Gaboon vipers live in select parts of Africa, while king cobras live in Southeast Asia and India. King cobras can’t sense heat like pit vipers, but they have better eyesight than most snakes.

Examples include the horned viper with its mythical devilish horns, the rhinoceros viper with its wart-covered scales, and the Gaboon viper with its triangular head and long fangs. Each snake also ...

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.