Added: Jul 7, 2008

From: NationalGeographic

Duration: 2:19

When you're six foot long, venomous, and blend in with the forest floor, sometimes all you have to do is sit and wait for your next meal.See all National Geographic videos:http://video.nationalgeographic.com/?source=4001

Channel: Animals

Tags: adder  attack  forest  gaboon  predator  rat  snake  venom 


Rating: 4.67 (145 ratings)    Views: 64859' favoriteCount='70    Comments: 138

NigeThePython Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - what idiot made this video? its VIPER not adder and ..yeah ok all adders are in fact pit vipers to make it more confusing to some lol

ajwitherby Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - and some of them can even spell!

ajwitherby Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - ... and some of them can even spell!

FischerFan Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - "Evolution is still a theory, snakes have been around since whenever god created them."Every living thing on the planet is a product of some kind of evolution. Snakes were the last of the reptiles to evolve. They were made to control the populations of small mammals; specifically rodents.The most evolved snakes are the vipers and pit vipers which have a biting mechanism with retractable fangs and inject mass quantities of venom.

jirdimaster Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - HA HA if the bible was written after Jesus death then how was there prophesies foretelling his arrival?

thepsion5 Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - You're confusing the Old Testament and New Testament. It was not decided that the old testament be included in the bible until at least 200 years after Jesus' death. The New Testament was not committed to text until approximately 70-100 years after Jesus death.

jirdimaster Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - Where did u here that? I think the new testament starts at matthew right? That would make sense, the gospels talk about jesus life here and his ministry.

thepsion5 Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - Those stories of the New Testament were passed down for about a century until they were recorded in paper. The text of the bible is based on the various "letters" written by the Apostles, but none of the apostles ever actually wrote the words of the Bible themselves - they would have been dead 20-30 years before then (no one lived past their 50s in those times).In addition, it was not decided which stories would and wouldn't be included in the bible (the Canonical books) until at least 200 AD.

jirdimaster Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - Just because it wasn't decided doesn't mean it hadn't been written. Where are u getting this information? It doesn't sound very accurate. And the apostle Paul personally wrote quite a few books of the bible.

thepsion5 Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - The information I'm using regarding lifespan is based on other writing from the time and through archaeological evidence, because if the apostles lived past theirf 50s it would have been a big deal that many non-christians would write about.The timeline about when the books were compiled into the bible comes from the church history - ask a Biblical Scholar or a Theologist if you don't believe me

thepsion5 Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - There's plenty of other evidence too but it's hard to talk about in 500 characters.

jirdimaster Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - I believe u on when they were compiled, im just pretty sure the apostles wrote the books themselves.

SezFromMalygos Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - hey you retarded religion nerds... shut up... go get a room or something this is about the viper, not about jesus.. hes dead anyway so who cares... bye byeBTT: awesome snake and kickin video... thanks :D

aurorl94 Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - WELL DONE DUDE FUCK THEM stupid little bible bashers

SezFromMalygos Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - thanks bro.. i hate em :Pbut i love the snake... enough shame to see them religion-freaks talkin about jesus and all under a snake video!!!

DanishAndProudOfIt Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - weel said dude! :D why does those people even watch a video about a snake eating a rat if all they want to talk about is religion? to all you bible freaks- get a life! (or a girlfriend) !!

cerebust Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - i got bit by a gaboon adder and i nearly died, you have to watch out for this snake, it packs a punch

ismokegreentrees Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - i want to get an operation where they take the eyes out of a gaboon and insert them into where mine used to be.i would call myself milky gaboon-boon ranatanand id have a cape and everything

spunoshly Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - lmfao to ismokegreentrees lma0o

daancincurlz Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - heartburn city!! LOL=)

SheriLuvsHorses Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - ok so you want to be a Gaboon Adder, now..WHO WANTS TO BE THE RAT?

milfballs Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - Attack its weak point for massive damage. Ungh, Ungh!!! Giant enemy Crab!!

chezequerz Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - its due to the affects of the semi conservative nature of the snakes muscles certain muscles contract to move the rat down and then stimulates movement in other regions of the body

chezequerz Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - a gaboon vipers venom In mice, the LD50 is 0.8--5.0 mg/kg IV, 2.0 mg/kg IP and 5.0--6.0 mg/kg SC.also it's known that the gaboons have the largest venom yield in any venomous snake and therefore a short bite would unleash a lot of venom which would kill a rat instantly. Your theory that a short bite is not much venom is wrong there is about 300 lbs of pressure on each venom gland upon each bite. No harmless snakes dont crush food they constrict bone breaks are not the aim of the coiling

7muktar Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - gaboon adder arent aggressive, but they are dangerous because nowbody see them. they are so well disguised