r/AbsoluteUnits • u/freudian_nipps • 5d ago

of a Viper.

Video credit: @jayprehistoricpets

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u/Whoudini13 5d ago

Is that a Gabon viper..probably spelled wrong

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u/Ruffffian 5d ago

Gaboon viper. Has the distinction of the longest fangs in the animal kingdom—over 2” of death injectors. They’re pretty docile as far as snakes go but still would not pet

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u/Diedead666 5d ago

I think someone had one as a pet It was on that one shows where people had dangerous spiders and snakes said the person died throwing up and s******* blood all over the place

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u/IronChefBender 4d ago

Fatal Attractions! It was on NatGeo or Animal Planet, I think. That episode lives in my mind rent free

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u/Diedead666 4d ago

Ya I think it was a woman she dint call for help fearing for her snake if I remember right?

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u/shittymorbh 4d ago

Thats the dumbest logic possible.

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u/Diedead666 4d ago

Its what i remember from that ep, yes very dumb of her.

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u/werealldoomed47 5d ago

I wonder if a bite could go like all the way through your hand so the venom wouldn't actually go into your body or if it would stop.

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u/j_smittz 5d ago

Be the data point we all know you can be.

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u/Ruffffian 5d ago

I do not volunteer as tribute

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u/-E-Cross 5d ago

They can bite through their own jaw and have envenomated like that.

Happens with vipers a lot

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u/Cultural-Company282 4d ago

Fairy sure it's a rhinoceros viper rather than a gaboon. Note the tip of the snout.

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u/Ruffffian 4d ago

While they are similar, gaboons do have little snout spikes and rhinos have brighter coloration. That, and turn the audio on ;)

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u/Just_Dab 4d ago

Largest caterpillar in the world.

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u/Isernogwattesnacken 5d ago

Yes, huge fangs, but generally not agressive.

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u/Maximuscarnage 5d ago

Gaboon vipers are found in Gabon Africa.

Travel tip for Gabon, make sure only to carry on. The Country spelled backwards is Nobag. And it lives up to ifs name. You will almost never get your stuff if you check it on a flight to Gabon west Africa.

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u/freebaseclams 5d ago

I once had diarrhea for 17 hours straight

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u/Induane 4d ago

Thank you for your service.

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u/xubax 4d ago

Were you prepping for a colonoscopy?

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u/freebaseclams 4d ago edited 4d ago

No, I was trying to make a sculpture of James Corden but I didn't have enough shit

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u/maxperception55 4d ago

You were timing it?

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u/themysticboer91 4d ago

I was confused because I've never seen these in south Africa. The closest thing we got is a Puff Adder, but they have different patterns and head shape, and extremely potent venom

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u/Maximuscarnage 4d ago

Same this is a jungle snake, like Gabon, DRC, Congo, Cameroon , EG area Maybe he meant south African zoo.

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u/Cultural-Company282 4d ago

I believe that is actually a closely-related rhinoceros viper (Bitis nasicornis) rather than a gaboon viper (Bitis gabonica) based on the "horn" projections on the tip of the snout.

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u/bearlysane 4d ago

I just think it’s funny that their genus name is bitis. Seems apt.

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u/palmerry 5d ago

It's a craterpillar

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u/sinisterdesign 5d ago

Yeah, thought we covered that already.

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u/Cockrocker 4d ago

Last time this animal was posted I tried to find a Bill Bailey skit that mentions it on YouTube. I couldn't I was so disappointed.

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u/EelTeamTen 4d ago

I'm really shocked I instantly recognized it as one, because I don't know what exactly keyed me into it. Must be the scale pattern.