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Glad to see that you are OK and I hope that you will only get better and better every day

Hi Elsa,

The link provided does not exist any more. Do you maybe know how he is doing?

This should answer your question, leelee. If you scroll down there's a post by the man himself!

Thanks Anita, I am glad to read his getting back on track.

Blessings for the recovering time Geoff!!

Hi,
Does anyone know the EXACT details on how the bite occurred?
If he was trying to photograph an owl, was it at night?
Boomslang are not aggressive snakes, I would really like to know how it happened...

thanks for any info!

Kimberly

Hi Geoff,

I am very glad to hear that you will be ok!!

Can you please share with us the EXACT details on how the bite occurred?
Was it at night/day? etc etc!
Boomslang are not known to be aggressive snakes, so I would really appreciate to know how it happened...

thanks, and get well.

Kimberly

Kimberly, did you check out the thread I linked to? On page 2 there's a copy of an email from someone who was with him when it happened, at 7.25 on a February morning, so presumably it was light.

The email begins "For those of you who don't know, Geoff Lockwood was bitten by what he thought was the resident Boomslang at around 07h25 on Sunday morning in Talamati. I was outside my bungalow (no. 2) with him, when he stepped into the grass to take a photo of the Barred Owl chick, and it struck."

And to be perfectly honest I'd strike out at someone who trod on me.

Hi all.. I filmed this video last Januari in KNP. I wonder if someone can tell me a bit more about the chameleon. Can he survive all the snakebites? He was fighting so brave and even attact the snake. Becouse the chameleon managed to get away I just wonder if he can survive the bites.
thnx.

Hi Pepijn

Again this is really lucky footage you have here of this occurrence.
This is a juvenile Boomslang attempting to kill n eat a Flap-necked Chameleon.
Chameleons are high up on the menu for Boomslang as this species of snake lives in the trees along with the Chameleon.
The animals chances of survival will depend on if the snake managed to get a good grip and inject venom. The biting you see happening in your clip is the snake actually chewing on the Chameleon, as the fangs on this snake are located right at the back of the jaw and are not the same system say as a mamba or adder.
The Boomslang fangs are grooved to allow venom to flow down the side of the fang into the victim. To get this right it must bite hard and keep chewing to get venom in.

When your clip starts the snake is already attached and biting quite hard, so whether this chameleon will live is hard to say. The venom is a very slow acting venom for us, but for a chameleon it will act quite quickly so maybe this animal was lucky, as it survived to the end of your clip and if you were able to see the Chameleon walk away from under you vehicle then maybe there was a chance for it.

I hope this makes sense

Ross

Thnx Ross,

but for some reason I just hoped that the chameleon made it... he was soooo brave!
on the other hand... a snake also has to eat.

Amazing sighting and video….thank you for sharing, pepijn

Very good video!

I can see a spot of blood on the chameleons body(along the stripe) so the boomslang did
get teeth in but it was probably not fangs and I didn't see him get a good bite,so I hope
she did not get venom into the chameleon.
I know they have to eat but would always want the chameleon to get away, boomslang can
rather eat mice and birds.

Great video