It is the largest and most beautiful of all vipers. Despite its corpulence and apparent clumsiness, it is highly dangerous, as it possesses the ideal conditions to cause death in each of its attacks

Thanks to its powerful fangs, up to 5 cm in length, and its high-capacity venom glands, it provides such a high injection of venom that a single dose would kill an adult elephant.

With the rains, Gaboon Vipers abandon their quiet lives and actively begin their breeding season