Gaboon feeding.....

[Gregg M]

http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/1298img_0503-med.jpg

[snakemann87]

DAMN!!!!!! oops dont know if i can say that, oh well. Gaboons are my absolute favorite hot, i think i say that in every post of a gaboon. how did you get so close?? is the camera right up to the glass, did you go in, or are you one of those of which i envy with a super nice camera?

[matt_winter]

Prettycool pic. I'm not much of a snake expert but what kind of a snake is that?

[matt_winter]

Well now i know becasue of the first post. Should of read it first

[snakemann87]

also the title of the thread..............................lol. Plus take a look at the massive fangs, and you can almost see the horns in the picture of it

[Gregg M]

Thanks Don...... The glass was open for this shot....... I was not very close...... I am useing a Canon power shot A-70...... It has 10x digital zoom and a bunch of other stuff I dont know how to use yet.... LOL...... It was not very expensive....... It cost around 400 bucks US.........

[Kyle Walkinshaw]

SWEET shot Gregg!

[Pres.Nixon]

nice

[NewLineReptile]

Nice pic :)

[Gregg M]

She is 2 years old and alittle under 3 feet long.......

[Mike177]

hey sorry man.
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ya sweet! if or when i keep hots i would love a gaboon Viper they are my favrot (accualy rhino vipers are but gaboons are high on my list. thats a realy cool shot how old is he and how long???

i posted that on my freinds name on acsedent and i came back to correct it but you already anserd it :-D sorry

[RachelS.]

I loev that pic!! Awesome! I want a gaboon soooo bad right now. I almost got one a while back, but the guy sold it to someone else even after I said it was final that I was buying it. I hate people like that!

[Matt]

sweeeet!

[ETET]

Nice! The gaboon seems going to fold up the mouse and swallow it.

ETET

[Gregg M]

Actually she got it down head first..... I got the shot as she was working it around........ For some reason, only my babies fold up the mice........

[John A]

gregg,
your set up and snakes are awesome! thanks for the invite on sunday. we still need to find a hollowed log for me, if you see any in the field, grab it. whats your take on the theory that gaboon and its relatives store fecal matter to act as an anchor; to allow maximum thrust when striking...- talk later...-john a

[Gregg M]

Thanks Johnny boy, You are invited any time....... Next time you are here I am sure I will have a few new additions...... My take on the theory on Bitis retaining fecal matter seems to be a pretty good one in my opinion....... Extra weight at no biological cost....... Why else would a snake hold on to as much as 20% of its body weight in fecal matter??? I know that my young gaboons do not have the same acuracy as my bigger ones and they sometimes wind up flipping back on them selves..... Its pretty cute to watch....... So from I have seen, the less the snake weighs the less controled the strike is.......