In this video, Leonard Droomer from https://fire.dreem.co.za/ explains to us how you can keep your knives sharp.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysCmlmvHlXI
I recently spent 4 days rowing along the Orange River for a total of 60km - I went on a similar adventure many years ago and have been wanting to go back ever since.
We were two people per boat, with a total of 15 boats in the group. Each boat had to carry all the clothes, bedding, food, water, and snacks for the two people on it, so if you capsized you ran the risk of losing out on a meal or two. ?
By day we rowed, swam, hiked, and made new friends, at night we slept under the stars to the sounds of baboons, birds, and bats.
Highly recommended!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wwOpBfvfmM
Mole Snake (Pseudaspis cana) - non-venomous, but can inflict a painful bite.
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Some security guards found this juvenile Mole Snake in a warehouse parking lot earlier today, and called me to relocate it for them.
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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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Read more about this species here: https://bloubergsnakerescue.co.za/snake-profiles/pseudaspis-cana-mole-snake/
Find your nearest snake catcher's contact details here: https://snakeremoval.co.za/
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http://www.bloubergsnakerescue.co.za/donate
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_P50EsCs0_Y
Boomslang (Dispholidus typus) - venomous and very dangerous.
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Read more about this species here: https://bloubergsnakerescue.co.za/snake-profiles/dispholidus-typus-typus-boomslang/
Find your nearest snake catcher's contact details here: https://snakeremoval.co.za/
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Johann Van Tonder (another local snake catcher) and I removed this quite large Boomslang from a Big Bay resident's garden earlier today. She gave us quite the run-around moving between trees, but finally we were able to get our ladder into a good position and grab her.
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Boomslang are known for their strikingly large eyes - the largest of any African snake. Females are light to olive brown with dirty white to brown bellies, whereas males may have a variety of colors but usually present dark green on top with yellow bellies and black markings in-between their belly scales.
Shy and diurnal (active during the day), they spend most of their lives in trees and shrubs where they hunt eggs, birds, frogs, chameleons, and other tree-dwelling lizards.
Their venom is haemotoxic, which means that it affects the clotting mechanism in blood and leads to severe internal and external bleeding, or even haemorrhage if untreated. Although potent, the venom is slow-acting and may take more than 24 hours to produce serious symptoms - an effective anti-venom is available in some locations.
There are two common myths about the Boomslang: firstly, that they drop from trees onto people who walk by (they don’t), and secondly that because they’re rear-fanged they can only bite you on your little finger (they are rear-fanged, but can open their jaws 170 degrees and bite you almost anywhere on your body).
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkuoJ4DYBW4
In case you're thinking of doing a snake handling course yourself, I thought I would tell you a little bit aboutand what you can expect from the experience.
You can find out more about groups that present snake handling courses like in your area, here:
https://bloubergsnakerescue.co.za/article/what-its-like-to-do-a-snake-handling-course-20170621/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XXfv_N2zIk
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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Read more about this species here: https://bloubergsnakerescue.co.za/snake-profiles/psammophylax-rhombeatus-rhombeatus-spotted-skaapsteker/
Find your nearest snake catcher's contact details here: https://snakeremoval.co.za/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IumIa4X64jo
An amazing year-end 3D course organized by Toxon Archery Club and De Doorns Archery Club in Wellington.
The shoot included over-water shots, a hide, a tree stand, and a large variety of targets.
http://www.toxonarcherysa.com/toxon-archery-club
http://dedoorns3d.yolasite.com/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15ZOEgjn_n4