Most snake bites occur in low-income areas in Africa ... It has since set a target to reach a 50% reduction in snakebite deaths and disabilities by 2030. Gaboon vipers, Bitis gabonica, have the ...

Gaboon viper is not a venomous snake and only bites when threatened or provoked. It ambushes its prey and waits for the best ...

In these areas, a snake bite is a matter of racing against time ... most lethal African venomous snakes like black mamba and ...

The West African gaboon viper has the longest fangs of any snake. In a 6ft (1.83m) long specimen they measured 2in (50mm). Snakes don’t blink as they have transparent eyelids that are fused shut.