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Grantmissy

Post subject: Snakes in roofs –is it possible?

Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 12:51 pm

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Some people say that snakes sometimes live in the roofs of the accommodation units of Kruger. Is it possible? Luckily we have never encountered or seen snakes in or around our accommodation units in Kruger.

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michel367

Post subject: Re: Snakes in roofs –is it possible?

Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 12:54 pm

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Yep. That is perfectly possible. :thumbs_up:

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ndloti

Post subject: Re: Snakes in roofs –is it possible?

Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 1:07 pm

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A staff member told me how when en route to the far north he overnighted in a tourist rondavel , a puff adder fell onto the table he was sitting at while enjoying dinner .

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Bush Baptist

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Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 1:30 pm

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I wonder how many times a snake has crawled around in the thatch above the heads of unsuspecting guests, after all, Kruger is THEIR home :wink:

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Post subject: Re: Snakes in roofs –is it possible?

Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 1:32 pm

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Not often enough. :cry:

I have been hoping for one or two, but so far no luck. Perfect for photography!

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ndloti

Post subject: Re: Snakes in roofs –is it possible?

Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 1:48 pm

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Not to mention Kobie Kruger who wrote in her books of her KNP experiences about the snakes that seem to appear from nowhere - they eventually concluded that they come into the houses via the sewerage system .

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Bush Baptist

Post subject: Re: Snakes in roofs –is it possible?

Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 7:25 pm

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Now you are going to make all 'squatters' neurotic, ndloti. :naughty:

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Stark

Post subject: Re: Snakes in roofs –is it possible?

Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 7:28 pm

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ndloti wrote:

A staff member told me how when en route to the far north he overnighted in a tourist rondavel , a puff adder fell onto the table he was sitting at while enjoying dinner .

Guess I'll have to start looking up more often.

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Dup

Post subject: Re: Snakes in roofs –is it possible?

Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 8:21 pm

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OK this was not in a camp,but I once saw a Boomslang went up a 3 meter facebrick wall and enter a roof, his aim mossies(sparrows ). They were nesting in the roof.

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Hugh

Post subject: Re: Snakes in roofs –is it possible?

Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 9:39 pm

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While on the bushmans trail a snake climbed into the A frame and was wringling on the floor . Then took fright and landed under the hut..
At the L S tented camp there was a snake in the roof above the shower The gent showering thought the shower head was loose. No harm came to anyone including the snake.!! :big_eyes:

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Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 11:40 pm

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Meandering Mouse

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Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2011 7:18 am

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I remember that well, Hugh. I was very pleased that it was not my hut.

I have seen small snakes in the ablutions on a couple of occasions.

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Grantmissy

Post subject: Re: Snakes in roofs –is it possible?

Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2011 7:50 am

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…. and I thought it was just an urban (Kruger) legend. What is so true is what Bush Baptist said: “Kruger is THEIR home”. Does the sewerage system include the ttttoilet ndloti?

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ndloti

Post subject: Re: Snakes in roofs –is it possible?

Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2011 8:46 am

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Specifically the toilet in this case .

They sprinkled talcum powder on the floor in certain places and were thus by elimination able to deduce from where the snakes were entering their house .

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Bush Baptist

Post subject: Re: Snakes in roofs –is it possible?

Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2011 12:42 pm

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Careful ndloti, this might return to bite you in the bum :twisted:

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