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Secound close Call. I had to share this one as its about what many call a placid snake.
Bitis Gaboonica bitous in circlous: English translation very large Gaboon viper who turned inside itself for an attempted snack on my toe.
I was helping a friend clean cages and we had to get a rather large gabby out. Gabbys are not normally a bad animal but this one needed a snow shovel to move around. It also had a very nasty temper. I miss judged this animal and attempted to come from behind to scoop it up. To my suprise its fangs were inches from my boot before i could blink. Never again will i think of a gabby as a docile animal. of interest the gabby was stretched strait when i came up on it. It came over itself in a full turn to end up fangs ready at me. DO NOT EVER TRY TO PET THE GABOON. I never would try it to begin with but i have heard of people trying.
I think this is a good thread that we can both have fun with and learn from.
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