Tygerberg MTB Trails

[MORNE]

Poor Mol slang is not even on that list. And most likely to be mistaken for another thing on that list. They are plentiful around bloemendal. They like sunbathing too. You are most likely to see mr cape cobra around hoogies and conties in my experience. Well thats where ive encountered them anyway. Puffies more to stellies side i think. If only seen them at jonkers and boschensal. But i guess you will likely find any one of those anywhere in the cape so dont bushdive too much!

[Mook]

2 hours ago, MORNE said:

Poor Mol slang is not even on that list. And most likely to be mistaken for another thing on that list. They are plentiful around bloemendal. They like sunbathing too. You are most likely to see mr cape cobra around hoogies and conties in my experience. Well thats where ive encountered them anyway. Puffies more to stellies side i think. If only seen them at jonkers and boschensal. But i guess you will likely find any one of those anywhere in the cape so dont bushdive too much!

A door stopper "lapslang" makes my heart skip a few beats 😝

Bottelary Hills also have a few Puffy's and Bra's. Mole snakes are often mistaken for the darker Cape Cobra.

 

[BuffsVintageBikes]

Yeah, my wife asked me over the weekend, what am I going to do if I'm out in the hills alone, an hour or two away from home and get bitten by a Cape Cobra.

My answer was simple...  "I'm going to die babes". That's probably the reality of it because you can't just go lie down and hope someone comes riding past, especially if you're in Bottelary Hills.

It's also one of the reasons I prefer riding early mornings in spring/summer, just to reduce the risks. I've seen enough of them on the trails to make me wonder how many I haven't seen and just missed 😲

[Meezo]

...the reality is the chances of being bitten by a snake is really really really low.

https://www.news24.com/news24/balancing-the-scales-south-africas-snakebite-stats-reveal-venomous-truths-20241019

the above mentions 2 deaths for 2023/2024 the other mentioned above of the snake handler who got bitten by he's own snake will probably fall under the new fin year.