Gaboon viper strikes and bites. South Africa

[overclockedamd123]

A stick with a pivoting ankle? Ill have to keep an eye out for those.

[AtarahDerek]

They must've gotten that snake pretty riled up. That's normally a very tolerant species. The way it was moving it looked like they'd been harassing it for a while.

[MegaAshton1999]

There the only snake that can smell and inject venom at the same time

[wlsjoh013]

Who ever made this clip must have pissed the snake off pretty badly!

[LetzterWille]

and? is not problem with shoes! please action!

[DWSdesign]

Just a little higher:ouch

[devax1986]

Gaboon's inject LOTS of venom. This could have proven fatal. Just look at the amount.

[UniteForgetLeftRight]

@devax1986 hell yeah all that white stuff shooting everywhere reminded me of another place on the internet

[goerizal1]

they have the longest fangs out there. i wonder if the boot owner checked how far was the penetration.

[OrderoftheHammer]

can a snake of that size actually make it through a leather hiking boot ?

[8BitBastard]

NEW, FROM SKETCHERS!!!

[chimandude]

Gaboon and Rhino Vipers make the best looking guitar straps...

[davidwhitehouse1681]

@chimandude funny as fuck

[88osprey]

You could have broken its fang(s).... which could and probably would lead to its death

[N330AA]

There is something about the look of the Gaboon above probably all other snakes that just instinctively says it's deadly and it will kill you. A fascinating animal.

[EazyEVM]

@N330AA I completely agree. Gaboon Vipers are the only snakes that scare the living shit out of me just by looking at them.

[xDucky17x]

Look at the venom spray 0:05 and slow mo at 0:10. He's pumping out some death!

[nelson48100]

what a fucking idiot. if it hit above his boot he would've been screwed.

[T1twenty]

@nelson48100 it might seem like ur the fuking idiot seeing as a guy a couple of comments below realized it was a shoe connected to a stick

[viper8red]

@nelson48100 Yah stupid move, even for a stick with a boot on the end. :P

[T1twenty]

@viper8red yeah i forgot the stick had feelings.

[daemonsterr245]

@T1twenty then it wouldn't be a stick now would it.

[bloodysoul1997]

@nelson48100 exactly

[MrCrepuscular]

Its a West African Gaboon viper not an East African Gaboon viper. In other words the species shown doesn't occure in South Africa.... NOT even close.

[lolikonlover]

@MrCrepuscular no your not even close that is in fact the (bitis g gaboonica) the east african gaboon i personally have both genus and can tell you that ps. its also a female.!

[MrCrepuscular]

@lolikonlover I admit that you probably right and I feel like a prick now for my comment... but i'll admit when I'm wrong. It has sizeable nose horns and has a single line on each side of its head. How can you tell its not B.rhinocerous when it has atypical B.gabonica features?

[lolikonlover]

@MrCrepuscular its ok its not something that many people know much about. and i must admit it was a bit cocky of me to fly off the handle like that but i have been bittin by that species of gaboon so gaboons are a bit personal to me. sorry. : )

[JosephKrammer]

It's just a stick with jeans and a shoe. But nice bite :D

[TheSeeker008]

that's not a snake to be fucked around with

[DemonLDR]

You must really trust them boots

[CoolLikePenguinNuts]

Was anybody else hoping it would jump like Jordan and bite this guys crotch?

[DeltaconnectPilot]

Holy shit. Look how much venom comes out of those fangs.