Mehn!
The relationship btw Nairalanders and snakes is getting stronger everyday,
And am no more finding it funny!
Who knows? The poster below me might be the next host of another snake!!!

I hate snakes!

I won't be surprised if that's a yellowbar student on her way to the meeting

which area in sambisa forest do u stay sir?

Young03:
y killing it?

did it attack u??

its wickedness oo

Why shouldnt they kill that wicked creature? Must it attack 1st? If u have had an encounter with a snake u wouldnt av spoken like this. I didnt attack the cobra that almost killed me few years back......I kill any snake i come in contact with, even if its a day old. Their eggs too aint spared by me, i demolish them!

Yimu...
I cant see the head.
It is closer in shape and markings to a snake in the constrictor family.

Mynd44:

Because it is a viper. From the sight, the shape of the head, the size of the body and the color.

It is a viper. Crazily dangerous buggers

ICRMJigawa:

Didnt hear u... speak louder!

Am coming let me bring megaphone.

Holyfield1:
Epele sir....I know its painful when u make important threads buh didn't make FP....u know what!...
I'll like to enlighten u on now to make FP these days
Step 1: Go inside the forest
Step 2: Hold a matchet
Step3:Kill any bush meat
Step 4: Post it on nairaland
FP straight

noted sir

Sharksblow:
which area in sambisa forest do u stay sir?

I think it should be behind that big tree where there are lots of snakes behind your house.

eme1n:
That is a viper!!

Short Python. Manumanu in Yoruba, Eke in Igbo.

You don't actually need to see the head before concluding which specie of snake it is. Gaboon vipers are quite easy to identify; first of all they appear to look like dwarf pythons, I think the maximum length you can find is 1.8m, pythons grow way longer than that. However, the easiest way to identify them is the pattern on their body; Gaboons have this characteristic zig zag pattern on its side which runs the entire length of its body. The way the bulkiness of its midsection tappers abruptly at its tail is also another tell tale sign
Thanks

eaglechild:
All those shouting viper, you did not see the head and you are jumping to conclusions.

You cannot for sure say that it is a viper without seeing the head.
It may well be a young python, their markings look alike, besides pythons are much commoner.

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vivaciouzz:
It just finished raining,and one of my lodge mates sighted this big snake and killed it,still scared oo..the head was cut off,the guys around went to roast it

You're one idiotic, moronic bastard of a lowlifer! Fool! What have u gained for killing the innocent creature? U've killed ur destiny!
And shame on whoever put this on front page. Foooooooooooools!

divAnnie:
So you have to wait until a snake attacks you before killing it abi? You won't have to wait for long, before you say 'chai', it would have dug it's fangs right in your as-s.

Shut up, you despicable ho! How would a snake attack you if unprovoked? Just shut your mouth if you don't have anything to say!

TheHeGoat:

You're one idiotic, moronic bastard of a lowlifer! Fool! What have u gained for killing the innocent creature? U've killed ur destiny!
And shame on whoever put this on front page. Foooooooooooools!

. Its too early for insults,if not....stupid thing like u,did I tell u am d one dat killed d snake..read b4 u comment on a post next time..useless entity

Jaypea98:

Please how does one safely kill a snake without getting attacked in the process?

Grab it with ur teeth. And if you succeed in killing it, create a thread and tell Nairaland

millionaireman:


This could be the same specie with that your so-called snake.

In Orlu area of Imo state, it is not poisonous - never bites. It is called "Eke Ukwu." If it dares enter your house, you take it away to the roadside.

God will bless you for that. It's a shame most people can't differentiate venomous snakes from non-venomous ones. They just go ahead and kill it for sports

Kirinwa:


Let them go extinct joor. I hate snakes.

Fool!

donbenie:
One rule of thumb for Vipers identification,they look like pythons but the colours and markings ain't exactly the same..short,stocky and MEAN..

Since Theo Look like pythons, don't you think that's a baby python?
Are Vipers that common in Nigeria?

themanderon:


vipers are usually short and fat but the tail area thins out suddenly

Is that enough reason to call it a viper? I'm not doubting you. But some pythons could have such characteristics too

laivwire:


That's a diamond bark Gaboon viper. It's the snake with the longest fangs in west africa. One solid bite from this creature and the tight knot of your mama's wrapper around your leg won't stop the venom from flowing through.

So we get this kind snake for Nigeria? I wish I never see it or any snake sef

TheHeGoat:

Shut up,! How would a snake attack you if unprovoked? Just shut your mouth if you don't have anything to say!

Keep throwing tantrums like a bitter old woman. This is a forum, you don't always have to behave like a HeGoat, oh! I forgot, that's what you are Now shoo, go and eat that grass over there...

SeverusSnape:
Damn!... The way snakes are being killed these days, I fear they may go extinct.

... And they still went ahead to roast it. I can't imagine eating snake meat. Yuck!

Leave dem,dem wan be lyk chinese wey dey chop reptiles

Mynd44:

Because it is a viper. From the sight, the shape of the head, the size of the body and the color.

It is a viper. Crazily dangerous buggers

But they said the head was cut off. Anyway, thanks for the info. This is a snake to avoid.
A venomous snake looking like a python? Chai!

divAnnie:
Keep throwing tantrums like a bitter old woman. This is a forum, you don't always have to behave like a HeGoat, oh! I forgot, that's what you are

Get out!

dazzlingd:
See, Kill and eat....that's what our ancestors have been doing while the whites were doing researches and making discoveries...

blacks, natural gluttons

so? Let them be doing the stressful part and we will be doing the eating part since they are not destined to enjoy. na play oooo snake meat is a NO for me. But don't insult us

IceDude:
Why shouldnt they kill that wicked creature? Must it attack 1st? If u have had an encounter with a snake u wouldnt av spoken like this. I didnt attack the cobra that almost killed me few years back......I kill any snake i come in contact with, even if its a day old. Their eggs too aint spared by me, i demolish them!

There's no how a cobra would strike you from a close range and miss. And no snake attacks humans unprovoked. Save your lies for your children

Some people are reasoning through their anus.
How can you sympathize with such a dangerous reptile?
Hmm maybe you all have a kind ascenstral link with this creature.

Lobeez:
You don't actually need to see the head before concluding which specie of snake it is. Gaboon vipers are quite easy to identify; first of all they appear to look like dwarf pythons, I think the maximum length you can find is 1.8m, pythons grow way longer than that. However, the easiest way to identify them is the pattern on their body; Gaboons have this characteristic zig zag pattern on its side which runs the entire length of its body. The way the bulkiness of its midsection tappers abruptly at its tail is also another tell tale sign
Thanks

Young pythons have that same description.

For you to say that is a viper from that picture is nothing short of magic.

Vipers are very rare.

Most of what people brand viper are young pythons.

kenedy175:

Since Theo Look like pythons, don't you think that's a baby python?
Are Vipers that common in Nigeria?

Modified.

That marking is characteristic of a viper

TheHeGoat:

There's no how a cobra would strike you from a close range and miss. And no snake attacks humans unprovoked. Save your lies for your children

SMH.......U wont understand. Wait! Do u believe in miracles?