The 6-kg female snake is now under the care of zoo officials. Bob Johnson, the zoo’s head curator of reptiles, said even animal experts at the zoo don’t like to get close to the Gaboon Viper.

Bry Loyst's Indian River Reptile Zoo near Peterborough, Ont., is one of two places in Canada that keep the antivenin for the West African gaboon viper, the species of snake that bit a 31-year-old ...

The Gaboon viper is the heaviest venomous snake in Africa, stretching up to six feet and weighing as much as 25 pounds. With a broad, leaf-shaped head and patterns that look like dead leaves and ...

The Gaboon viper is a stout-bodied snake, with a reputation for being heavily built and very short compared to the black mamba. The longest it will get is 7 feet long, and at maximum weight, it ...