https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drS2Yc7QCvI


This is an 11 years old viper killed on the farm by a group of casual worker, they initially wanted to keep the trophy but upon letting me know, I gave them an additional 2k.

Ok it came with the birth certificate bah



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Gaboon viper
The guy should be careful with the mouth still dangerous in dead state

AfroBeatDiary:



This is an 11 years old viper killed on the farm by a group of casual worker, they initially wanted to keep the trophy but upon letting me know, I gave them an additional 2k.

Who calculated the age?

Zonefree:

Who calculated the age?

😂😂😂

That’s a gaboon viper,The snake is said to have one of the quickest strikes in all snake-dom
In Igbo it’s called “echi eteka” meaning tomorrow is too far because you can never reach tomorrow after bitten by this snake
It’s always said that it counts before striking and they have the longest fangs in all snakes

I am so much fascinated by Snakes,please does anybody know where I can learn to be a Snake handler?

How did you know it's age 😂

Zonefree:

Who calculated the age?

They asked it before they killed it na 🙄😏


Everyone knows how to ask snakes for their age naaw

🙄🙄

Meanwhile as long as Lalasticlala is still lalasticlalaing

This would get to front page in a few

illicit:
Ok it came with the birth certificate bah



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No sir, the white patches at the back indicates the numbers of year it has spent and this has 11 matured patches.

agadez007:
That’s a gaboon viper,The snake is said to have one of the quickest strikes in all snake-dom
In Igbo it’s called “echi eteka” meaning tomorrow is too far because you can never reach tomorrow after bitten by this snake
It’s always said that it counts before striking and they have the longest fangs in all snakes

I am so much fascinated by Snakes,please does anybody know where I can learn to be a Snake handler?

You would need a demonic spirit to start

AfroBeatDiary:


No sir, the white patches at the back indicates the numbers of year it has spent and this has 11 matured patches.

Wow

It looks interesting

And I am just hearing the white patch thingy and how it relates to age in snakes

AfroBeatDiary:


No sir, the white patches at the back indicates the numbers of year it has spent and this has 11 matured patches.

guy is this really snake..

This looks somehow..

Damn I no fit kill this one..

They have come back today with about 26 dogs as they raid our forest, a gigantic massive farm land where we are attempting a regenerative farming system, 3rd year on the project, below is my award presentation.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFVPkRW3p2E


And here is a link to an unscripted video dumped on YouTube, the farther you watch the more you have an experience of how wild the forest is when we came
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtYQ-jjVOwY

Sirmwill:


Wow

It looks interesting

And I am just hearing the white patch thingy and how it relates to age in snakes

It is an official carbon dating process, each year, the snake grow bigger and the patches moves from it's tail to back while a new patch grown through the tail so when counting to determine the age, only the mature patches is counted.

Dundalk:
guy is this really snake..

This looks somehow..

Damn I no fit kill this one..

I have never seen a gaboon viper this big

Congratulation! Thy lord don bless ur pot! Peppersoup don set! We need d processing and preparation here? Lala

agadez007:
That’s a gaboon viper,The snake is said to have one of the quickest strikes in all snake-dom
In Igbo it’s called “echi eteka” meaning tomorrow is too far because you can never reach tomorrow after bitten by this snake
It’s always said that it counts before striking and they have the longest fangs in all snakes

I am so much fascinated by Snakes,please does anybody know where I can learn to be a Snake handler?

Meet jennyclay (no pun intended)

The snake is a Gaboon viper.
The Gaboon viper is the world's largest viper among all 200 species of viper, and is the world's largest venomous snake, followed by the King cobra, Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake and Bushmaster viper.
It possesses the longest fangs of any snake on earth, with fangs reaching a length of 2 inches.
This huge viper also possesses the greatest volume of venom of any snake in one bite, courtesy of the massive venom glands.
Like nearly all other vipers, its venom is haemotoxic, attacking the blood and blood vessels and can bring death within hours.

AfroBeatDiary:


It is an official carbon dating process, each year, the snake grow bigger and the patches moves from it's tail to back while a new patch grown through the tail so when counting to determine the age, only the mature patches is counted.

Any evidence to support this claim.

GanagiBitrus:

Any evidence to support this claim.

Read up carbon dating in snake sir

Where is it found?

AfroBeatDiary:


Read up carbon dating in snake sir

Carbon Dating has nothing to do with the number of white patches on the back of a Viper.
Neither does the number of white patches determine the age of a Viper.

How you take know the age?

illicit:
Ok it came with the birth certificate bah



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E be like say the snake carry her birth certificate for bag..

Ok it came with the birth certificate bah🥵

AfroBeatDiary:


No sir, the white patches at the back indicates the numbers of year it has spent and this has 11 matured patches.

I get u

But it's years couldn't be our own 365 days

Maybe 2 or 3 months makes its year

illicit:


I get u

But it's years couldn't be our own 365 days

Maybe 2 or 3 months makes its year

My brother, if we go by 3 yrs, that's 33 months about 3 years but trust me this is a very massive old gaboon viper with many years in the wild, they dont become this big in a short while

Just put am for ebay and see better money e go sell

AfroBeatDiary:


Read up carbon dating in snake sir

Determining the age of a Gaboon viper (Bitis gabonica) or any other snake can be quite challenging, especially once the snake is no longer a juvenile. Reptiles do not have annual growth rings like trees that could help easily identify their age. Here are a few methods that might give you a general idea, though none will provide a precise age:

1. **Size as an Indicator**: Generally, size can be considered a rough indicator of age for juvenile snakes, as they grow more quickly in their early stages. With Gaboon vipers, expected growth rates in captive conditions might be estimated based on data from regular measurements, but this would require knowing the history of the specific snake from a young age.

2. **Veterinary Assessment**: A reptile-savvy veterinarian might be able to give you an approximate age based on physical health, size, and developmental markers. However, keep in mind that this will be an estimate, not an exact date.

3. **Documentation from Captivity**: If the Gaboon viper was born in captivity, records might exist that document its birth date. Breeders or previous owners may have this information.

For wild caught specimens, unfortunately, there is no reliable method to determine the exact age.


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dopedan:

Determining the age of a Gaboon viper (Bitis gabonica) or any other snake can be quite challenging, especially once the snake is no longer a juvenile. Reptiles do not have annual growth rings like trees that could help easily identify their age. Here are a few methods that might give you a general idea, though none will provide a precise age:

1. **Size as an Indicator**: Generally, size can be considered a rough indicator of age for juvenile snakes, as they grow more quickly in their early stages. With Gaboon vipers, expected growth rates in captive conditions might be estimated based on data from regular measurements, but this would require knowing the history of the specific snake from a young age.

2. **Veterinary Assessment**: A reptile-savvy veterinarian might be able to give you an approximate age based on physical health, size, and developmental markers. However, keep in mind that this will be an estimate, not an exact date.

3. **Documentation from Captivity**: If the Gaboon viper was born in captivity, records might exist that document its birth date. Breeders or previous owners may have this information.

For wild caught specimens, unfortunately, there is no reliable method to determine the exact age.


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This is quite a piece, thanks for sharing.