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Grumpy Old Fart
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Sweet Carolina Girl
Female Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: SC
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![]() I saw that last night. That's like the scariest thing ever, and I'm not visiting anywhere close to Mt. Pleasant until they catch it. I read those things don't let go when they bite!
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Official Baseball Chick
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![]() I say Phil's snake just moved South ;).
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IT'S MY GAMEFACE !
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![]() This is a VERY dangerous situation there. Gaboons are extremely dangerous
animals and as this thing gets hungry, it will stike at anything nearby, and will not hesitate to strike at any person / child / pet that gets within striking distance of it. The most dangerous thing about this is they are the apex ambush preditors. They have a skin pattern that is basically nature's perfect camouflage. They can blend in with any leaf, twig, grassy, or weedy suroundings and be almost invisible to the naked eye. They can stay in one spot still as any inanimate object for almost a week at a time. Unless is it moving, it is highly unlikely it will be seen. The venom is Highy Toxic (Top 10/12 most venoumous snake in the world), and have the longest fangs of any snake on the planet (2"+), than can penatrate heavy canvas or light leather covering. .... DANGEROUS SITUATION. This is why I wish they would make people who purchase venoumous snakes as well as Dogs (and other potentially dangerous animals), register the animals and pay for a license to own them. This animal is not domestic, and the owner could be easily found if they had to register them. Instead, this is the result of either a STUPID PERSON'S Decision to buy an animal they couldn't keep, and he released it, OR, it's a beyond careless owner that didn't house it poperly and it escaped. Either way, there's no reason this snake should be out in the area of Charleston / Mt Pleasant except for the act of a brain dead individual who has now put a very large population of people in extreme danger !!!! ![]() ![]() ![]()
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![]() That would be Mt Unpleasant
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IT'S MY GAMEFACE !
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winter (snow/Ice and stretches of days of sub 30 degree temps), this animal could survive the winters down there that are usually mild. The climate in the spring and summer are similar to it's natural habitat, so it's possible it could survive. The worse possible scenario is that someone releases a snake of the opposite sex in the same general area as this one is hiding in now. Then you have a recipe for disaster !
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Pro aris et focis
Male Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: South Carolina
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Pro aris et focis
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Heisman Candidate
Male Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Upstairs
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![]() At the risk of sounding ignorant...is it possible this snake could breed with another type of snake?
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Sweet Carolina Girl
Female Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: SC
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L-I-V-I-N
Male Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Rock Hill, SC
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![]() Cockytalk: Come for the football, stay for the snake sex!
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Heisman Candidate
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Location: Upstairs
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IT'S MY GAMEFACE !
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about most of them, they can be cross bred only with snakes of their type / species. Saying, there are a range of different sub species of snakes that will easily interbred (ie: A forrest cobra, will breed with a Indian Cobra, or King Cobra, or Monocled Cobra etc.....), but they won't cross bred outside the species. A lot of non venomous snakes do, but it's rare for them to do so in the wild....they have successfully cross bred certain different species of non ven. snakes in captivity. They only other venomous snakes that it might possibly breed with would be Timber Rattlesnakes and Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnakes. Those are very abundtant down there. There are also Cottonmouths that get pretty big, but I doubt the cross breeding of those species would happen. I'd say it's next to impossible for them to breed with any of the snakes in the area. Hopefully it will be found or die out in the colder climate this winter. If not, then let's just hope for the best case scenario and that it doesn't find another Gaboon to mate with.
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Banned
Male Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Cola, The Other Gamecock City
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IT'S MY GAMEFACE !
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![]() Just did a quick scan of a couple of good websites regarding Gaboon
vipers and I've got to say that what I thought I knew about them is probably not true. 1.) Have always heard they are very aggressive snakes, but just found out that Gaboons are actually very Non Aggresive and there have been several reports from noted scientists studying them in the wild, who have stepped directly on them without being bitten. Apparently they are not willing to quickly engage an animal much bigger than themselves. 2.) The Venom is very toxic, but the number of bites are extremely low compared to other venomous snakes in the same area where Gaboons are found. They have the lowest death / bite stat of any of the vipers in Africa. 3.) I was saying that the extreme cold would be what it takes to kill them off, but in fact, Gaboons dwell in heavy forrest areas of Africa and tend to stay shaded. They like the higher humidity levels which are common in the low country SC, BUT....Gaboons do not like extremely high heat, and most of the captive Gaboons will die of dehydration in climates of 90 degrees plus over several days of exposure. So the heat of Charleston in the summer might be more of a killer of this snake, than the cold in the winter down there.
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BIGGER. STRONGER.LONGER
Male Join Date: Aug 2009
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Sweet Carolina Girl
Female Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: SC
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![]() I would think if anyone were bit by one, they would be SOL. How many hospitals in SC do you think have anti-venom for one of these suckers?
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Sweet Carolina Girl
Female Join Date: Feb 2013
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I'm Bad. I'm Nationwide!
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![]() Saw this a few years ago. That thing needs to die.
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1st Team All-SEC
Male Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: S. Carolina
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![]() What a wonderful idea for a pet
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