Then a Snake Slithered By 12 Mother & Calf

Then a Snake Slithered By

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September 20th 2011
Geo: -24.7435, 26.2573This afternoon Paul and I went to the hide. In the distance we saw a small herd of breeding elephants coming towards the waterhole. We stood up to watch them. The elephants stood at the edge of the waterhole and drank water. I then heard something in the grass and looked down. There was a snake in the grass below us. Paul identified it as a Mozambique Spitting Cobra. He was ... read more

Africa » South Africa

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After the British seized the Cape of Good Hope area in 1806, many of the Dutch settlers (the Boers) trekked north to found their own republics. The discovery of diamonds (1867) and gold (1886) spurred wealth and immigration and intensified the subjug... ... read more