Many of the old timers on this forum keep telling newbies that Gaboon Vipers can strike or bite in any direction. Well here's a shot of my WA Gabby doing some very impressive direction changes in mid-strike. Tailing is completely out of the question!

She is 4ft long and weighs about 8 pounds last time I had her on the scale. She is very good natured and easy to move on two hooks but I never let her relaxed nature make me stupid. The distance to the 380g Rat is about 2.5 feet. The action is captured in "Normal" speed and "1/4" speed, so you can see what is happening.

** Please note my signature line, it really applies to this video.

The Mpeg can be viewed here:


Gabby in action


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• Big Snakes doing the unexpected - phobos, Sun Mar 12 07:59:51 2006
• Nice shot - eunectes4, Sun Mar 12 09:21:18 2006
• RE: Nice shot - TJP, Sun Mar 12 10:54:38 2006
• Whoa! - Doug T, Sun Mar 12 17:46:23 2006
• Link not working....am I doing something - bthacker, Sun Mar 12 18:17:40 2006
• New Link - phobos, Sun Mar 12 20:25:45 2006
• RE: Big Snakes doing the unexpected - phobos, Sun Mar 12 20:24:19 2006