No permit is required for a non-venomous, non-native snake, such as a python. The state also requires liability insurance for venomous snakes such as the Gaboon viper. Special housing, which must ...

The Gaboon viper’s fangs can grow to 2 inches long . Graig Graziosi. Monday 28 March 2022 21:49 BST. Comments. Related video: Giant snake abandoned among mounds of rubbish by ‘nightmare’ tenant.

The Gaboon viper is the largest of its kind in all of Africa at more than 6 feet long and 45 pounds. It’s got the longest fangs of any snake in the world and a potentially fatal bite.

He’s no snake charmer. A 27-year-old Staten Island man was hospitalized after his illegal pet, a highly-poisonous East African gaboon viper, literally bit the hand that feeds it, police said … ...

A man is lucky to be alive after doctors say he was bitten by one of the world’s most venomous snakes and needed 44 doses of antivenom to survive.

A 71-year-old man was hospitalized after being bitten by his venomous pet snake, officials from a local fire department said. The man was bitten by his Gaboon viper, which can have fangs up to 2 ...

If Congolese giant toads mimic venomous Gaboon vipers, it would be the first reported case of a toad imitating a snake. Skip to content. Subscribe or renew today ...

It also reported that a North Carolina man was also bitten by a Gaboon earlier this month, took 44 vials of anti-venom, and lost several fingers. It noted that “experts advise against keeping ...