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In this video with Dave Houreld from Helderberg Reptile Removal & Relocation, we show you how we check whether a snake is male or female.
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Mole Snake (Pseudaspis cana) - non-venomous, but can inflict a painful bite.
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A Sunset Beach resident found this juvenile (baby) Mole Snake hiding in their bathroom this morning.
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Mole Snakes are found in a variety of habitats, even mountainous regions and deserts, but they're particularly common in sandy scrub-covered and grassveld regions.
They spend most of their time underground, pushing their way through soft sand in search of moles and other rodents. Viviparous, they give live birth to anywhere between 25-50 babies in late summer.
Interestingly, juvenile (young) mole snakes have a variety of patterns and colors that they lose completely once they reach adulthood.
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In this video I show you how to use your iPhone or iPad to generate coins for CPU-mineable cryptocurrencies such as Electroneum, Monero, and more. This solution does NOT require you to jailbreak your device.
Please note that this method isn’t really practical for generating huge amounts of coins - mobile devices simply don’t have the processing power to do that. If the feasibility of mining on a mobile device is something that you’ve wondered about, though, these instructions will help you try it out.
Disclaimer: This is not investment advice, and continuous use of your device's CPU may lead to overheating and shorten your device's lifespan - use these instructions at your own risk.
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Puff Adder (Bitis arietans) - venomous and very dangerous.
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Johann from Tygerberg Snake Removal retrieved a Puff Adder from someone’s house today, but it unfortunately died shortly after he picked it up - it’s possible that the snake ate a mouse or rat that had eaten poison.
This gave us a great opportunity to demonstrate how a Puff Adder’s hinged fangs work, though.
Puff Adder venom is cytotoxic (tissue destroying), and they are one of the most widespread snakes in the country. When disturbed they coil into a defensive "S"-shape and hiss loudly, hence their name.
They are responsible for a large number of bites because they have a lightning-fast strike, and unlike most other snakes they won't move off if approached. Rather, they'll lie still and depend on their camouflage for protection, then bite if something steps too close to them.
WARNING: DO NOT try to pick up a snake like this yourself, even if you think the snake is dead. Necking a snake can only be done safely if you’ve had the relevant training.
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Learn more about this snake here:
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Mole Snake (Pseudaspis cana) - non-venomous, but can inflict a painful bite.
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Read more about this species here: https://bloubergsnakerescue.co.za/snake-profiles/pseudaspis-cana-mole-snake/
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Some Sunset Beach residents found this Mole Snake hiding behind a pot in their garden, then called me earlier today.
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Mole Snakes are found in a variety of habitats, even mountainous regions and deserts, but they're particularly common in sandy scrub-covered and grassveld regions.
They spend most of their time underground, pushing their way through soft sand in search of moles and other rodents. Viviparous, they give live birth to anywhere between 25-50 babies in late summer.
Interestingly, juvenile (young) mole snakes have a variety of patterns and colors that they lose completely once they reach adulthood.
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Common Brown Water Snake (Lycodonomorphus rufulus) - harmless.
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Some Table View residents found this little snake in their garage last night and called me this morning - it looks like it possibly gravid (has eggs), and when I found it it was covered in motor oil.
I cleaned it up and will be keeping it for observation for a day or two, then release it once it's more lively again.
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Nocturnal and aquatic, these snakes swim very well. They’re usually confined to damp localities near streams and rivers, and although mainly active at night may hunt along shaded streams during the day.
It feeds on frogs, tadpoles, small fish and occasionally nestlings and rodents. Oviparous, it lays 6-23 eggs in mid-summer with young measuring 15-22cm.
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