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WW
at Mon Oct 13 03:16:17 2003 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by WW ]
>>fyi, the northwest part of Zambia is forest land, interspirsed with plains..Gaboon vipers are in that area, I saw many dead and alive, when I lived there, and my dad ran over over one a few months after I was bitten..sent me the fangs for a souvenir.
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>>I was bitten in a forested area near the edge of a farm field, but the grass was thick (18" as it was the middle of the rainy season...December.
That habitat would certainly be consistent with B. gabonica as well as puff adders. Contrary to expectations, gaboons usually found near forest edges, often around villages, as much as in the dense forest itself. This has even been confirmed with radiotracking studies.
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Wolfgang ----- WW Home
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