wanderwoman Posted November 21, 2014 Posted November 21, 2014 I was checking out a pdf document with regards to snakes of the Western Cape last night, and I am now not sure anymore wether those were puffy's at all...The closest I got to identifying them, especially the close up, was perhaps the Berg Adder. An extract from the capesnakeconservation.com website "The berg adder is a full-blooded and somewhat nervous snake. When encountered it hisses loudly and strikes readily and rapidly if cornered but prefers to retreat into the safety of nearby vegetation cover.Bites rarely result and when they do they are seldom fatal. The berg adder’s venom has both cytotoxic and neurotoxic properties and may cause localised pain, increased heart rate and loss of balance.A bite from a berg adder is serious and one should treat it as such by getting to a hospital for the appropriate symptomatic treatment."Yes, they obviously also had a puffy on - but that snake is not a puffy, Cannot remember what they called it - not a cape-based snake. KZN and those types of areas. I remember the patterns. Very deadly, but shy and not in urban areas like puffies.
LeTurbo Posted November 21, 2014 Posted November 21, 2014 Ugh. I was walking home up Glengariff one evening from the shops, head down, humming to myself. Something made me stop - maybe 3 metres ahead was a huge puffy lying right across the pavement, warming himself. Grillz. I hear that the best place for anti-venom is the fire department. They have fresher, newer stuff than even the hospitals.
ZakAttak Posted November 21, 2014 Posted November 21, 2014 I think I'm going to start riding my bike on the road with all this "snakes on a trail" talk going on.... Gees, this is freaking me out....
sawystertrance Posted November 21, 2014 Posted November 21, 2014 Yes, they obviously also had a puffy on - but that snake is not a puffy, Cannot remember what they called it - not a cape-based snake. KZN and those types of areas. I remember the patterns. Very deadly, but shy and not in urban areas like puffies.Did It look this? Gaboon adder
wanderwoman Posted November 21, 2014 Posted November 21, 2014 gaboon.jpgDid It look this? Gaboon adderyes, looked on the nat geo wild site as well. Seems like the one.
NixM Posted November 21, 2014 Posted November 21, 2014 I was working in Tygerberg casualty one night when a herpetoculturist (that's a snake collector to use normal people) came in having been bitten by his night adder. He arrived, with a 2l ice-cream container, with the snake inside, "just in case we wanted to confirm it is a night adder"! I asked him to write on the lid - "do not open - live snake". I don't think any nursing staff checked up on him that night. Anyway we dischared him and his pet the next day, both alive and well.
Gazzan Posted December 20, 2014 Posted December 20, 2014 To the juvenile cape cobra that I rode over coming down the Hoogekraal switchbacks at pace - I'm sorry my boy I tried to hop over you but I saw you to late and caught you with my back tyre. Well, the snakes gods got me back with a large cobra scaring the pants off of me a little later on at the top of Contermans.
Gen Posted December 21, 2014 Posted December 21, 2014 gaboon.jpgDid It look this? Gaboon adderThis is probably the most beautiful snake, everytime I go to a snake park I spend ages just staring at it.. and I am petrified of snakes. But the Gaboon viper is stunning, it's skin looks like velvet.. amazing.
SiriS Posted December 21, 2014 Posted December 21, 2014 To the juvenile cape cobra that I rode over coming down the Hoogekraal switchbacks at pace - I'm sorry my boy I tried to hop over you but I saw you to late and caught you with my back tyre. Well, the snakes gods got me back with a large cobra scaring the pants off of me a little later on at the top of Contermans. WTF I cycle there often, fortunately haven't encountered a snake yet...I'll need a nappy.
BIERSTEKER Posted December 21, 2014 Posted December 21, 2014 Lots of snake activity on Meerendal along "Stairway to Heaven" and the ridge leading to the turn for Dorstberg. Take care!!
Eddy Gordo Posted December 22, 2014 Posted December 22, 2014 Snakes really are beautifully stunning creatures but the less I see of them the better. Saw a cape cobra at koeberg once and I tell you strava couldn't track me that fast. New pants and "shaken not stirred" were order of the day. But still beautiful creatures.HAHAHAand with a name like COpperhead"viper"
Long Wheel Base Posted December 22, 2014 Posted December 22, 2014 This was at Rhodes Mem Sunday morning uploadfromtaptalk1415723211362.jpg Did someone harm the snake, hard to tell from the pic Was also wondering this as it seems that the skin on the tail section has been damaged.BTW,what part exactly is the tail?Bear Grylls was about to eat it. Iv seen that done on tv plenty times, Right after he swings the thing over his head smashing it head on a rock to kill it.
KarlvN Posted December 22, 2014 Posted December 22, 2014 I rode, (pushed) up to the mast at Conties last week-end, and while I stopped to catch my long-lost breath, I watched a falcon soaring majestically over my head, with a juvenile cape cobra in it's claws. I was just praying that A) the snake is dead and B) that the bird does not decide to drop the snake, since it made a couple of turns directly above me with the snake just dangling there while the bird made the odd peck at the snake with it's beak.
Raydek Posted December 23, 2014 Posted December 23, 2014 Just hopped over a black slithery friend at the bottom of ( I think it is called) Lombaards Terrace at Bloemendal. Didn't stop to take a pic as it didn't look particularly in the mood for a photoshoot, about a meter long... My heart is almost back to normal rhythm..
Quantum Theory Posted December 23, 2014 Posted December 23, 2014 Just hopped over a black slithery friend at the bottom of ( I think it is called) Lombaards Terrace at Bloemendal. Didn't stop to take a pic as it didn't look particularly in the mood for a photoshoot, about a meter long... My heart is almost back to normal rhythm.. Probably mole snake, if it was black. I've ridden over about 3 of those, around the Tygerberg trails. They normally his and I scream like a girl. Luckily I've never encountered a puffy or cobra... I would soil myself. Bound to happen at some stage.
Patchelicious Posted December 23, 2014 Posted December 23, 2014 Just hopped over a black slithery friend at the bottom of ( I think it is called) Lombaards Terrace at Bloemendal. Didn't stop to take a pic as it didn't look particularly in the mood for a photoshoot, about a meter long... My heart is almost back to normal rhythm..Coffee on screen! haha
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