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00:00 Our next culprit is the living proof that rampant threats are sometimes the most formidable.
00:08 The viper of Gabon.
00:12 Native to Africa, it has the longest hooks ever observed on a snake.
00:20 Weapons 5 cm long, injected with venom.
00:28 But that's only when it's awake.
00:31 Because its main activity is to sleep.
00:35 A long and deep sleep.
00:38 The patterns covering its skin are an excellent camouflage against predators.
00:45 They almost perfectly blend into the forest floor.
00:50 Even when they start moving, they don't move very quickly.
00:56 As it's a bit covered in fur, it's the biggest viper species, it slides very slowly.
01:02 But no matter how lazy it is, a snake needs to eat.
01:10 Especially when it's fat.
01:13 Our viper won't get very tired.
01:16 It will remain still and silent, waiting for a prey to show up.
01:21 A prey.
01:23 An easy prey.
01:29 A rat, for example.
01:32 Holding the record for the amount of venom produced by a snake, the Gabon viper is very effective.
01:39 And because it's a real phlegm, it's even equipped with a hemotoxic venom.
01:49 It immediately acts on the blood circulation in the tissues.
01:53 Which allows it to make an impasse on some of the most painful stages of digestion.
02:03 (dramatic music)
02:05 (whooshing)