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

 * Crystal Cox, an Olympic gold medalist from Durham, North Carolina.
 * Dan Kay, a lawyer from Boston, Massachusetts.
 * G.C. Brown, a maintenance man 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.

First Tribal Swap
On Day 10, the tribes were swapped, and The castaway not selected for a tribe would go to Exile Island, and join the tribe that went to Tribal Council. The tribes ranked their members, first. The following contestants composed Fang after this:


 * Ace Gordon
 * Crystal Cox
 * G.C. Brown
 * Jacquie Berg
 * Kelly Czarnecki
 * Ken Hoang
 * Matty Whitmore
 * Sugar Kiper (joined on Day 13)

Second Tribal Swap
On Day 22, the tribes went to what they assumed was a merge feast. Afterwards, it was revealed that the tribes would swap again. The following castaways composed the third and final version of the Fang tribe:


 * Charlie Herschel
 * Corinne Kaplan
 * 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 and Kota are the only two tribes to undergo two Tribe Swaps.
 * Fifteen of the eighteen castaways from the season were part of Fang at some point, compared to thirteen for Kota. The fifteen members are a Survivor record for a tribe.
 * Despite being the weaker of the two tribes, there were more members of the original Fang at the merge than members of the original Kota.
 * The castaways who comprised Fang after the first tribe swap were eliminated in two groups of four. Jacquie, G.C., Kelly, and Ace were voted out in four successive Tribal Councils. After five members of post-swap Kota were eliminated, the final three people voted out were Crystal, Ken, and Matty, followed by Sugar who placed third at the Final Tribal Council.
 * This trait is shared with Samburu. Coincidentally, both were red tribes in African-based seasons.
 * Fang is the eighth red tribe.