They are priceless in the wild Louis. I have recaptured four females over 50 times now ' getting good data on reproductice cycles. Sadly had 8 roadkills last year, two were known to me. Do not try and collect from my site or my baboon buddy will kill you; and if he doesn't then my Ostrich buddy will...

The hunting and conservation fraternity need to counteract the emotional drivel displayed by such as Born Free and the Sheldrick Foundation. The recent photo in FB of a little girl with a rifle standing over a magnificient male lion will always win hearts and minds. You also have to think of the ter...

A property developer has received complaints from tenants regarding snakes. He asked how much is the charge for a callout?
I don't charge.
But anyway contact:

Nico Dalton 082 448 5728

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These people have an URGENTsnake problem in Pretoria East - can someone help???

contact Martie Trutter martie@callaghanestates.co.za

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The next CRI Snake awarenes,, ID, First Aid and Handling course is next weekend 27/28th Oct. The next is 1st/.2nd Dec.
Cost - R800 per person. FGASA endorsed and a certificate is awarded to successful candidates.

I am sure the 'hundred pace snake' was also allotted to the sharp-nosed viper (Deinakgistrodon acutus).

I
have seen herons and also snake eagles get into predicaments like this, not photoshopped.

Perhaps it was the CRI course that he attended. But I cannot be held responsible for how people behave afterwards; I am their teacher not their keeper.

Puff adders should be active during the day by the end of the month here in the WC. Most stuff under rocks right now, very cold.

With the D800 you need to use (no Sigmas etc etc) Nikons best lenses anything else is a waste of time. This camera will show up all of your mistakes, but it is a great camera.

B.Caudalis is in a clade with B.peringueyi and B.schneideri. So hybrids are most unlikely.

What is worth keeping an eye on is where B.cornuta and B.rubida are syntopic. Have found a few cornuta with reduced horns??

Someof us find religion itself offensive, but let us not get into that!

Beautiful snake, well done for your tactics and patience. Also good to see a snoutie without a rubbed snout!

I am sure wou will get stories and I guess they will need a lot of editing i.e. to maintain a flow as it were. You would also need an introductory chapter, fairly brief, as to why we rescue snakes and what we do with them. You could explain the permit system, where it applies, and maybe a list/summa...

Sounds good - you will hopefully get a good cross section of species and also some colourful characters. Certianly have some interesting ones from the Klein Karoo. Do you have a publisher? You don't mention photos - but I guess cartoons would work well. If your sister can work from a photo for examp...