Gaboon viper fang walking a mouse down!

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Took these happy snaps the other day while feeding my Gaboon viper a mouse. I always enjoy watching how they use those huge fangs to maneuver prey down!



Bom apetite!

[fredsmith]

Wow.
Thank heavens I'm not a mouse...

[Beno]

Eina!!!

[Rob]

Looks cosy in there. Thanks for sharing HH

[10gbooj]

Thanks for posting.
Is he captive bred or wild caught?
Looks very nice

[Copperbob]

HAHA, thats one sight you never get tierd of seeing.

[Bushbaby]

Have to agree. I love watching my Gaboons eat. I cr@p myself everytime I put in food though. Damn they're fast!!!

[spinnerak]

not fair i also want a gabby ! !

[Wvipera]

That one of the best things about gaboons - i love watching mine do that!
man your gabs are growing fast!

[Daimondbck]

Nice specimen..although I have not yet taken the step up to keeping one of these lovely animals I have been following all the info and stuff on them on SA Reptiles, but I have a question, I have seen on almost all the pic`s of the Gaboons feeding that they seem to swallow the prey butt first, is it the way they feed or just that the prey was not that big, so it didn`t really matter which way it is swallowed?

[Fooble]

The only real way most are swallowed head first as the arms and legs fold in against the body and make it easier to for snake to the mouse.

[Daimondbck]

Thanks the reply, yes, that`s why am asking as I haven`t seen any of my animals do it that way..just thought it might be something they do?

[marc bt]

These large adders have wide heads which allow them to get much larger prey down and often i have seen my gabby swallow a mice mid body as the legs and head will fold forming a mouse ball almost.