Some highlights from the first 3D shoot of the year at Hunters archery, Altydgedacht Wine Farm, Cape Town, South Africa.
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You can open our free online map of Southern African hiking trails right in the Google Maps app on your phone or tablet - simply follow the instructions in this video.
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Cape Cobra (Naja nivea) - venomous and very dangerous.
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I was called out this afternoon to remove this young Cape Cobra from a garden in Melkbosstrand after the home owners saw their cat chasing it across their patio stairs.
Also known as a "Koperkapel" or "Geelslang" in Afrikaans, the Cape Cobra is a common venomous snake in our area that can range in color from yellow through reddish brown to black.
When threatened or cornered, it's quick to spread a hood and won't hesitate to bite. Cape Cobra venom is highly neurotoxic (the most potent of any African cobra), which means that it attacks the nervous system and causes respiratory collapse (the victim stops breathing), which in turn leads to suffocation.
As in most cases, this snake was doing its best to try and get away from us humans. Even though it's essential to be respectful of the danger that a snake like a Cape Cobra poses, if you give them room to escape they will always try to get away and hide - there's no snake in South Africa that will aggressively chase you.
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There's more than one way to open a lock.
If you can't pick it by attacking the pins, try to bypass it by manipulating the shackle mechanism directly.
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Spotted Skaapsteker (Psammophylax rhombeatus) - mildly venomous but harmless to humans.
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Spotted Skaapsekers average 45 - 85cm in length and can be found inhabiting fynbos, grassland, and moist savannah throughout most of South Africa.
They're diurnal (active during the day), and actively hunt rodents, lizards, birds, frogs, and other snakes.
Spotted Skaapstekers are mildly venomous, but they pose no danger to humans.
They are oviparous (egg-laying), and the 8-30 eggs they lay in the summer hatch about 6 weeks later.
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Brown House Snake (Boaedon capensis) - harmless.
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Just a quick update on the injured Brown House Snake I removed from a house in Bellville last week:
He's doing very well, and the bite wound is closing up quickly. He ate this weekend and I’m applying more antibiotic ointment every couple of hours.
I’ll likely have to keep him until after he’s shed once or twice, but I’ll keep you guys updated.
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Mole Snake (Pseudaspis cana) - non-venomous, but can inflict a painful bite.
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Earlier today I relocated the largest Mole Snake I've seen this year so far, from a roadside green area in Table View.
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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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