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Warning shot (reminder)
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by Phobos on June 1, 2010
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I commented on my FB page last night what a terrible time a 3 ft (1M) adult female WA Gaboon gave me trying to get her out of her enclosure and bagged. A friend of mine sent the following comment to me.
"The other day I just clean my 5 ft. + male Gaboon cage when I was guilding him back in his cage with a large hook i though I would be cool and tail him in. When I touch his tail he spun around in a heart beat then his head was laying on my tennis shoe's."
This of course could have ended quite badly but(thank god)just turned out to be a reminder that large Bitis can and will seem to break the laws of physic when they feel it's required. Don't be fooled by their normal 'slug like' behavior.
Al
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by LarryDFishel on June 1, 2010
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Yeah, there's basically NOWHERE you want to be touching a gaboon with your hand, and you don't want any part of your body near one when you touch it with a hook...or any other time for that matter.
This mostly applies to all venomous, but goes triple for these spring-loaded sausages of death.
http://madprogrammer.com/snakes/gaboonstrike/
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by AquaHerp on June 1, 2010
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Never known and reason to tail a Gaboon, or any Bitis unless they are too massive to use two hooks safely. Then, if you aren't expecting it...you really shouldn't have the snake in the first place.
DH
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by Phobos on June 1, 2010
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The same calculations can be applied to this video of my female savaging a rat.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsz0SWPnWe8
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by AquaHerp on June 1, 2010
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Yup. They'll drill you to the bone marrow too. If you've ever felt hem in your hands as they grip down on an extraction cup, it's quite humbling. No mercy there.
DH
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by Phobos on June 5, 2010
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I've had them in my hands be never extracted..certainly a nightmareish thing to think about.
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