This is a Gabon Viper. These kinds of snakes are found out in the forest. Since they are so poisonous, they often chop the head off and bury it (for various reasons, include that they don't want anyone to accidentally touch the venom) in the forest before they carry the rest of the snake back. There's lots of meat on a snake like this, and the texture when it's cooked is somewhat between fish and lobster, though the taste is mild.
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we had a viper skin that we'd put on our display table sometimes, but it was pretty dried up, cracked, and faded. Nathan looked online how to treat a snake skin, and with a lot of glycerin, rubbing alcohol and elbow grease he got the skin supple and the color still looks amazing. We've even had requests from craft makers here to trade Nathan something for the skin.
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