Gaboon vipers have the longest fangs of any venomous snake, at 2 inches, and have the highest venom yield of any snake, reports show. A bite from one can easily be deadly, though bites are not common.

King cobra and Gaboon viper are two of the most dangerous snakes on earth, and both of them have different characteristics.

image: Types of venom fangs in snakes: rear fangs (crab-eating water snake), fixed front fangs (taipan), and hinged front fangs (Gaboon viper); fangs highlighted in red (image credit A. Palci) ...

ATLANTA - Jason Clark doubts that a deadly Gaboon viper is loose in Milledgeville, Georgia. Still, the reptile expert immediately noticed tell-tale signs of the snake in a widely circulated photo that ...