In nature, many animals mimic others, for a variety of purposes. Now scientists have uncovered the latest example of this peculiar ability—finding that the Congolese giant toad mimics the appearance ...

The Congolese Giant Toad shares its rainforest habitat with one of the most fearsome snakes in Africa. But mimicry might be the key to its survival, even without the fangs. In a feat of ingenious ...

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) ...

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.

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The Congolese giant toad (Sclerophrys channingi) is the first toad found to mimic a harmful snake, in this case the highly venomous Gaboon viper ...

If you had to take a bite from a snake just once in your life there’s a long list of “nope ropes” that you would rather take a shot from before you would get to the Gaboon viper. And that’s because ...

The snake — which Wade said was about 5 inches in diameter and about 5 feet long and actually was one of two such snakes in the house — is a Gaboon viper, a native of sub-Saharan Africa. One of the ...