Bitis gabonica (Viperidae) aka Gaboon Viper

"I would describe a really motivated Gaboon as an exploding snake grenade. Their true strike range when they decide to get serious about it is close to 100% of their body length at any angle except straight vertical or directly backwards. Then it drops slightly. That means that a hand on the tail of a Gaboon viper is not in a very safe place if the head is not physically blocked."
- Taken from an article called "Please don't pet the Gaboons" at http://www.kingsnake.com/snakegetters/demo/gaboons.html


Definitely something i wouldnt want to mess with :shock: