Skip to content

SANParks.org Forums

View unanswered posts | View active topics






Post new topic Reply to topic  Page 2 of 2
 [ 29 posts ]  Go to page Previous  1, 2
  Print viewFeed Previous topic | First unread post | Next topic 
Author Message
Wild Dog Fan
 Post subject: Re: Cobra Duell
Unread postPosted: Sun Jan 09, 2011 6:55 pm 
Offline
User avatar

Joined: Mon Mar 24, 2008 2:42 pm
Posts: 22
Location: Hannover, Germany
Hi everybody and thanks for the positive response :)

I think it was definitely a fight for food. So far they can get them, other snakes are forming a big part of the diet of cobras...I took this picture five years ago in the Nossob area:

Image


Top
 Profile  
 
oddesy
 Post subject: Re: Cobra Duell
Unread postPosted: Sun Jan 09, 2011 7:28 pm 
Offline
Virtual Ranger
Virtual Ranger
User avatar

Joined: Wed Jan 02, 2008 4:57 pm
Posts: 3426
Location: Randburg, SA
Amazing sighting!! :clap: :thumbs_up: :mrgreen:

_________________
The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand.

"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit." Aristotle


Top
 Profile  
 
flying cheetah
 Post subject: Re: Cobra Duell
Unread postPosted: Sun Jan 09, 2011 8:01 pm 
Offline
Virtual Ranger
Virtual Ranger
User avatar

Joined: Sat Jun 06, 2009 2:49 pm
Posts: 3159
Location: Burghausen, Germany
You are very lucky with snake sightings Wild Dog Fan :clap: :thumbs_up:
I wonder what was the outcome of the Cobra/Puffie encounter :hmz:

_________________
Akukho nyon' endiz' ingahlali phansi. (Zulu)
There is not a bird that flies and never sits down.


Top
 Profile  
 
Imberbe
 Post subject: Re: Cobra Duell
Unread postPosted: Sun Jan 09, 2011 8:23 pm 
Offline
Senior Virtual Ranger
Senior Virtual Ranger
User avatar

Joined: Wed Aug 31, 2005 12:28 am
Posts: 14342
Location: Pretoria, RSA
Puff adder 0.

Great photos!

_________________
Imberbe = Combretum imberbe = Leadwood = Hardekool = The spirit of the Wildernis!

Want to know more about the SANParks Honorary Rangers? Visit www.sanparkshr.org

One positive deed is worth more than a thousand critical words.


Top
 Profile  
 
Wild Dog Fan
 Post subject: Re: Cobra Duell
Unread postPosted: Sun Jan 09, 2011 9:04 pm 
Offline
User avatar

Joined: Mon Mar 24, 2008 2:42 pm
Posts: 22
Location: Hannover, Germany
Thank you, guys...and yes, I think the name of the Puff Adder was "Dinner". I was not able to watch the end of the encounter (due to the gate hours). But for me it seemed that the Adder was getting weaker by each minute. She was not even able to get cover somewere out of the road. And the thing I saw was the cobra which disppeared after my approach....


Image

...and watched for her prey.


Top
 Profile  
 
annapangolin
 Post subject: Re: Cobra Duell
Unread postPosted: Sun Jan 09, 2011 9:06 pm 
Offline
Virtual Ranger
Virtual Ranger

Joined: Fri Nov 07, 2008 6:46 pm
Posts: 790
That photo is gorgeous! :clap:


Top
 Profile  
 
Kamadejo
 Post subject: Re: Cobra Duell
Unread postPosted: Sun Jan 09, 2011 9:42 pm 
Offline
Senior Virtual Ranger
Senior Virtual Ranger
User avatar

Joined: Fri Jul 24, 2009 9:51 am
Posts: 18451
Location: Germany, busy planning next trip
Absolutely stunning sighting :clap: :clap: :clap: Thanks for posting those gorgeous pics :thumbs_up:

_________________
Katja

____________
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the former. Einstein

Kamadejo returns to KNP after 7 years
Balm for the Soul


Top
 Profile  
 
anne-marie
 Post subject: Re: Cobra Duell
Unread postPosted: Sun Jan 09, 2011 9:47 pm 
Offline
Distinguished Virtual Ranger
Distinguished Virtual Ranger
User avatar
Award: Angel of the Year (2011)
Joined: Sat Feb 18, 2006 10:36 pm
Posts: 8397
Location: Lausanne (Switzerland)
superb and interesting :clap:

_________________
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly;
what is essential is invisible to the eye. Le petit Prince

:yaya: my last TR here


Top
 Profile  
 
fooble
 Post subject: Re: Cobra Duell
Unread postPosted: Tue Jan 11, 2011 9:49 am 
Offline
User avatar

Joined: Sun Mar 08, 2009 9:27 pm
Posts: 78
Location: Somewhere Out There.
Fantastic images!

Very special captures!


Top
 Profile  
 
Magic Guarri
 Post subject: Re: Cobra Duell
Unread postPosted: Wed Jan 12, 2011 2:14 pm 
Offline
Virtual Ranger
Virtual Ranger
User avatar
Award: Small Parks Promoter of the Year (2011)
Joined: Sat Jun 20, 2009 12:49 pm
Posts: 1836
Location: somewhere in Bavaria
:big_eyes: :big_eyes: WOW, what awesome sightings!!!! :shock:

Thanks for sharing these fantastic pics!!!! :thumbs_up: :thumbs_up: :thumbs_up:

_________________
To be happy is better than to be a king. People who are happy own a real unique treasure:
A laughing heart

PLEASE NO HOTELS in KNP and PLEASE don´t change KNP into a Funpark!

KNP - Eyes and tracks behind the bush


Top
 Profile  
 
MacAdder
 Post subject: Re: Snake: Cape Cobra
Unread postPosted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 1:00 am 
Offline
User avatar

Joined: Sun Dec 26, 2010 10:37 am
Posts: 33
Location: Cape Town / Durbanville
Image
Image
Image

_________________
Organisms are created for a certain habituate change is bad.


Top
 Profile  
 
Bennievis
 Post subject: Re: Snake: Cape Cobra
Unread postPosted: Sun Mar 06, 2011 7:42 am 
Offline
Virtual Ranger
Virtual Ranger
User avatar

Joined: Sat Dec 16, 2006 1:06 pm
Posts: 642
Location: Testing the sand, so to speak
Wow MacAdder, who's shoe is that :shock: Very brave!

Lovely photos! Thanks for sharing

_________________
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0U73NRSIkw


Top
 Profile  
 
TheunsH
 Post subject: Re: Snake: Cape Cobra
Unread postPosted: Sun Mar 06, 2011 7:53 am 
Offline
Senior Virtual Ranger
Senior Virtual Ranger
User avatar
Award: Avatar of the Year (2011)
Joined: Fri Jan 02, 2009 9:14 am
Posts: 2724
Location: Pretoria, South Africa
Bennievis wrote:
@DuneRichard
Quote:
Thanatosis in smaller animals has been evolved to make the animal freeze when it is grabbed (Eg. by an eagle) so that the eagle won't kill it, but merely take it to the skies, the moment the eagle puts the snake down, however, the snake will dart away or fight back.

Very interesting posting! I suspect the little blighters enjoy flying. :hmz:

@ Bennievis... :lol: :lol: :lol:

_________________
"NO TO HOTELS AND VISITORS RIDING BICYCLES IN KRUGER!"
"NO TO THE UNION'S END TO NOSSOB CYCLING EVENT!"
"NO TO THE SKUKUZA MARATHON!"


Top
 Profile  
 
MacAdder
 Post subject: Re: Snake: Cape Cobra
Unread postPosted: Sun Mar 06, 2011 1:06 pm 
Offline
User avatar

Joined: Sun Dec 26, 2010 10:37 am
Posts: 33
Location: Cape Town / Durbanville
Image
Image

These animals are my favorite. I am a snake catcher and rescue these more than most.

_________________
Organisms are created for a certain habituate change is bad.


Top
 Profile  
 
Display posts from previous:  Sort by  
Post new topic Reply to topic  Page 2 of 2
 [ 29 posts ]  Go to page Previous  1, 2



Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 3 guests


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot post attachments in this forum

Search for:
Jump to:  
Powered by phpBB © 2000, 2002, 2005, 2007 phpBB Group

Webcams Highlights

Addo Nossob Orpen Satara
Addo Nossob Orpen Satara
Submitted by grannyb at 16:58:38 Submitted by avidspotter at 17:01:33 Submitted by avidspotter at 17:04:17 Submitted by Anonymous at 17:18:45