm88m7lUw

Paramount01:
Are they in the same party?

Party thing is for poor people, big men relates outside party.

stevnwigw1:
Maybe it will end their born-to-rule hostage in Nigeria. With the many evil things that have been going on in the country, they have maintained silence, until this one.

You think the military bases will help fight local terrorism? You'll be surprised how they can even us the bandit to spark an unrest. Terrorism is a big tool in the hand of the West.

Dem hide their face meaning the police has no right to parade them

Nice nice, fairmoney will hear word this time.

That's Isora wey dey confirmed.

toprealman:
You think a person on a mission cannon do stuff? Engineer Kunle can be faulted on many things not numbers.

I thought so too but she's sweet and the boy don't mind the age.

ishowdotgmail:
As we were making road networking around the new site for our farm acquired recently, the pay loader stuck something with the giant bucket for falling trees.

Alas it was this creepy creature which we gave to the villagers. They were very happy

This is very massive

sacajawea:
Are you sure?? 38?

She's actually 34 according to google.

Hmmm

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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This is quite a piece, thanks for sharing.

illicit:
I get u

But it's years couldn't be our own 365 days

Maybe 2 or 3 months makes its year

My brother, if we go by 3 yrs, that's 33 months about 3 years but trust me this is a very massive old gaboon viper with many years in the wild, they dont become this big in a short while