**:Gaboon Viper:**
The Gaboon viper lives in rain forests in parts of central, east, and west Africa.
You won't see them for they have the best camouflage.
They lay on the bottom of the rain forest's floor in piles of leaves or out in the open.
The colors that they come in are usually a combo of brown, light brown, pink, and purple. Female gaboons can lay 50 to 60 live babies at a time.
Gaboon vipers have a life span of 8 years in captivity.
Males and females have broad heads and also have horns.
Females are larger than males (that is common for snakes).
They range from 4-5 feet. Since they are short and fat they are very sluggish snakes. Even though they are sluggish their bite should not be misconstrued.
Their fangs are 2 inches long! When these guys feel threatened they rear their fangs, and hiss multiple times just before striking.
Gaboon vipers eat small mammals and birds.
A bite to a small pray would instantly kill them.
When they bite a larger pray they let them free and then later on track them down by scent. These vipers are venomous one bite could be fatal.
Haemotoxic venom is extremely painful. Like all snake bites once bitten the venom attaches itself to platelets and vessels.
Symptoms that will occur if you were bitten by one of these guys are:
Symptoms that will occur if you were bitten by one of these guys are:
- Intense pain.
- Inflammation.
- Oozing of haemolytic blood.
- Bleeding from the mucous membrane in the mouth, anus, and nose.
- Hemorrhages under the skin.
- Skin would be cold to the touch.
- Rapid pulse.
- Dilated pupils.
- Then finally you will slowly lose consciousness.
**This typical snake should not be a house pet**
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