Fang

Fang was a tribe from.

Fang was one of two tribes with 9 castaways that began in. The tribe was known for their extensive losing streak in challenges before dominating most of rival tribe Kota's members after the merge. Fang's tribal color was red.

Original Tribe

 * Crystal Cox, an Olympic gold medalist from Durham, North Carolina.
 * Dan Kay, a lawyer from Boston, Massachusetts.
 * G.C. Brown, a maintenance supervisor from Portland, Oregon.
 * Gillian Larson, a retired nurse from Temecula, California.
 * Ken Hoang, a video game expert from Westminster, California.
 * Matty Whitmore, a fitness trainer from Pacific Palisades, California.
 * Michelle Chase, a music producer from Los Angeles, California.
 * Randy Bailey, a wedding videographer from Eagle Rock, Missouri.
 * Susie Smith, a hairdresser from Charles City, Iowa.

As Gabonese tradition dictates, the elders were given utmost respect. With this, the oldest cast members of both sexes will initiate a tribe-picking activity. The oldest female chose the members of Fang. The following castaways comprised the original Fang tribe, existing from Days 1-9 (In order of selection):
 * Gillian picked Crystal;
 * Crystal picked Susie;
 * Susie picked Matty;
 * Matty picked Randy;
 * Randy picked Dan;
 * Dan picked G.C.;
 * G.C. picked Ken;
 * Ken picked Michelle.

Post-First Tribe Switch

 * Ace Gordon, a jewelry salesman and fashion photographer from Naples, Florida.
 * Crystal Cox
 * G.C. Brown
 * Jacquie Berg, a medical sales representative from Santa Barbara, California.
 * Kelly Czarnecki, a retail sales manager from Spring Grove, Illinois.
 * Ken Hoang
 * Matty Whitmore
 * Sugar Kiper, a pin-up model from Baton Rouge, Louisiana (Joined on Day 13).

The Schoolyard Pick to choose the tribe went as follows:
 * Matty chose Ace;
 * Ace chose Crystal;
 * Crystal chose Jacquie;
 * Jacquie chose Ken;
 * Ken chose Kelly;
 * Kelly chose G.C.;
 * Sugar was sent to Exile Island and was put on Fang after the Day 12 Tribal Council.

Post-Second Tribe Switch

 * Charlie Herschel, a lawyer from New York, New York.
 * Corinne Kaplan, a pharmaceutical sales representative from Los Angeles, California.
 * Matty Whitmore
 * Randy Bailey
 * Sugar Kiper

Trivia

 * From the beginning of the game until the second tribe switch, the tribe's name was pronounced as /fɑng/ (pronounced "fong"), but since the second switch, it was changed by Corinne Kaplan to /fæng/ (sounding like how "fang" is usually pronounced in American English), because she thought the original pronunciation was "tainted" due to its misfortunes.
 * Matty Whitmore is the only original member of Fang to stay at Fang until the merge.
 * Among all the red tribes in Survivor history, Fang fared the worst from its predecessors, winning only four of the season's thirteen tribal challenges.
 * Fang, along with its rival Kota tribe, are the third and fourth tribes to have its tribe name originate from an actual tribe or ethnic group, following 's Samburu and Boran tribes, which are also African-based tribes. Fang is the dominant language of the Bantu and is spoken by 32% of Gabon inhabitants.